Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H. Mansur has said some weak banks will merge and customers will get their deposits back in phases.

"The central bank will give back the depositors' money or bonds against the deposited money in the S Alam related weak banks, but it required time," he said while speaking as the chief guest at a workshop on 'Microfinance in Bangladesh' organised by the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA).

Dr. Mansur said this in reply to a query from a top official of a Micro Finance Institution (MFI), who made FDR in S Alam Group-owned bank but did not return the money despite matured the tenure.

The Governor said, "I have been personally saying for the last 10 years that you should not keep mone...