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BCI, NCL irregularities

Ministries asked to probe involvements

By Inam Ahmed and Sohel Manzur
The Government has Instructed all the ministries to conduct investigations Into possible Involvement of their respective departments and corporations In the Irregular! ties of the BCI and NCL
According to Finance Ministry sources, they have also been Instructed to prepare reports and submit those to the Ministry
The Anti-Corruption Department was also conducting criminal Investigation into all the government organisa Hons separately, the sources said, adding that the reports were likely to be finalised by next week.
Meanwhile, the audit report on NCL (National Credit Limited) was prepared yester
According to the Bangladesh Bank sources.
some Irregularities were de lected tn the audit, which include conducting of banking activities Illegally and the tak Ing of excessive loans by the Directors of the NCL.
The Finance Ministry, however, asked the audit report from the Bangladesh Bank by today It wifi be submitted to Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman on Saturday. according to the sources
Besides, the inspection of the BCI by the Bangladesh Bank could not be held until yesterday as it was yet to receive permission of the court to seize the documents of the company
The government Las in the meantime prepared a list of the property of the BCI head office /nd some other branches of the company The Bangladesh Bank on
Ing of the Managing Directors (MDs) of different public and private sector banks MDs from 10 private sector and four pub lie sector banks were present 1n the meeting
The meeting viewed that some misreporting In a sec tlon of the press had marred the banking situation recently
The bank representatives asked the central bank to re quest the press not to publish reports that are not true
The meeting also referred to the report about Al Baraka Bank and said that such mis reporting affected the bank They viewed that If this con tlnued, the confidence of the depositors would be shattered
They also staled that de spite the situation, there were no rush withdrawals of de posits from any of the banks
The meeting viewed that the deposit of the private banks was Taka 6600 crore on April 24 at the time of the BCI scandal. The amount did not fall after a week on April 30. During the time, the liquidity of the banks stood at about 25 per cent, higher than the rec ommended 21 per cent. The banks had Taka 233 crore In excess liquidity
The meeting also observed that the deposits of all the banka was Taka 26000 crore as on December 31. 1991. [hiring the four months time, the amount decreased by about Taka 300 crore However, the deposits In the private banka Increased during ihe same period.
The trends In the banking sector are now the normal ups and downs", an MD of a private bank told The Dally Star while commenting on the present banking activities
The depositors of the BCI In a meeting on Wednesday held the Bangladesh Bank responsible for the current situation in the BCI They said despite provisions for the central bank to take legal actions against any Irregularities of any bank or financial Institution, the authorities did not act earlier
They alleged that the Bank silently witnessed the trregu larlties 1n the BCI for a long time
The depositors also wanted the government to sell off the property of the BCI and Its directors to pay off the deposl tor*
Our Khulna office adds : The budget cum account* officer of Khulna Municipal Corporation Sheikh Jalal Uddin Ahmed was suspended Wednesday for his involvement in depositing Taka 80 lakh at the Khulna branch of the BCI.