That’s the insidiously darker side of the world’s financial system – with millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains finding safety in offshore banks.
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Rail ticket money missing from cash box: Probe body formed
Chittagong, Jan 08 – After a substantial amount of ticket sales money went missing from the secure cash box of a running train on the Noakhali-Laksam route, a 4-member probe body was formed by the East Zone management of Bangladesh…
Ex-CJ Sinha money laundering case: Charge hearing Aug 13
Dhaka, Aug – 11 – A Dhaka court fixed August 13 for hearing on framing charges against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others in a money laundering case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Family planned murder of 11-year-old child for money: CID
Parents and relatives of an 11-year-old child planned her death for Tk 30 lakh and killed her by slitting her throat in Narsingdi Sadar upazila in 2015, revealed an investigation of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday.
Glitzy IPL slashes prize money in cost-cutting drive
India’s cricket board has slashed the prize money by half for the winners and runners-up of this year’s IPL, the world’s most popular and successful T20 league.
Law allowing govt to use autonomous bodies’ money black law: BNP
Dhaka, Feb 07 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday described as a ‘black law’ the bill passed in Parliament on Wednesday to bring the surplus money of 61 state-owned and autonomous agencies to the national exchequer.
Case filed over looting money from Comilla ATM booth
Comilla, Nov 21 – A case has been filed over looting money from an ATM booth of Pubali Bank in Comilla City. AGM Moinul Islam, manager of the bank’s main branch in Cumilla, filed the case on Tuesday evening.
ACC starts inquiry against those who made money with Casino
Dhaka, Sept 30 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) started the investigation against those people who were amassed huge amount of money illegally through casino business.
Those with casino money won’t be spared: Quader
Sylhet, Sept 27 (UNB) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said no one of those who got the share of casino money will be spared.
Money grows on trees–don’t uproot them
By Friday Phiri Pemba, Zambia, Jul 26 2019 (IPS) – Jennifer Handondo, a small scale farmer of Choma district in southern Zambia, plants food crops such as maize mostly for her family’s needs. Because of uncharacteristically high temperatures and low…
Foreign banks reluctant to disclose syphoned money: FM
Dhaka, April 19 – Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the banks of developed countries don’t want to disclose the information regarding the syphoning off the money by Bangladeshi nationals. He said his ministry would follow the directives of…
Trump discloses payment to reimburse lawyer
US President Donald Trump has officially disclosed his reimbursement to his lawyer, who paid a porn star to hush her claims of an affair. The Office of Government Ethics found on Wednesday that Mr Trump ought to have revealed the…
Trump repaid lawyer $130,000 used to buy Daniels’ silence
President Donald Trump personally repaid his lawyer the $130,000 that was used to buy an adult film actor’s silence about an alleged affair, his legal aide Rudy Giuliani has said. It appears to contradict Mr Trump, who said he did…