Atiur assails pvt banks for firing \\\'under-qualified\\\' bankers

A specialised training institute for professionals has launched of its journey aiming to educate, especially bankers with cutting edge operational knowledge.
The Intasia Institute of Business Management (IIBM),  institute is a joint-venture (Intimate Bangladesh and Acasia Global India) project to facilitate management development and capacity building in the banking and financial sector in the country.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman Saturday inaugurated the training institute at a city hotel as the chief guest.
Former vice chancellor of North South University Prof Hafiz GA Siddiqi, managing director of the PKSF Md Abdul Karim, former BB deputy governor Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled, CEO and Managing Director of Intasia Human Development Initiative Limited (IHDIL) MH Rahman, IHDIL Chairman Prof Arup Choudhuri and IIBM Principal Md Serajul Haque, among others, attended the function.
Speaking at the event, the central bank governor stressed the need for generating skilled workforce by providing proper training and education to lead the country's financial sector toward success.
He appreciated the initiative of establishing the specialised training institute like Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM).
The central bank boss berated the private banks for sacking employees on the grounds of poor qualification.
'We've information that some private banks terminate their employees on the grounds of disqualification," the governor said. "Such job termination is very unfortunate," he added.
He said if the terminated officials were trained up properly, then they would have also become qualified staffs of the organisation.
Terming the country's economy stable, the central bank governor said the New York-based rating agency Moody's officials who visited Bangladesh recently, appreciated the country's economic growth.
Referring to the agency's assessment, the governor said the rater has listed Bangladesh as one of lowest volatile (in terms of financial stability) countries in the world.
"However, political confrontation stands in the way to achieving the expected economic growth," the governor noted.
The BB governor also underscored the need for recruiting more female workers and ensuring women-friendly official environment.
"We'll issue a circular soon making an obligation of employing at least a female as deputy managing director (DMD) of every bank" Dr Rahman said.
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