bdnews24.com :
Atiur Rahman has returned to teaching at Dhaka University after resigning as Bangladesh Bank governor.
He stepped down on Tuesday, under pressure to resign over last month’s $81 million cyber heist of Bangladesh Bank reserves kept at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. “He (Atiur Rahman) has formally joined the Department of Development Studies today (Wednesday),” Chairman of the Department Dr Abu Yusuf told bdnews24.com. Atiur had taught here for three years since 2006 before he went on deputation to join as governor of the central bank.
Earlier on Tuesday, he submitted his resignation letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the face of intense criticism over the heist and his alleged attempt to cover it up.
After stepping down from the coveted post, a few months before the end of his tenure, Atiur Rahman had told journalists about his decision to return to teaching.
Before his earlier stint at the Department of Development Studies at DU as a professor, he had worked for ‘Unnayan,’ a non-profit organisation he established.
Earlier, he had worked at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) as a research fellow.
Prior to joining BIDS in 1993, he was a planning officer in the Bangladesh Tourism Corporation in 1975.
Atiur Rahman was born in Jamalpur on November 28, 1949. After passing the higher secondary examination from Mirzapur Cadet College, he went to Dhaka University, where he obtained his bachelor and Master’s degrees in economics. He did his PhD. in 1993.
He also wrote several research papers and books on Bangladesh’s economic growth and microcredit revolution.
After the Awami League-led government came to power, he was made the governor of the Bangladesh Bank for a four-year term in 2009. His tenure was later extended until August 2, 2016.
Atiur Rahman has returned to teaching at Dhaka University after resigning as Bangladesh Bank governor.
He stepped down on Tuesday, under pressure to resign over last month’s $81 million cyber heist of Bangladesh Bank reserves kept at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. “He (Atiur Rahman) has formally joined the Department of Development Studies today (Wednesday),” Chairman of the Department Dr Abu Yusuf told bdnews24.com. Atiur had taught here for three years since 2006 before he went on deputation to join as governor of the central bank.
Earlier on Tuesday, he submitted his resignation letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the face of intense criticism over the heist and his alleged attempt to cover it up.
After stepping down from the coveted post, a few months before the end of his tenure, Atiur Rahman had told journalists about his decision to return to teaching.
Before his earlier stint at the Department of Development Studies at DU as a professor, he had worked for ‘Unnayan,’ a non-profit organisation he established.
Earlier, he had worked at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) as a research fellow.
Prior to joining BIDS in 1993, he was a planning officer in the Bangladesh Tourism Corporation in 1975.
Atiur Rahman was born in Jamalpur on November 28, 1949. After passing the higher secondary examination from Mirzapur Cadet College, he went to Dhaka University, where he obtained his bachelor and Master’s degrees in economics. He did his PhD. in 1993.
He also wrote several research papers and books on Bangladesh’s economic growth and microcredit revolution.
After the Awami League-led government came to power, he was made the governor of the Bangladesh Bank for a four-year term in 2009. His tenure was later extended until August 2, 2016.
