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Bank accounts with Tk 1 crore and above now 1,08,457: Bangladesh Bank
The number of account holders with deposits of Tk 1 crore and above, has gone up to 1,08,457 as of June in Bangladeshi banks, amid the economic crisis.
Bangladesh Bank’s updated data revealed that at the end of June quarter, the number of accounts with Tk 1 crore and above deposit stood at 1,08,457. In March quarter, the number of these accounts was 1,03,597.
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This means, the number of accounts with Tk 1 crore and above has increased by 4,860 in three months.
Economist and former governor of Bangladesh Bank, Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, told UNB that it happened due to the country’s income and wealth inequality.
He said the rich are getting richer and the incomes of the lower-middle and middle-income people are shrinking.
At the beginning of this year, in the quarter of December 2021, the number was 1,00976. And a year ago in June 2021, the number of bank accounts with Tk 1 crore and above was 99,918.
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According to the Bangladesh Bank report, the total number of depositors in the banking sector till June 2022 stood at 12,95,14,513. The deposit amount was around Tk 15.74 lakh crore.
The number of depositors till March 2022 was 12,73,52,893 and total deposits were Tk 15.15 lakh crore.
Bangladesh Bank orders freezing bank accounts of ex-deputy governor SK Sur, his wife
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Wednesday asked banks to freeze all accounts of former Bangladesh Bank (BB) deputy governor SK Sur Chowdhury and his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury for suspected tax evasion.
Central Intelligence Cell of the revenue collecting authority, in a letter, directed all banks to freeze withdrawal or transfer of money from all accounts maintained by them.
The NBR CIC gave the directive to the banks suspecting of tax evasion by the couple.
The CIC also asked banks to submit a compliance report, stating the latest balance of the accounts.
On February 23, the NBR has asked banks for detailed information of all types of accounts and transactions of five people, including SK Sur Chowdhury, present Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank Md Shah Alam and their spouses.
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The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on March 11 has sought for the bank details of SK Sur Chowdhury , his spouse and BB Executive Director Shah Alam and his spouses, Shaheen Akhter Shalley and Nasrin Begum.
These moves came after a close associate of PK Hader, a fugitive accused of a money laundering case, confessed to a Dhaka court that two high-placed BB officials had assisted them in the financial scams.
Bangladesh Bank withdrew Shah Alam from the responsibility of monitoring two departments for his alleged connection with PK Halder following the confessional statement.
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Shah Alam was relieved from his duties at the central bank's Department of Financial Institutions and Markets (DFIM) and the Department of Banking Inspection-2.
Court orders freezing bank accounts of Sayeed Khokon, family members
A Dhaka court has ordered freezing eight bank accounts of former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon and three of his family members.
ACC deputy director Jalaluddin Ahmed filed a petition on Sunday seeking steps to freeze the bank accounts as part of their investigation.
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Judge of the Senior Special Judge's Court KM Emrul Kayesh passed an order later in the day following the filing of the petition.
The eight bank accounts belong to Sayeed Khokon, his wife Farhana Alam, sister Shahana Hanif and mother Fatema Hanif as part of an investigation into allegations of corruption, a source at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) told UNB on Monday.
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Of the eight bank accounts, three belong to Syeed Khokon’s businesses, the source added.
Court orders seizure of Golden Monir’s bank accounts
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the seizure of 170 bank accounts of three people, including Monir Hossain alias Golden Monir in connection with a case with money laundering.
The other two people are Sirajganj Sadar Upazila Chairman Riaz Uddin and Dhaka North City Corporation Ward No. 44 Councillor Shafiqul Islam alias Shafiq.
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Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Kayes passed the order after the investigating officer of the case, CID Inspector of Police Mohammad Chadek Ali, applied for the account seizures of these three people.
On May 11, CID inspector Ibrahim Hossain filed the case against 10 people including Raushan Akter, wife of Golden Monir and his son Rafi Hossain.
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On November 20, 2020, RAB surrounded Monir's house in capital’s Badda. During the eight-hour operation till noon, almost 7 Kg gold jewelry, foreign pistols, liquor, huge amounts of foriegn currency from 10 countries and Tk 1.9 crore cash were seized from the house.
Last year on December 10, Golden Monir was sent to jail after being remanded for 27 days in three separate cases under the Arms, special powers and narcotics law.
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