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Mahmudullah opts out of BCB central contract for 2025
08:42 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has unveiled its 2025 central contract list, featuring 22 cricketers across five salary grades, but veteran all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad has requested his exclusion.
Govt targets 11 priority cases to retrieve $234b laundered funds
08:38 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayThe Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) and Joint Inquiry Team (JIT) are intensifying efforts to recover $234 billion laundered during former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s tenure, focusing on 11 priority cases involving Hasina, her family, and related entities.
Tk 500cr laundered in the name of tuition fees: NBR boss
08:17 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayNational Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman has exposed a staggering case of money laundering: a parent allegedly funneled Tk 400–500 crore abroad under the pretext of paying tuition fees for their son studying overseas.
Who’s Anisuzzaman, the Chief Adviser’s new spl assistant?
07:55 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayDr Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, a Sydney-based Bangladeshi economist, has stepped into the spotlight as the newly appointed special assistant to Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser, wielding the rank of State Minister and executive powers over the Finance Ministry. But who is this academic-turned-policy insider?
It's a kind of highway robbery: Shafiqul
07:19 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayShafiqul Alam, Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser, labeled the laundering of $234 billion out of Bangladesh during former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s tenure (2009 to August 5, 2024) as “a kind of highway robbery.”
Bangladesh Army denies direct UN contact on human rights concerns
06:57 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayThe Bangladesh Army has refuted claims of direct communication from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, following his recent BBC HARDtalk interview.
Hasina’s assets uncovered in Cayman islands, 4 other countries
06:39 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayAssets linked to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have been traced to five countries, including the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam.
Anisuzzaman named chief adviser’s new special assistant
05:39 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayDr Anisuzzaman Chowdhury has been appointed as the new special assistant to the Chief Adviser, with the rank of state minister, according to a Cabinet Division notification issued on Monday, March 10.
Special law soon to bring back laundered money: Shafiqul
04:45 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayThe interim government will proclaim a special law (ordinance) soon to bring back the stolen assets home, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said.
Concrete election steps expected soon, says Ali Riaz
04:41 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayProfessor Dr Ali Riaz, Vice-Chairman of the National Consensus Commission (NCC) and Chief of the Constitutional Reform Commission, expressed optimism on Monday that specific steps toward elections will be taken soon.
CA’s special assistant Aminul Islam resigns
02:50 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayThe Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, Professor Dr. Md Aminul Islam, who held the position with the rank of State Minister at the Ministry of Education, has resigned. He submitted his resignation letter to the office of the Chief Adviser on Monday, as he informed journalists.
We are moving forward with December in mind: CEC
02:25 PM, 10 Mar 2025 MondayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has stated that the Election Commission is moving forward with December in mind, aiming to meet the timeline for the upcoming elections.