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Unruly behaviour with governor

BB axes10 unionists

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
The central bank yesterday axed 10 employees, including presidents and general secretaries of Bangladesh Bank Officers Welfare Association (BBOWA) and Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA), in its first-ever stringent action against unruly behaviour with the bank governor.
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) listed for termination some other employees, who are accused of breaching bank rules by confining Governor Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed to his room Tuesday during a demonstration for a charter of demands.
Tuesday's siege was the latest in a series of untoward incidents,
including smashing the car of a BB board director and kicking the door of the governor, in the last two years.
The employees who lost job were paid a one-month salary under section 13/2 of the Bangladesh Bank Staff Regulation that says if any staffers act against regulations, the governor can instantly terminate their appointments on pay of a onemonth salary.
The terminated top four employees who have ruling alliance backings are BBOWA President and officer in the foreign exchange department Abdul Majid Sarkar, BBOWA General Secretary and officer of BB Motijheel office Alamgir Hossain, CBA President and mechanic Mohammad Irail Hossain
and General Secretary Joynal Abedin.
The others are caretakers Harunur Rashid, Mohammad Solaiman, Jalaluddin Chowdhury, Abul Kalam, Jahangir Hossain Khan and driver Harunur Rashid Chowdhury.
Bankers and government high officials viewed the action as a corrective step. BB Executive Director Nazmul Hasan told BBC Radio last night that the bank took the step to grapple with anarchy.
"They (union leaders) have violated discipline and misbehaved with the governor. The Bangladesh Bank would like to signal that no anarchy would be accepted in future," he said.
But Joynal, speaking to BBC,
described the decision as illegal and undemocratic, adding: "We did not create any anarchy. Rather, we tried to negotiate with the authorities democratically."
"We will take our next step in consultation with our party," BBC quoted the CBA general secretary as saying.
A CBA scheduled rally at the bank gate fizzled out yesterday, as union leaders stayed off the bank premises and were milling around at the CBA office of Sonali Bank Headquarters.
Security was tightened around the BB with deployment of additional police apparently ready to arrest CBA leaders responsible for Tuesday's siege.
The BB filed a case with Motijheel Police Station on Wednesday for the unruly behaviour of some CBA leaders.
The bank will start full implementation of the staff regulations on Saturday in its efforts to bring order to the central bank, a high official said.
He said action would be taken against the lawbreakers, based on reports from intelligence agencies who began investigating all untoward incidents at the BB since 2002.
The CBA has not yet decided whether it will go to court, challenging the central bank decision.