Finance ministry sends details of 24 banks’ top officers to ACC

The list includes central bank governors, deputy governors and heads of the FIU who served over the past 15 years

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has received detailed information on top officers of 24 banks, including the central bank, from the finance ministry.

On Tuesday, ACC officers said the letter from the ministry included names of governors, deputy governors and heads of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) who served at Bangladesh Bank over the past decade and a half.

ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed that the commission had received the letter.

The Financial Institutions Division of the ministry sent the documents to the ACC chief office on Aug 19, covering those who held office between 2009 and Aug 5 this year “for necessary action”.

The list includes state-owned banks Sonali, Janata, Agrani, Rupali, BASIC and Bangladesh Development Bank, as well as boards of directors and managing directors of 18 private banks.

The request followed an ACC inquiry into allegations against former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman. Others included ex-governors Abdur Rouf Talukder and Fazle Kabir; former deputy governors SK Sur Chowdhury, SM Moniruzzaman, Abu Hena Mohammad Razi Hasan and Abu Farah Md Nasser; and former BFIU chiefs Masud Biswas and Kazi Sayedur Rahman.

An ACC official said the documents also include certified copies of pre-2009 loan rescheduling policies and all rules issued since then on loan rescheduling.