Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has expressed hope that the government will be able to repatriate part of the huge amount of money laundered abroad within this year.
He made the remarks while talking to reporters after the meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase on Tuesday at the Cabinet Division in Bangladesh Secretariat.
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“We will start the process of bringing back the laundered money as soon as possible. For this, we will sign agreements with the concerned countries”, he added.
The finance adviser said the government has been trying its best to do this. However, the overall amount is huge.
Salehuddin said, this huge amount of money is in different countries and some legal processes are also involved in bringing back the laundered money.
“You will know more about the matter in the months to come. Apart from this, Bangladesh Bank will be able to say more about the matter”.
On Monday, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus directed the authorities concerned to intensify efforts to bring back the laundered money.
He gave these instructions at a meeting on prevention of money laundering at the State Guest House Jamuna.