Commenting that the power import deal with Adani is controversial and one-sided, Dr. Fahmida Khatun, executive director of the private research institute Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said, "This deal was made bypassing the people. Bangladesh's interests have not been safeguarded here."
Dr. Fahmida Khatun made these remarks as the chief guest at the shadow parliament organized by Debate for Democracy on the lack of good governance in the financial sector to prevent corruption at the FDC in the capital on Sunday (December 8). Debate for Democracy Chairman Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron presided over the program.
She said, despite the strained relations with India, there will be no major difficulties in the trade sector. If necessary, we will have to take initiatives to purchase our products from alternative countries.
CPD's executive director said, "To protect the interests of depositors, Bangladesh Bank has printed money and given it to weak banks considering the emergency situation, this money cannot be used for loans or business purposes in any way."
According to the existing rules of Bangladesh Bank, no current or former government official can be the governor or deputy governor. Even then, we see that bureaucrats have been appointed there to implement dishonest intentions.
He said, we have to get out of the culture of getting away with committing crimes. Otherwise, exploitation and corruption will continue with the change of power. Despite so many problems in the current banks, the previous government approved digital banks for people inexperienced in political considerations where nepotism was the main thing.
In his speech, Debate for Democracy Chairman Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron said that although the White Paper Committee on Economic Affairs referred to the financial sector as a thief regime during the past 15 years of rule, during the rule of the fallen government, they established not only a thief regime, but also a robbery regime including occupation and loot. 75 to 80 Padma bridges could have been built with the 234 billion dollars smuggled during the rule of the fallen government. With the Tk. 3 lakh crore of defaulted loans, 14 metro rail projects and 24 more projects like the Padma Bridge could have been built. State-owned enterprises are also not lagging behind in defaulted loans.