Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- Premier Bank Chairman Arifur Rahman believes good governance can be restored to the banking sector if directors stop interfering in management, preventing loans from being diverted to unauthorised purposes and funds from being misappropriated under the guise of lending.

Given the current situation, he has called for reducing directors' powers by limiting board representation to one person from each family.

Arifur -- who transitioned from a career in medicine to becoming a banking entrepreneur -- shared his insights on the banking sector during bdnews24.com's regular broadcast, "Chinwag with the Chiefs".

The programme was streamed across bdnews24.com's YouTube channel and Facebook page.

During the session, he discusse...