DHAKA (24janu) : Finance Minister AMA Muhith advised outgoing World Bank (WB) Country Director Ellen Goldstein to join politics in Bangladesh as she claimed that she is popular figure.
The finance minister made the comment while talking to reporters at his office in secretariat on Thursday.
“Goldstein claims that she is a popular figure across the world. Her stance against corruption in the Padma Bridge project brought her the popularity. So I will advice her to join politics in Bangladesh resigning the WB.”
He also told the journalists: “We removed Syed Abul Hossain by the advice of the WB despite having no evidence of corruption against him.”
“Through this, we wanted to prove that we are against corruption,” he added.