The government on Saturday appointed finance ministry senior secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder as the new governor of Bangladesh Bank for four years. Rouf would be the 12th governor of the central bank after being 34 years in civil service since 1988. A gazette notification was issued on Saturday in this regard. It stated that Rouf ... Read more
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Financial entities face pressure groups’ influences: Atiur
Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman on Saturday said that like the media the country’s financial institutions also faced pressure from influential quarters in their day to day decision making. ‘Financial sector institutions and their regulators also face pressure group influences from diverse directions in their day to day decision making,’ he told the
Atiur gets 3-year extension
The government has extended the tenure of Atiur Rahman as the Bangladesh Bank governor for another three years. Atiur, whose current tenure expires on May 1, will now serve as the central governor till August 2, 2016. An official order to this effect was issued by the public administration ministry