Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said that the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, the central bank and other government organisations were working to bring back laundered money by forming an inter-agency taskforce.
bKash agents can now receive and transfer e-money all day long through Agent app, said a press release...
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...
NCC Bank celebrated Financial Literacy Week 2025 with the theme 鈥楾hink Before You Follow, Wise Money Tomorrow鈥�, which focused on integrating unbanked and marginalised people into the financial system...
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 Bangladesh interim government led by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will enact a special law soon to facilitate the process of bringing back the money laundered from the country...
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 interbank call money rate has remained steady at 10 per cent since November 2024, as banks have been reluctant to borrow at high rates amid the current business climate.
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...
Police in Mauritius on Sunday arrested the island's former prime minister Pravind Jugnauth in a money-laundering probe and seized stacks of cash in raids on fellow suspects' homes, officials said.
Prize money for the eight-nation Champions Trophy starting in Pakistan next week has been increased by 53 per cent, the International Cricket Council said Friday.
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 Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed cases against four people including Max Group chairman Golam Mohammed Alamgir and former deputy secretary Syed Mujibul Haque on charges of amassing illegal wealth and embezzling money...
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...
Muggers allegedly stabbed two money-changers and looted Tk 1 crore worth of foreign currencies in capital鈥檚 Gulshan area on Tuesday night...
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 ruling said that a Supreme Court decision granting presidents sweeping immunity for official acts did not apply as testimony at the trial related 鈥榚ntirely to unofficial conduct entitled to no immunity protections鈥�...
Manhattan prosecutors renewed their opposition Tuesday to President-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 efforts to quash his hush money conviction, but accepted pausing the case while he is president...
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...
AN INVESTIGATIVE report by a British news agency once again shows that politicians and businesspeople linked to the deposed Awami League have laundered huge wealth off Bangladesh. The report, conducted by the Observer in collaboration with Transparency International that British newspaper Guardian published on November 30, shows that prominent Bangladeshi politicians and businesspeople own top-flight...
Police on Saturday recovered the stolen money of Tk 23.50 lakh from Chattogram鈥檚 Bandar Tila area and arrested Md Masum Hawlader, alias Masum, 26, in this connection...