Staff Reporter :The BNP has demanded resignation of Finance Minister AMA Muhith and Bangladesh Bank’s Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on account of the fund theft from the country’s central bank.The party’s Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed demanded their resignation in a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the city on Friday. He also demanded exemplary punishment to those involved with the scandal. Referring to newspaper reports, Rizvi Ahmed said that an influential quarter of the government and an organised international gang are involved with the stealing money from the Bangladesh Bank’s Reserve Account. He suggested the authorities to seize passports of the bank officials, who visited Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates and some other countries in the last three years. Then the involvement of the officials and influential quarter with the international gang will be known. Meanwhile, BNP’s standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan at a separate meeting in the city expressed concerns over the funds theft and held the government responsible for this.He said that the lack of monitoring the central bank’s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York gave an opportunity to the hackers to steal the money. Bangladesh Labour Party, a partner of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, arranged the meeting at Photojournalists Association auditorium protesting the filing of a sedition case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.Nazrul Islam Khan said that the government has no accountability to the people. “The people now suffer from a sense of insecurity as the incidents of killing, plundering and terrorism and corruption have spread all over the country. Money is being looted from banks. Our share market has been plundered. Even, the country’s money is stolen from the reserve bank. It is a matter of great concern,” he said.The BNP leader said, now mothers, sisters and children are not safe. The property of the country is not safe. This situation has to be changed, he added. He called for holding a fair and inclusive election to install a representative government in the country.According to media reports, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been hacked and millions of dollars were taken out from the Bangladesh Bank’s Reserve Account. Earlier in 2011, the BNP also demanded resignation of the Finance minister and the central bank’s governor following the share market scandal.
