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BB to remain without a governor until July 12

UNB . Dhaka
04 Jul 2022 18:35:57 | Update: 04 Jul 2022 18:35:57
BB to remain without a governor until July 12

Fazle Kabir went into retirement from Sunday after serving as governor of Bangladesh Bank for a little more than six years.

His successor Abdur Rouf Talukder is scheduled to join the top post of the central bank on July 12.

Talukder took an early retirement as the finance secretary as per rules of government service.

The central bank thus remains without a governor for this interim period.

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The Ministry of Finance in an office order instructed the deputy governors to look after their respective departments as head of authority.

Md Serajul Islam, executive director and spokesperson of BB, told UNB that in the absence of governor, the deputy governors will perform their duties in their respective cases.

Jihad Uddin, deputy secretary of Financial Institutions Division under the ministry, singed an office order and sent to the central bank on Sunday in this regard.

The order stated that the deputy governors would carry out their daily activities in their respective fields in the interest of continuing daily activities from July 4, until the new governor joins.

Deputy Governor-1 Ahmed Jamal will see the daily notices/files of the governor and send it to the departments concerned during the interim period.

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