Ban on Journalists in Bangladesh Bank: Bangladesh Bank will have to provide all information that public has a right to know, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mohammad Ali Arafat, said today.
Bangladesh Bank's Restrictions On Journalists' Access: BB has recently restricted the journalists’ access for no reason in sight. Of course, BB’s policy restlessness in recent months surrounding default loans, the dollar’s exchange rates, reserves, remittance, inflation, and mergers have drawn in more criticism than praise from the media. Meanwhile, journalists have been
So, if the governor does not have the courage to even admit the fact that the central bank has bowed to political pressure time and again, has broken its own rules, and made special concessions for vested interests, how can he be counted on to have the courage to stand up to them now?