The Bangladesh Bank is responsible for addressing corruption and mismanagement in the banking sector, but it has failed to do so due to various reasons, including external influences, said deputy governor Kazi Sayedur Rahman on Tuesday.
The central bank will investigate corruption and money laundering issues and hold the corrupt accountable in accordance with the upcoming new government鈥檚 directives, he added.
Sayedur made these comments during a meeting with the Economic Reporters Forum.
BB governor Abdur Rouf Talukder was absent on the first day after prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country, ending her 15-year rule amid an unprecedented student-led mass uprising against her authoritarian regime.
Sayedur said that the governor skipped office on the day due to mental stress.
On Tuesday, the Bangladesh Bank also lifted the restrictions on entering its premises for journalists.
Sayedur further said that the Bangladesh Bank was working on restructuring the banking sector and was ready to cooperate with the new government. Information will be shared with journalists as before, and there will be no restrictions on their entry, he assured.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh president Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved the parliament following a high-stakes meeting with key stakeholders, including the chiefs of the three armed forces, leaders of various political parties, civil society representatives and leaders of Student Movements Against Discrimination.
Among others, BB deputy governors Nurun Nahar, Habibur Rahman, Md Khurshid Alam and executive director Mezbaul Haque were present in the meeting.
ERF president Refayet Ullah Mirdha and general secretary Abul Kashem, among others, were also present in the meeting.
