Bangladesh central bank governor resigns over cyber heist

Bangladesh's central bank Governor Atiur Rahman poses inside his office in Dhaka in this October 2, 2013 file photo. Rahman said on March 15, 2016 he had resigned after $81 million was stolen from the bank's account at the New York Fed in one of the largest cyber heists in history. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj/Files

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s central bank governor Atiur Rahman said he had resigned after US$81mil (RM335.38mil) was stolen from the bank's account at the New York Fed in one of the largest cyber heists in history. 

Rahman told Reuters that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had accepted his resignation.