Dhaka, June 17 -- Bangladesh Bank Governor Mostaqur Rahman has not met the protesters from the Customers' Forum despite a meeting scheduled with the group's representatives.

Speaking at Bangladesh Bank around 12:15pm on Wednesday, Prof Nur Un Nabi, convener of the Islami Bank Conscious Customers Forum, said: "The governor did not meet us. He appointed Deputy Governor Kabir Ahmed to hold discussions with us instead."

After submitting a seven-point demand charter the previous day, a meeting had been scheduled for Wednesday between several representatives of the forum and the governor.

However, the governor did not appear. After meeting with a central bank official, Nur Un Nabi told reporters:

"When we submitted the memorandum, we reques...