Dhaka: Experts at a roundtable in Dhaka on Thursday stressed the need for ensuring good governance and enhancing strong monitoring by Bangladesh Bank, and recruiting honest and competent people to top positions to restore discipline in the banking sector, reports UNB.

They also observed that the incidents of big scams are taking place in the sector due to the prevailing culture of impunity.

Shushashoner Janney Nagarik (Shujan) arranged the roundtable titled, ‘Steps need to be taken to establish good governance in banking sector’, at the National Press Club.

Lack of good governance in the banking sector, especially in state-owned banks, is serious, said former caretaker government adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam.

‘Normal banking indicators, let alone the big scams, have exposed the lack of good governance in the sector,’ he noted.

Mirza Aziz also said the Bangladesh Bank should properly use its power of autonomy without bowing down to any pressure to bring back discipline and establish its strong monitoring in the banking sector.