Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed banks and financial institutions to provide the account details of former Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, and Awami League Joint Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim. The BFIU's request, issued on Tuesday, also seeks the financial information of Nasim's wife, Sultana Shamima Chowdhury, and their son and daughter, ABM Siddique and Nuzhat Tabassum. BFIU asks to freeze bank accounts of former DSCC mayor Taposh, wife, and son In a letter to the financial institutions, the BFIU noted that the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act would apply to these accounts. The institutions have been directed to submit documents such as account opening forms, Know Your Customer (KYC) details, and transaction statements within two working days of the letter's issuance. This request comes as part of an ongoing investigation. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury was arrested last month and remains in custody.

Adviser to the Prime Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has expressed optimism to overcome the ongoing power and energy crisis in the country created due to Russia-Ukraine war. The Energy Adviser was speaking at a roundtable titled "Energy security and development challenges for developing countries: Bangladesh case" organised by Hudson Institute, a think tank, in Washington DC recently, said the Embassy on Thursday.  Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States M Shahidul Islam and other officers of the Embassy were present at the event.  Dr Aparna Pande, Director of the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia at the Hudson Institute, moderated the roundtable.  Dr Chowdhury said the problem of electricity and energy is not alone for Bangladesh, it is now a global problem.  Read: PM Hasina acknowledges public sufferings from fuel price hike, power cuts

‘Energy Night 2020’ - a biannual get-together function of Forum for Energy Reporters Bangladesh (FERB) was held at Hotel InterContinental Dhaka on Thursday.