Bangladesh Bank

OPINION: Swedish couple, cops and our concerns

The Swedish couple was robbed off their money by the police, just to be returned the next day by an unknown person. How would you feel after such harassment?
30 January 2016, 10:13 AM

Tortured BB official Rabby rejects report, dubs it false

Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby, who was subjected to police torture for bribe, has rejected the report submitted to the Supreme Court over the incident. “I did not do anything, they grabbed me by my collar from the behind,” he tells The Daily Star hours after the report is filed to the apex court.
28 January 2016, 10:06 AM

In report to SC, cops blame BB official Rabby for obstructing them

Police tell the Supreme Court that Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby obstructed them from discharging their duties and scuffled with them during search earlier this month.
28 January 2016, 05:22 AM

Allow review plea of Farmers Bank, SC asks BB

The Supreme Court directs Bangladesh Bank to allow Farmers Bank to seek review of the central bank’s order that fined the bank Tk 10 lakh for concealing information.
28 January 2016, 05:12 AM

‘No bar to lodge case on torturer cop now’

There is no legal bar now to file a case over the incident of police torture on a Bangladesh Bank official, says Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon.
27 January 2016, 08:19 AM

BB official torture: SC urged to uphold case filing order

The Supreme Court has been requested to uphold the High Court order that directed police to record a case for police torture on Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby.
26 January 2016, 10:49 AM

SC stays case filing against torturer cop Masud

Supreme Court stays a High Court order that directed police to file a case over cop torture on Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby. Chamber judge ordered the stay until January 25 and sent it for a full bench hearing.
21 January 2016, 09:00 AM

Special audit of Bangladesh Bank

It is perhaps the first of its kind that a special audit on Bangladesh Bank has been asked for the parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
19 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh Bank vs MK Alamgir

The Bangladesh Bank has made Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir very unhappy and he is not taking it sitting down.
19 January 2016, 18:00 PM

SI Masud didn’t act like a cop: Minister

Suspended policeman Masud Shikder did not act like a cop, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.
18 January 2016, 09:12 AM

Bank official torture: Cops submit probe report

Police have submitted a probe report into the torture of a Bangladesh Bank official allegedly by a sub-inspector of Mohammadpur Police Station.
17 January 2016, 10:01 AM

Writ seeks arrest of cop Masud, judicial probe

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking the arrest of suspended policeman Masud Shikder and a judicial probe over the torture of a Bangladesh Bank official.
17 January 2016, 08:41 AM

Torturer cops Masud, Akash suspended

Dhaka police suspends two sub-inspectors (SI) for torturing two officials in Mohammadpur and Jatrabari. SI Masud Shikder of Mohammadpur Police Station and SI Arshadul Islam Akash of Jatrabari Police Station were suspended for beating up and allegedly threatening central bank official Golam Rabbi on January 9 and DSCC Conservancy Officer Bikash Chandra Das yesterday respectively.
16 January 2016, 07:59 AM

Cops beat DSCC official in Jatrabari

One week into the alleged torture of a Bangladesh Bank official, on duty policemen beat up an inspector of Dhaka South City Corporation in Jatrabari area of the capital allegedly for no reason.
15 January 2016, 08:14 AM

BB appoints observer in Farmers Bank

Bangladesh Bank (BB) appoints an observer in the board of Farmers Bank in a bid to improve the health of the newly established bank.
13 January 2016, 12:26 PM

BB chief writes to IGP seeking justice for tortured official

Bangladesh Bank governor in a letter called upon the police chief to ensure justice for alleged police torture of an official of the central bank.
13 January 2016, 12:06 PM

Cop closed over ‘torturing bank official’

A sub-inspector of Mohammadpur Police Station has been closed for allegedly torturing a Bangladesh Bank official and threatening to implicate him in a lawsuit if he fails to pay a Tk 5 lakh bribe.
11 January 2016, 06:10 AM

No fee on bank job seekers: BB

Bangladesh Bank directs all banks not to take any fees in the form of pay order or bank draft from job applicants.
29 December 2015, 14:13 PM

No scope to change new pay scale: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says there is no scope to change the newly announced national pay scale.
23 December 2015, 14:03 PM

‘Poor infrastructure, slow bureaucracy major challenges’

World Bank Senior Vice President and chief economist Dr Kaushik Basu says poor infrastructure and slow bureaucracy are two major challenges for Bangladesh’s economy, which is according to him, is standing at the ‘takeoff stage’.
15 December 2015, 14:59 PM