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Calls to stop interfering with Grameen Bank

Star Business Report
Calls for the government to withdraw the amendment to the Grameen Bank Ordinance have continued to pour in.
Nagorik Oikko, a recently launched political platform, Bangladesh Human Rights Commission and Bangladesh Rural and Human Rights Journalist Forum also urged the government to stop interfering with Grameen Bank and its founder Prof Muhammad Yunus.
Mahmudur Rahman Manna, convener of Nagorik Oikko, said: "The government has created a complex situation about Grameen Bank, which is known as the bank of the poor."
"The special-
"Grameen is a private bank. Its members own 97 percent of its stake legally. Their elected board is running the bank. Apart from one or two isolated cases, no corruption incident about Grameen Bank has come up."
Manna also said the bank's success compared to that of other banks cannot be denied.
"The government-announced amendment has worried us."
On the other hand, the mismanagement and corruption of the state-run banks is not unknown, he added.
"When the government is not properly dealing with the embezzling of more than Tk 3,000 crore from Sonali Bank in two
ised bank, which worked for the poor women, has earned name and fame at home and abroad for realistic reasons. Grameen Bank and its founder ProfYunus have brightened the image of the country by winning the Nobel Peace Prize."
He said a smear campaign to vilify Grameen Bank and ProfYunus is being run. Besides, the move to investigate the bank without any reason has created confusion.
years, the motivated dragging of Grameen Bank cannot be supported at all."
"I think Grameen Bank should be allowed to run as it is by withdrawing the ordinance on amendment," he said in a statement.
Bangladesh Human Rights Commission urged the prime minister to stop unnecessary government intervention in Grameen Bank and ProfYunus.
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