Four deputy governors of Bangladesh’s central bank were compelled to step down on Wednesday after about 300-400 officials protested against “the corruption by top officials” according to reports by two sources at the bank.
The protesters had also called the resignation of Bangladesh Bank governor Abdur Rouf Talukder, bit he had not been present at the time of the protests at the bank’s headquarters in the capital city, Dhaka.
The protests at the central bank had come two days after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh’s prime minister, following weeks of bloody protests that initially began as demonstrations by students against the government job allocations but the protests grew into a movement demanding her resignation.
The Deputy Governor, Nurun Nahar will keep handling operational work at the bank for the meantime but he will have to leave when new deputy governors are appointed, a source had said.
Recall that the Bangladesh Bank had announced its monetary policy for the first half of fiscal year 2024-25 in July and the next policy for the second half is expected in January.
The Resigned Officials
The anonymous source also revealed that two of Talukder’s deputies who were also not in office on Wednesday during the protests had however, agreed to resign after the demonstrators spoke to them by phone.
The chief of the financial intelligence department and the policy adviser to the central bank had also resigned during Wednesday’s protests.
The Bangladesh army personnel had ensured the safety of the officials by helping them leave the bank unharmed.
