Bangladesh: Central Bank Governor, Chief Justice and five senior judges resign from their posts

Bangladesh Central to Bank After Governor Abdul Rauf Talukdar The Supreme Court K Chief Justice Apart from Obaidul Hasan, five senior judges have also resigned from their post following the students’ ultimatum on Saturday.

According to the AP news agency, Asif Nazrul, Advisor to the Interim Government on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, said in a video message posted on Facebook that his office had received the letter of resignation of the Chief Justice and that he would take further action. For this, the country’s president will be sent to Muhammad Shahabuddin.

Five other senior judges of the Supreme Court also resigned on Saturday in the new government’s attempt to restructure the judiciary.

Obaidul Hasan was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court last year and was seen as a loyalist of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

As Supreme Court chief Obaid-ul-Hassan, seen as a loyalist of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was called on to resign by protesters outside the court in the capital, Dhaka.

According to Bangladeshi newspaper Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdul Rauf Talukdar also submitted his resignation to the Finance Ministry on Friday citing ‘personal reasons’.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Talukdar’s resignation is part of a wider wave of exits from government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions following the recent collapse of the Awami League-led government.

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His resignation comes after a political upheaval that led to the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier this week.

Earlier on August 7, four deputy governors of Bangladesh Bank also agreed to resign amid mounting criticism.

Bangladesh’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, resigned on August 5 after weeks of protests against the quota system in government jobs and fled to neighboring India.

Around 300 people were killed and thousands injured in nationwide violence following a student-led uprising against the longtime former prime minister.

After which the caretaker government headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was sworn in on Thursday, which will be entrusted with the responsibility of conducting elections in the country.