Former IMF economist to be next Bangladesh Bank governor
Ahsan Habib Mansur will take over after predecessor was forced out of office following protests
Ahsan Habib Mansur, a former economist at the International Monetary Fund, is to become the new governor of the Bangladesh Bank.
According to local media reports, the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has decided to appoint Mansur to take over from Abdur Rouf Talukder.
Talukder resigned on August 9 following sustained protests by bank employees who had been calling on him to go.
Yunus’s administration will reportedly amend the rule that sets the upper age limit for bank
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