DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has brought a sudden change at the helm of its department that handles and manages foreign reserves. Kazi Sayedur Rahman, the General Manager (GM) of the Forex Reserves and Treasury Management Department, has been transferred to the central bank’s Rangpur office. He was replaced by Human Resources Department 2 GM Md Azizur Rahman, around three months after the $81 million cyber heist in the central bank’s foreign reserve account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. BB spokesperson Subhankar Saha said an order in this regard was issued on Sunday. But he dubbed Sayedur’s transfer a ‘routine change’.
“Rangpur office’s GM post has been vacant for quite some time now. Sayedur Rahman has been transferred to fill that up,” he told bdnews24.com. “Sayedur Rahman was the station’s senior most. According to the Bangladesh Bank rules, only seniors can be transferred to offices outside (Dhaka).” Saha said six more posts were undergoing changes for the same reason.
