Mansur said Bangladesh had requested mutual legal assistance from several countries, including the UK
Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur said the central bank may pursue financial settlements with business tycoons accused of syphoning off money abroad when Sheikh Hasina was in power, according to a report by Financial Times (FT).
Wieger Wielinga, managing director of Omni Bridgeway, speaks with The Daily Star breaking down the concept of litigation funding.
About $18 billion to $20 billion was laundered abroad during the Awami League regime, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday.
The million-dollar question is: how can Bangladesh recover the laundered money that has crossed its borders?
Rashtra Sangskar Andolan has urged the formation of a special economic tribunal to recover money siphoned out of the country
When asked whether it was possible to bring back all the laundered money from abroad, the finance adviser said the government is trying in this regard, but the overall amount is huge
The interim government is set to enact a special law aimed at streamlining the recovery process of money laundered during the Sheikh Hasina regime.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur will visit the United Kingdom (UK) as a part of efforts to recover laundered assets.
A Dhaka court today ordered the authorities concerned to freeze 88 bank accounts of five accused, including a former Awami League leader of Faridpur, in a Tk 2000 crore money laundering case.
Faridpur district unit Chhatra League President Nishan Mahmud Shamim today confessed to a Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate that he, along with others, was involved in laundering Tk 2,000 crore.
A Dhaka court today placed three Awami League leaders of Faridpur town unit on three-day remand each in a Tk 2,000 crore money laundering case.
The High Court directs law enforcers to arrest Bismillah Group Managing Director Khaza Solaiman Anwar Chowdhury and six other executives in seven days in a case filed over laundering Tk 15.33 crore.
Bangladeshi expats have continued their protest programme in Canada’s Toronto for building social awareness and demanding punishment of those involved in laundering money from Bangladesh to the North American country.
Bangladeshi expats stage a demonstration in Canada’s Toronto, demanding punishment for those involved in laundering money from Bangladesh to the North American country.
The High Court clears the way for a lower court concerned to continue the trial proceedings of a money laundering case against former BNP lawmaker Hafiz Ibrahim.
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) files a case against the chairman of Aziz Co-operative Commerce and Finance Credit Society Limited, M Tajul Islam, for allegedly embezzling Tk 300 crore of customers and on charge of money laundering.
The High Court orders Bangladesh Bank authorities to submit a list of borrowers with more than Tk 1 crore in default loans by June 24.
Hinting at BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman who is hiding in London, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here says the killers and money-launderers must be punished.
