The Anti-Corruption Commission is launching an inquiry into the allegations of corruption, including money laundering, against national team cricketer and former Awami League聽 lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan...
THE syphoning of money has been a hot topic in Bangladesh and many reports have been published in the aftermath of the 2024 political changeover as many stalwarts of the then ruling party were accused of transferring money abroad illegally. Syphoning out money from one country to another is a common method of money laundering. Money laundering simply...
The Appellate Division on Wednesday set April 23 for delivering its verdict on Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus鈥� appeal to quash a money laundering case against him...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 11 people, including former IFIC Bank chairman Salman Fazlur Rahman and his son, Ahmed Sayan Fazlur Rahman, on charges of embezzling Tk聽33.64 crore and laundering Tk聽76 crore...
The National Board of Revenue has issued a notification introducing the 鈥楥ustoms Risk Management Regulations, 2025鈥� aimed at addressing economic risks such as money laundering and terrorism financing...
The Anti-Corruption Commission鈥檚 lawyer on Tuesday conceded to the arguments presented before the Appellate Division by businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun鈥檚 lawyer seeking Mamun鈥檚 acquittal in a Tk 20-crore money laundering case...
The country as a whole is going through one of the most difficult periods, created by the previous authoritarian regime through corruption and money laundering and it has left a deep scar on Bangladesh鈥檚 overall economy and financial system...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has sent letters to 12 countries, seeking information about individuals, including former United Kingdom鈥檚 city minister Tulip Siddiq, who were allegedly involved in money laundering...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed another four cases against former Basic Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu and his family members, accusing them of amassing illegal wealth amounting to Tk 248 crore and laundering money to Canada...
THE persistent depreciation of the taka against the US dollar has become a focal point. This decline, gradual thouhg, has intensified over the past decade, triggering questions about its causes, implications and solutions. While the weakening of the taka has multiple contributing factors, such as non-performing loans from multilateral development banks...
Former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitanshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury on Monday was shown arrested in a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over the Hallmark Group loan scam seven years ago...
The son of Sri Lanka鈥檚 former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was banned on Monday from leaving the island nation following his arrest for alleged money laundering...
Mercantile Bank Training Institute has organised a daylong workshop on 鈥楶revention of money laundering and combating financing against terrorism鈥� at its premises recently, said a press release...
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has taken steps to initiate legal proceedings to recover Tk聽15,000 crore allegedly accumulated through suspicious transactions and money laundering...
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit has launched a joint investigation into allegations of illegal wealth accumulation and money laundering by ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members...
The government has so far failed to bring former NRB Global Bank managing director Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, who is facing money laundering charges, back to the country from India.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed seven-year jail sentence of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun in a case lodged over money laundering...
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Thursday froze the bank accounts of NRB Commercial Bank chairman SM Parvez Tamal, its vice president Md Jafar Iqbal Howlader and former executive committee chairman Adnan Imam and their companies...
The United States embassy in Dhaka, in collaboration with Bangladesh law enforcement agencies, on Sunday launched a comprehensive anti-money laundering and counter-threat finance...
Bangladesh loses approximately $13 billion every year to illicit financial outflows, creating significant challenges in recovering this vast amount, according to Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh...
The Criminal Investigation Department of the police has started an inquiry against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury over allegations of laundering money to the United States, the...
Labour and Employment adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain on Saturday said that despite actions against business owners involved in money laundering and various crimes, their businesses would continue to operate...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against seven people including former home minister of Awami League government, Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, under the...
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Monday froze bank accounts of Bangladesh Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon and folk singer and former Awami League lawmaker Momtaz Begum...
Bangladesh and the United States have discussed ways for strengthening collaboration to counter corruption, tackle money laundering and recover stolen assets.
Finance, commerce, and science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the government was yet to decide how much fresh loan would be sought to the...
The High Court on Sunday directed the Anti-Corruption Commission chairman to submit a progress report on the investigation into money laundering allegations against...
The Criminal Investigation Department of police on Wednesday filed 17 cases against 28 people including Beximco Group founder and vice-chairman Salman F Rahman on charges of laundering around Tk 1,000 crore abroad under the guise of export trade...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on Tuesday promised to provide full-fledged cooperation with the Anti-Corruption Commission in preventing money laundering and...
The Criminal Investigation Department said that the agency has launched investigations against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman and...