I was not driven away, but could choose to retire,” he said with a smile on his last working day in the finance ministry at the Secretariat on Monday. In addition to Muhith, several senior leaders including Tofail Ahmed, Amir Hossain Amu and Matia Chowdhury were relieved of the post of minister. Muhith tied the record of 12 national budgets as the finance minister of Bangladesh. While forming the government in 2009, Hasina entrusted the finance ministry to Muhith, who had presented two budgets under the rule of HM Ershad. But following the 10th parliamentary election, the Awami League came to power and Muhith took charge of the finance ministry once more.

Source: bd News24 January 07, 2019 11:48 UTC