Firing of CBA Leaders: Shajahan asks Rupali Bank to solve the issue

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday asked the Rupali Bank management to immediately settle the issue involving the bank's union leaders sacked in July for assaulting three high-ups of the bank.

“Many things were exposed in the last few days and I don't want to explain it in details. All of us now know the history of Chief Justice [Surendra Kumar] Sinha,” said Shajahan who paid a sudden visit to the bank's headquarters in Motijheel.

“We don't want to expose your unknown facts,” the minister said referring to the top officials of the state-run bank.

He was speaking at an unscheduled event organised by the sacked CBA (collective bargaining agent) leaders of Rupali Bank.

Ataur Rahman Prodhan, managing director of the bank, was not at his office at the time.

Earlier on July 19, Rupali Bank sacked three of its CBA leaders for assaulting a general manager, an assistant general manager and a deputy assistant general manager of the bank's local office on December 5 last year.

The sacked leaders are CBA President Mustak Ahmed, General Secretary Md Kabil Hossain Kazi and Md Arman Mollah.

The bank also sent an employee into forced retirement, demoted four others and transferred them outside the capital for their links with the assault.       

Shajahan batted for the errant CBA leaders, saying that though they were sacked, they didn't create chaos in the bank. Rather, they went to the court and challenged the bank's decision.

“Solve the problem, and if you need, I am ready to help,” he said.

The minister then left the bank without meeting any of its high-ups.