Dhaka, April 9 -- Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur said all Islamic banks will be merged into two entities.

He said, 'political interference in banks will be stopped so that no one can establish a reign of loot.'

He said this at the 10th Annual Banking Conference at BIBM at Mirpur on Wednesday.

The governor said, 'Both banks and non-bank financial institutions need reforms because of irregularities, scams and failure of good governance.'

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For this, after the political change on August 5 last year, Bangladesh Bank took the initiative to form a task force, introduce new laws and amend existing laws such as the Bank Companies Act, he pointed out.

As a result, some of...