Meghna Bank hosts training on AML, CFT
Meghna Bank PLC has recently organised a daylong training programme anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism for employees of Chattogram region, said a press release...
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PBIL wins 2 Euromoney accolades
Prime Bank Investment, investment-banking arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, has been named Best Bank for Securities Services and Best Investment Bank for Mergers & Acquisitions in Bangladesh at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025, said a press release...
Accused fled from scene yet to be arrested
The police is yet to arrest another accused Kazi Gaurab Apu in the past two days, who fled from the scene when they arrested five individuals caught red handed from the house of Shammi Ahmed, the international affairs secretary of Awami League, while collecting extortion money on Saturday evening...
NBR chairman slams money laundering
The laundering of money through over- and under-invoicing was the result of a collective failure of the banks and the National Board of Revenue, said NBR chairman Abdur Rahman Khan at a programme on Saturday...
Prime Bank named 鈥楤est Bank for ESG鈥�2025鈥� by Euromoney
Prime鈥疊ank PLC has been named 鈥楤est Bank for ESG 2025鈥� in Bangladesh by Euromoney Awards for Excellence, said a press release...
Euromoney awards HSBC Bangladesh
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) has been recognised with two prestigious accolades in the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025, being named the Best Bank for Sustainable Finance and the Best Bank for Large Corporates in Bangladesh...
Call money market shrinks as banks rush to BB
The interbank call money market, a key avenue for short-term liquidity among banks, is now facing a significant slowdown as banks chose to park their idle funds with the Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) instead...
Trust Bank hosts workshop on money laundering prevention
Trust Bank PLC organised a daylong workshop titled 鈥楶revention of Money Laundering & Combating Financing of Terrorism (AML & CFT)鈥� on Saturday, said a press release...
CID arrests Khairul Bashar in money laundering case
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested Khairul Bashar Bahar, chief executive officer (CEO) of leading overseas education consultancy farm, 鈥楤SB Global Network鈥�, from Dhanmondi on Monday in connection with a money laundering case.
ACC sues S Alam Group chair, PK Halder, 11 others
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed three cases against 15 people, including S Alam Group chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam and Reliance Finance Limited former managing director Prashanta Kumar Halder, on charges of embezzling Tk 270 crore through fraudulent loans and money laundering...
6 detained over looting of 5 lakh riyals in city
Police have detained six people over their alleged involvement in looting of 5,00,000 Saudi riyals of a money exchange company in the capital鈥檚 Tejgaon on Tuesday...
Recovery of laundered money demanded
Politicians, academics and professionals on Monday called on the interim government to take immediate steps to recover the huge amount of money siphoned off abroad during 15 years of the authoritarian Awami League regime which was ousted in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024...
BRAC Bank to roll out Visa Direct for Account
BRAC Bank has partnered with Visa to launch Visa Direct for Account, offering customers a faster and cost-effective way for outward international money transfers, said a press release...
SEB hosts awareness prog on money laundering prevention
Southeast Bank PLC recently organised an awareness programme on 鈥楻egulatory Framework for Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing鈥� at the bank鈥檚 training institute in Dhaka, said a press release...
US recovers $225m stolen in crypto scam
The US government said Wednesday it recovered $225 million in the largest seizure yet of money stolen in a cryptocurrency confidence scam...
Govt in dilemma over money legalisation facility
The interim government is in a dilemma about whether to keep the proposed undisclosed money legalisation facility or not in the national budget for the 2025-26 financial year, finance ministry officials said...
STOLEN MONEY RECOVERY: Governor for civil cases for 鈥榣ess serious offences鈥�
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Thursday said that two approaches 鈥� one involves filing civil cases 鈥� had been planned for accelerating the recovery of the money stolen by different individuals and business groups linked to the ousted Awami League regime.聽聽
Yunus focuses on asset recovery in London tour: Shafiqul
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said that the main focus of Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 tour to London was to recover the stolen assets...
Riba, money and interest paradox
THIS article aims to respond to the recent directives of the Bangladesh Bank, suggesting that banks may not share profits with their depositors. This raises a foundational question: what are the sources of these profits? More broadly, what are the sources of income that allow Bangladesh Bank and commercial banks to pay salaries and employee benefits and cover their...
Money legalisation may聽be dropped: govt
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that they might drop the undisclosed money legalisation facility from the measures proposed in the national budget for the 2025-26 financial year.
Undisclosed money legalisation continues for real estate investments
The interim government has retained the opportunity to invest undisclosed money in real estate sector, particularly through the purchase or construction of apartments and buildings albeit with a sharp increase in associated tax rates...
Vision AC launches money-back offer
Vision on Wednesday launched its 鈥楳oney back guarantee offer鈥� campaign in an event in Dhaka, said a press release...
Only detection of suspicious activities not enough
BANGLADESH has registered a surge in suspicious financial transactions and activities during the tenure of the interim government, installed after the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024, which suggests that it has not done enough to contain money laundering. The most recent annual report of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit says that suspicious...
Money exchanger shot, robbed of Tk 22 lakh in Mirpur
A money exchange trader was shot and robbed of about Tk 22 lakh, including foreign currencies, in broad daylight in Dhaka鈥檚 Mirpur area Monday morning...
Suspicious transactions of money rise by 56pc
The number of reports on suspicious transactions and activities related to money laundering rose by 56.41 per cent in July-May period of the financial year 2024-25 amid increased cash transactions and fraudulent activities following the political shift on August 5, 2024...
Int鈥檒 community active to send back laundered money: BB governor
Regarding the issue of bringing back the money laundered abroad, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said that this is a political commitment of the interim government...
MetLife hosts training on money laundering prevention
MetLife Bangladesh has recently organised a daylong training workshop on 鈥楶revention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing鈥� for branch managers and unit managers of MetLife鈥檚 Chattogram region, said a press release...
No printing of money for FY26 budget: adviser
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the forthcoming national budget for the 2025-26 financial year would be a realistic one and there would be no printing of money for meeting the budget deficit...
ACC sues ex-MP Rubina, her husband
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against former lawmaker Syeda Rubina Akter Meera and her husband Md Mosharraf Hossain Raja allegedly for amassing illegal assets and laundering money...
Jamuna Bank launches comprehensive AML solution
Jamuna Bank PLC has recently launched a comprehensive automated anti-money laundering solution, said a press release...
