National Bank board members step down

Bringing some allegations of unwanted interference against the central bank, most of the board members, including the new chairman of the National Bank, have resigned.

Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday (May 5) formed a new board of 10 directors and set the bank's sponsor director Khalilur Rahman as the new chairman.

This time, the banking watchdog removed most of the previous directors, including Syed Ferhat Anwar and Parveen Haque Sikder. The board was dissolved again after 5 months only.

Commenting on the matter, spokesperson of the Bangladesh Bank Mezbaul Haque said the move was adopted for the purpose of strengthening the bank's board of directors. The step was taken to bring back good governance in the bank.