DHAKA: Days after the resignation of the Bangladesh Financial institution governor, two deputy governors and the top of the Monetary Intelligence Unit (BFUI) have resigned following the directives from the interim authorities, a media report stated on Monday. Moreover, an adviser to the central financial institution has additionally submitted his resignation to the governor, The Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
On Friday, Bangladesh Financial institution Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder tendered his resignation, citing private causes. His resignation was a part of a broader wave of exits from varied establishments of the nation following the latest fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led authorities. It was reported that the Ministry of Finance knowledgeable them on Sunday that they need to submit their resignation letters by 1 pm on Monday, the report stated.
Following this directive, deputy governors Kazi Saidur Rahman and Md Khurshid Alam submitted their resignation letters within the morning. Masud Biswas, the top of the BFIU, the federal government company answerable for investigating cash laundering and suspicious transactions, additionally submitted his resignation to the secretary.
Equally, Bangladesh Financial institution’s adviser, Abu Farah Md Nasser, submitted his resignation to the governor. After the ouster of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League authorities on August 5 following widespread protests over a controversial quota system in jobs, a gaggle of agitated officers and workers demanded the resignation of the central financial institution’s governor, 4 deputy governors and the top of the BFUI throughout a protest march final week.
At one level, the protesters entered the governor’s ground within the central financial institution’s predominant constructing and compelled one of many deputy governors to signal on a clean sheet of paper, the newspaper reported. The others had been pressured to depart. Since then, they haven’t returned to the financial institution. On Monday, they formally submitted their resignation letters to the federal government, the report stated.
The protesting officers claimed that these prime officers of Bangladesh Financial institution had been answerable for irregularities and corruption within the banking sector. Final Thursday, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took oath as the top of an interim authorities changing Hasina. A 16-member council of advisers was introduced to help Yunus in operating the state’s affairs.
