Bangladesh Bank’s initiative to introduce key performance indicators (KPIs) for evaluating the CEOs of commercial banks is a timely move. At a time when Bangladesh’s banking sector is facing pressure on asset quality, liquidity, profitability, governance and public confidence, a more structured approach to leadership performance deserves serious attention.

The police yesterday instructed its field-level officials to take all-out measures to dismantle militant networks across the country and prevent them from getting fresh recruits. The superintendents of police of all the districts were given a list of 4,000 suspected militants in their areas and asked to hunt them down, say sources.