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Ex-minister Mosharraf acquitted in money laundering case

Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member and former health and family welfare minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain was acquitted in a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission...

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Dealing with odious debt

BANGLADESH has become increasingly indebted since 2009. The country’s external debt stock increased from $23.3 billion in 2008 to $100.6 billion in December 2023 thanks to the country’s mega-projects-led so-called development with borrowed money under the now-deposed authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina...

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Protests erupt at banks amid political change

Protests erupted at several banks on Thursday with officials alleging that those who were not aligned with the government or bank owners and those who refused to engage in illegal activities had faced harassment and termination...

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Trial of Prof Yunus in graft case deferred to August 5

Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 on Monday deferred recording the testimony of prosecution witnesses till August 5th in a case filed against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and 13 others under the Money Laundering Prevention Act...

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Singapore seizes over US$4b in dirty money since 2019

Singapore has seized S$6 billion ($4.4 billion) linked to crime and money laundering since 2019, the wealthy city state said Wednesday, after a massive dirty money scandal marred its squeaky clean reputation last year.

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Prof Yunus, 13 others charged

The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 on Wednesday charged Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and 13 others with embezzlement of Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers’ Welfare Fund...

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WP to hold nationwide protests against govt failures

The Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner in the Awami League-led alliance, will hold nationwide demonstrations on June 25, protesting against government’s failures, including price hikes of essential commodities, mass corruption, money laundering, and mismanagement in the banking sector...

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LDA demands white paper on grafts of Aziz, Benazir

Left Democratic Alliance demanded the publishing of the white paper on the alleged corruption of former army chief General Aziz Ahmed and former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and others who are involved in money laundering and loan defaulting...

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ACC approves charges against ex-Basic Bank chair Bacchu, family

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved a charge sheet against former Basic Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu and his family members in a case filed by the commission on charges of embezzlement and money laundering of around Tk 95 crore...

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