A government taskforce will investigate the country’s 10 major business groups’ alleged money laundering and other misdeeds.
A total of $234 billion was siphoned off from Bangladesh between 2009 and 2023, according to the white paper on the state of the economy.
Bangladesh has lost around $14 billion a year on average to capital flight during the Awami League’s 15-year tenure, according to the draft report of the committee preparing a white paper on the economy.
Britain expects the interim government to lay out the vision of how it will restore peace, democratic governance, and promote national reconciliation, said UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West.
Bangladesh has intensified its efforts to sign bilateral deals with different countries with the view to recovering funds illegally taken abroad, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur.
Between $12 billion and $15 billion was siphoned out of the country every year over the last 15 years, said Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.
Financial statements of former MP Kazi Nabil Ahmed and his brothers’ famed British tea enterprise offer a rare glance into how powerful people in Bangladesh take their money to the UK via Asia’s business hubs.
Following the fall of the Awami League government, efforts are underway to explore ways to bring back the stolen wealth.
The High Court today sought to know updated information about the probe into money laundering allegations against S Alam Group. The court asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Shaheen Ahmed to place the information before it on September 29.
A government taskforce will investigate the country’s 10 major business groups’ alleged money laundering and other misdeeds.
A total of $234 billion was siphoned off from Bangladesh between 2009 and 2023, according to the white paper on the state of the economy.
Bangladesh has lost around $14 billion a year on average to capital flight during the Awami League’s 15-year tenure, according to the draft report of the committee preparing a white paper on the economy.
Britain expects the interim government to lay out the vision of how it will restore peace, democratic governance, and promote national reconciliation, said UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West.
Bangladesh has intensified its efforts to sign bilateral deals with different countries with the view to recovering funds illegally taken abroad, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur.
Between $12 billion and $15 billion was siphoned out of the country every year over the last 15 years, said Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.
Financial statements of former MP Kazi Nabil Ahmed and his brothers’ famed British tea enterprise offer a rare glance into how powerful people in Bangladesh take their money to the UK via Asia’s business hubs.
Following the fall of the Awami League government, efforts are underway to explore ways to bring back the stolen wealth.
The High Court today sought to know updated information about the probe into money laundering allegations against S Alam Group. The court asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Shaheen Ahmed to place the information before it on September 29.
The overseas assets of S Alam Group, including those in Singapore, came under scrutiny following recent media reports.
