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.
Bangladesh welcomed 2022 on a strong footing and was about to recover from the coronavirus pandemic in full swing and fire on all cylinders. In fact, economic activities were almost back to the pre-Covid level.
Reevaluating economic policies and practices is the need of the hour
Misgovernance, corruption, nepotism and subsequent bad debts keep plaguing our banking landscape.
An unholy nexus of powerful people are protecting those who've stolen thousands of crores.
The High Court yesterday expressed disappointment at the embezzlement of large amounts of money from the state-run Basic Bank and the Anti-Corruption Commission’s failure to press charges in any of the 56 cases filed over the bank’s loan scams in the last seven years.
The default-loan narrative has smeared our otherwise powerful story of graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has pressed charges against nine people, including five former members of the board of trustees of North South University for laundering around Tk 304 crore.
A Dhaka court today (October 20, 2022) extended bail of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat until November 8 in a case filed for laundering around Tk 222 crore and channeling it to casinos in Singapore and Malaysia between 2011 and 2018.
Comprehensive reforms needed to boost investment, sustain growth
A special court in Kolkata that deals with money laundering cases today (September 22, 2022) extended the judicial custody of Bangladeshi national and former NRB Bank MD PK Halder and five of his associates till November 17.
