Staff Reporter:
BNP on Sunday slammed the government for imposing restrictions on journalists’ access to the Bangla-desh Bank offices, saying the move was taken to hide the corruption and plunder perpetrated by Awami League MPs and their close associates.
Speaking at a demonstration, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also said a huge amount of money has been looted from different banks, and the perpetrators are none other than MPs and ministers of the Awami League, or their close associates.
“Journalists have now been restricted from entering the Bangladesh Bank so that they can’t divulge in-formation about this looting and corruption. Because criminals always want to hide their sins,” he said.
Rizvi strongly denounced the imposition of the restrictions on journalists’ access to the central bank.
A group of former lenders and workers of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Swechchasebak Dal staged the demonstration in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office demanding the unconditional release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and party leaders Habib-un-Nabi Sohel and Abdul Qader Bhuiyan Jewel.
Recently, the Bangladesh Bank imposed restrictions on journalists’ access to its offices, sparking protests by media workers and various organizations.
Mezbaul Haque, the bank’s spokesperson, on Thursday announced that journalists will now require a spe-cific permit issued by the bank to visit officials at its building. This move prohibits journalists from freely entering any department of the central bank.
