Around 50 bankers have applied for three deputy governors’ positions of Bangladesh Bank, official sources said.

Besides, most of the executive directors of the central bank have submitted application for the posts. Former BB Executive Director Harun-ur Rashid is also in that list.

The applicants will be short listed during a meeting on December 13, said a member of a the five-member search committee formed to run the recruitment process, headed by Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation ( PKSF) Chairman and eminent economist Dr Qazi Kholiquzzam Ahmad.

BB posted job advertisements in leading national dailies last month to appoint three deputy governors as the tenure of the three existing deputy governors will expire by the end of this year.

The extended terms of three incumbent deputy governors-- Nazrul Huda, Ziaul Hasan Siddique and Murshid Kuli Khan-- will expire on December 31, 2011.

Sources at the Finance Ministry said several executive directors have expressed their interest to fill the posts.

An adviser to the Prime Minister has already recommended the names two BB Executive Directors to appoint as deputy governors.

Source: The Daily Sun/ Bangladesh/ 9th Dec 2011