Public-Trust

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said the government will enhance the capacity of the Statistics and Informatics Division and the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), while also increasing the independence and professionalism of data publication. These measures, he said, are aimed at strengthening public trust in government data. The minister also instructed officials to take initiatives to update the organizational structure and recruitment rules of the BBS...

Chairmen of the boards of directors bear the greatest responsibility for the large-scale irregularities and alleged looting that took place at Islamic banks in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bank Governor Md. Mostaqur Rahman has said. The remarks were made during a special workshop titled “The Shariah-Related Role of the Chairman of the Board of Directors in Islamic Banking Operations,” jointly organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) and Bangladesh Bank’s Islamic Banks Re...