Talking about Saeed’s return to the country, Saeed’s lawyer Shahinoor Islam said, “He was present in the court during the hearing of his bail plea. However, I do not know how he returned to the country. However, according to a source in the police and the Jubo League, Saeed returned to the country via India. […]
The main beneficiaries of this money laundering are corrupt bureaucrats, engineers, military officers, unscrupulous politicians, businessmen and bank borrowers. CID says that the lion’s share of 750 billion taka belongs to this circle. If the policy of ‘zero tolerance’ remains ineffective, it will be impossible to solve the problem of money laundering. No matter how […]
Emphasizing on increasing the revenue collection, Razzaq said, ‘Revenue collection has increased a lot compared to earlier, but we are still far behind in terms of revenue-GDP ratio. It should be increased. Especially we can do about income tax. Still not successful”. Therefore, the capacity and efficiency of the Revenue Department should be increased. Noting […]
It cannot be denied that due to the range of offenses covered under the Money Laundering Act, multiple agencies have to be involved in the investigation. But due to lack of co-ordination among the investigating agencies, advanced technology, surveillance equipment and trained manpower, it is taking forever to complete the investigation of each case. Most […]
Of the 752 money laundering cases, 506 involved businessmen, bankers and persons from other professions. As per Prothom Allo’s investigation, businessmen as well as 142 officials of various financial institutions, including four state-owned banks and 23 private banks, have been named as accused in such cases. These include 5 presidents, 5 managing directors, 4 general […]
The court also directed to take action against ACC as per law if the probe is not completed within this time limit. The High Court also asked the investigation reports of these cases filed seven years ago to be submitted to the concerned court within the next three months. After submitting the report, an affidavit […]
Companies did not export goods that were to be produced from imported materials. During the inspection, the central bank officials did not find goods matching the imports in the warehouses of the firms. Now SIBL is liable to pay for the import of goods worth about Tk 160 billion. The bank rejected the claim, saying […]
