Staff Reporter :The government plans to axe Bangladesh Bank’s 200 contractual jobs as part of its ongoing effort to strengthen the security of the bank.The decision has been taken in view of stealing of $81 million from the BB’s account maintained with the Federal Reserve in New York.”We have planned to cut jobs of BB’s 200 contractual employees for the greater interest of the bank,” Finance Minister AMA Muhith told reporters after a meeting with Rosatom’s Deputy Director General for International Relations Nikolai Spasskiy in Dhaka on Wednesday.The minister alleged that former BB Governor Atiur Rahman had weakened the structure of the central bank by appointing employees on contractual basis.”Now, the government plans to remove them from the bank to strengthen the security of the bank,” he added.Muhith also said that the government has already devised a plan to provide cyber security for the central bank. “Measures are underway according to the plan to ensure cyber security of the bank,” he said.
