Make public bank scamsters' list

BNP yesterday issued a 72-hour ultimatum on the government to make public the list of “bank scamsters” in order to bring discipline in the financial sector.

At a press briefing in BNP's Nayapaltan office in the capital, spokesperson Asaduzzaman Khan Ripon however did not mention of the party's plans following the ultimatum.

He also asked Finance Minister AMA Muhith to be more vocal over the issue.

Asaduzzaman claimed that people instead of the government should be credited with the country's elevation from the low to lower middle income status.

“If the government did not loot public money, the country could have become a higher middle income nation,” he said.

He pointed at Muhith's recent speech in parliament when the latter said the government could not take punitive action against a top official of Sonali Bank for his involvement in the Hallmark loan scam due to interference from “our own men”.

Ripon, also the international affairs secretary, said, “During the current government's tenure, around Tk 55,000 crore has turned into default loans.” “Three Padma bridges could have been built,” he claimed.