money laundering

Opinion / The golden rule in recovering stolen assets

The million-dollar question is: how can Bangladesh recover the laundered money that has crossed its borders?

Rashtra Sangskar Andolan wants tribunal to recover siphoned off money

Rashtra Sangskar Andolan has urged the formation of a special economic tribunal to recover money siphoned out of the country

Finance adviser hopeful of bringing back a section of laundered money by this year

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

Laundered billions: Govt fast-tracks recovery efforts

The interim government is set to enact a special law aimed at streamlining the recovery process of money laundered during the Sheikh Hasina regime.

BB governor to visit UK for asset recovery

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur will visit the United Kingdom (UK) as a part of efforts to recover laundered assets.

‘Laundering Tk 133cr’: CID arrests Sadeeq Agro owner Imran

The CID media cell confirmed the arrest via an SMS

Stop allowing black money in real estate

NBR permission is setting a bad example, destabilising the housing market

Foreign firms to be hired to recover laundered money

A meeting between BFIU and managing directors of the banks made the decision

Bangladesh is still stuck in the vicious cycle of corruption

The latest global corruption index again paints a troubling picture

September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023

47% year on year rise in Bangladeshi companies joining Dubai Chamber

The number of new Bangladeshi companies joining the Dubai Chamber of Commerce has surged 47 percent year on year to 1,044 in the first half of this year, said the chamber

September 15, 2023
September 15, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our new CJ Obaidul Hassan's call to fight graft is urgent, crucial and enthusing

We congratulate the chief justice for his forthright identification of one of the main issues of concern for Bangladesh’s future: corruption.

September 11, 2023
September 11, 2023

Bangladesh has many ways to tackle money laundering

Sadly, the country does not seem to be effectively using any of the tools to recover laundered money.

September 5, 2023
September 5, 2023

When exporters launder crores

In what seems like a story straight out of a Netflix crime drama, a whopping Tk 821 crore has been laundered out of Bangladesh

September 5, 2023
September 5, 2023

Tk 821 crore laundered in name of export

In one of the biggest money laundering scams unearthed so far in the country, customs authorities have found that 33 readymade garment factories and buying houses laundered at least Tk 821 crore over the last six years.

August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023

Probe into offshore business: S Alam Group seeks stay on HC order

A petition has been filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on a High Court order that asked the authorities concerned to probe allegations against the owner of S Alam Group of amassing huge amounts of properties abroad without Bangladesh Bank's permission

August 19, 2023
August 19, 2023

S$1B Laundering Case: 11 more assets in S’pore linked to suspects

Eleven more properties were issued with prohibition of disposal orders in the billion-dollar anti-money laundering case involving foreigners from Fujian, said the Singapore police yesterday.

August 17, 2023
August 17, 2023

Singapore money laundering crackdown: Who are the 10 foreigners arrested?

Ten people were charged yesterday after police conducted simultaneous raids across Singapore as part of an investigation into money laundering and forgery offences

August 16, 2023
August 16, 2023

S Alam seeks to become party to HC order

S Alam Group on Monday submitted two petitions, one seeking to be made a party to a probe ordered by the High Court, and the other seeking a retraction of the probe and a gag order on media

August 14, 2023
August 14, 2023

S Alam’s ‘Assets Abroad’: HC declines to recall its probe order

The High Court yesterday declined to entertain a verbal appeal for recalling its August 6 order that had asked government authorities to probe the allegations that S Alam Group owner Mohammed Saiful Alam is running offshore businesses without Bangladesh Bank’s permission.