The government-appointed Grameen Bank Commission, set up to look into the activities of the micro-finance institution, will submit its final report on Sunday, said finance minister AMA Muhith.
“The commission wanted a month more but I requested them to be quick. Now they say they would give it tomorrow [Sunday], “Muhith told bdnews24.com on Saturday night.
The Cabinet had cleared a proposal Thursday to convert the Grameen Bank Ordinance into an Act with a provision for Bangladesh Bank oversight of the micro-finance institution.
Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus had been the Bank’s MD since it came into being.
The Bangladesh Bank removed Yunus in 2011 because he had crossed the permissible age to hold the post.The position has remained vacant since.
A documentary aired on the Norweigan national TV in 2010 accused Yunus of transferring foreign funds from one account to another without informing the donors.
The government formed a commission to probe the allegation.
A section of the media said recently that the Grameen Bank Commission has recommended decentralisation of the Bank’s structure in its primary report.
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