BB restructures board

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has restructured its Board of Directors by adding three new members.
 
The development came through a board meeting held today at the BB headquarters in the city, said Husne Ara Shikha, BB Executive Director and spokesperson, after the meeting.
 
The three new directors are Fahmida Khatun, executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Md Habibur Rahman, deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, and Nazma Mubarek, the secretary of the Financial Institutions Division.
 
Shikha said today's board meeting also set and passed the area of responsibility of the six-member taskforce which was formed back in September to conduct reform works in the banking sector.
 
The central bank spokesperson said the board today was also formally briefed about the writ petition regarding the Beximco Group.