Salehuddin Ahmed, the finance and planning adviser to the newly formed interim government, on Saturday asked the officials concerned to perform duties as per rules and regulations to help resuming full-fledged economic activities.
On the first day at his office as the finance and planning adviser, Salehuddin on Saturday came up with the directive at a meeting with secretaries of the Finance Division, Internal Resources Division, Economic Relations Division, Financial Institutions Division, Planning聽 Commission and, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division under the finance and planning ministries at the Bangladesh Secretariat.
Emerging from the meeting, he told reporters that the first responsibility of the interim government was to restore law and order and resume the operations of banks and ports.
There will be no problem for any public officials to work as per schedule, he said.聽聽聽
The country鈥檚 economic activities face serious disruption during and in the aftermath of the massive uprising led by students that ousted the Awami League regime compelling Sheikh Hasina to resign on August 5.聽聽聽聽
While the police force, completely disintegrated amid violent clashes and killings of students, other protesters and people, and law enforcers, is yet to return to work fully fledged, many executives and public officials of the state-owned entities, facing allegations of being beneficiaries of the immediate past government, are under pressure to resign.
Among those resigned are Bangladesh Bank governor Abdur Rauf Talukder.
Answering a question whether Rauf Talukder was trying to avoid responsibility of misdeeds and irregularities during his tenure through the resignation, Salehuddin Ahmed said the central bank governor post was a sensitive one.
He added that the issue of Rauf Talukder would be discussed with the advisory council today.
He said that action would be taken against the officials and employees facing allegations of irregularities only after investigation.
Before the meeting, the finance and planning adviser told journalists that the interim government had taken the responsibility of the country in a transition period.
Answering another question regarding appointment of a commission on banking sector hamstrung by bad loans, loan thefts and capital flight, he said that the interim government aimed at resumption of full-fledged activities by the central bank.
The reform agenda should be a part of long-term process, he added.
The first responsibility of the government was to bring the economy back from slowing down, he said.
He criticised economic policy of the immediate past political regime calling those inequitable and flawed.
Stressing the need for proper macroeconomic policy to address high inflation, he said the interim government would take steps useful for a sustainable growth and making life easy.
