Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman on Saturday urged the high officials of the central bank to lead the economy for the betterment of the country.

He urged the senior officials of the central bank for attaining adequate communication skills so that they could disseminate complex economic information to the stakeholders.

The governor was addressing the closing session of a two-day Strategic Planning Workshop 2012.
The Strategic Planning Unit of Bangladesh Bank organised the workshop that started on Friday at BRAC CDM, Savar, Dhaka.

The workshop was organised to strengthen leadership quality of the officials of the BB. All BB officials in the rank of General Manager and above attended the workshop.

Deputy Governor Abul Qasem, executive director Md Ahsanullah, senior advisor to the governor Allah Malik Kazemi, Khandkar Ibrahim Khaled, Chairman, Bangladesh Krishi Bank, renowned cultural personality Aly Zaker, among others, addressed the workshop at different sessions.

Ibrahim Khaled led a session on leadership on the first day while Aly Zaker led a session on Communication Skill Development on the second day of the workshop.

The contemporary issues of core inflation (other than food and fuel), interest rate and exchange rate were discussed in the workshop. The workshop opined that these are inter-related and are highly influenced by the external events as well.

The workshop also finalised the future action plan in order to achieve the objectives of Strategic Plan 2010-2014.

The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/ 15th Jan 2012