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Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has said the interim government has started reforms that the future elected governments must continue.
He said the interim government is making clear the road to reforms, which will be made from a narrow place to a highway. The speed of reforms will increase in the next government.
The adviser said this while speaking as the chief guest at ERF-Nagad best reporting award ceremony, held at hotel in the capital on Tuesday evening, according to UNB.
Dr Salehuddin said the reforms will be sustainable with commitment from the political governments. Otherwise, the benefits of reforms would not reach the common people.
He said the government is doing what works well for the country. Irregularities over years of misrule can't be removed overnight.
He appreciated Bangladesh Banks' Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur for working hard to bring the financial sector on the right track.
With Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) president Refayet Ullah Mirdha in the chair, the function was also addressed, among others, by Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Masur, Nagad Board Chairman KAS Murshid, its administrator Muhammad Badiuzzaman Dider and ERF General Secretary Abul kashem.
The Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF) and Nagad, a leading digital financial service have jointly conferred awards on 19 economic reporters in 17 categories economic journalists.
The award winners are Doulot Akter Mala (The Financial Express), Sadrul Hasan (UNB), Fakhrul Islam Harun (Prothom Alo), Jebun Nesa Alo (The Business Standard), Rajib Ahmed (Prothom Alo), Iqbal Ahsan (Channel 24), Md Ismail Ali (Daily Sharebiz), Ahsan Habib Rasel (The Daily Star), Babu Kamruzzaman (News 24), Obaidullah Rony (Samakal), Tauhid Hossain Papon (Jamuna Television), Md Shofiqul Islam (Dhaka Post), Sajjadur Rahman (The Business Standard), Arifur Rahman (Prothom Alo), Salah Uddin Mahmud (The Business Standard), Ziadul Islam (Amader Shomoy), Mohammad Jahangir Shah Kajol (Prothom Alo), Razu Ahmed (Daily Kalbela), and Sushanta K Sinha (Ekattor Television).