Dhaka, June 30 -- Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday said after he left Bangladesh Bank as governor, all his successors just worked as agents of the government, not as governors of the central bank.

"It was not possible during my time as I was in there (Bangladesh Bank). After that Bangladesh Bank used to run through the government directives," he said.

The finance adviser made the statement while responding to a question after officially announcing the successful completion of the budget preparation for 72 institutions for the current year using the State-Owned Enterprises (SoE) and Autonomous Bodies (AB) Budget, Reporting and Evaluation Database (SABRE+) at his office in the Finance Division.

Dr. Salehuddin served as the ...