Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Md. Mostaqur Rahman took over as the 14th Governor of Bangladesh Bank on Thursday.

Senior officials and staff received the new governor when he reached the central bank headquarters around 11 am.

"I have arrived; let me start the work first, then we can talk," he told reporters while entering the office.

Mostaqur, a Fellow of Cost and Management Accountants (FCMA), was appointed for a four-year term by the government replacing ex-governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur.

The appointment was announced in a notification issued by the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.

As per the official gazette, the appointment was made under Section 10(5) of the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972, which requires t...