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Freeze accounts of Bashundhara Group chairman, MD, family

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday asked banks to freeze all personal accounts of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, his son and group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, and their family members.

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Freeze accounts of Bashundhara Group chairman, MD, family
BFIU directs banks

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday asked banks to freeze all personal accounts of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, his son and group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, and their family members.

The family members mentioned by the BFIU are Sadat Sobhan, son of Ahmed Akbar Sobhan; Sonia Ferdowshi Sobhan, wife of Sadat; Shafiat Sobhan, another son of Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and vice-chairman of the conglomerate; and Sabrian Sobhan, wife of Anvir.

The anti-money laundering agency sent a letter to the banks ordering them to freeze the personal bank accounts in their names for 30 days in the first phase.

The BFIU asked the banks to block their locker facilities as well.

The intelligence unit also sought an update on the account details of Safwan Sobhan, son of Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, and Safwan's wife Yeasha Sobhan within two working days.

The Criminal Investigation Department of police recently decided to investigate money laundering allegations against the Bashundhara Group bosses and their family members.​

 

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Ex-minister Saber, ex-MP Asaduzzaman, ex-senior secy Aminul arrested

The members of the law enforcement agencies on Sunday arrested former environment, forest and climate change affairs minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, former Awami League lawmaker...

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Ex-minister Saber, ex-MP Asaduzzaman, ex-senior secy Aminul arrested
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06 October, 2024, 19:41

Saber Hossain Chowdhury | Collected photo

The members of the law enforcement agencies on Sunday arrested former environment, forest and climate change affairs minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-3 constituency Asaduzzaman Asad, and home ministry’s Public Security Division senior secretary Aminul Islam at three places in the capital.

On the same day, a judicial magistrate court in Dhaka allowed the police to take former Prime Minister’s Office principal secretary Abul Kalam Azad, also a former Awami League lawmaker for Jamalpur-5 constituency, in their custody for interrogation for seven days in a murder case.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s deputy commissioner for media, Muhammad Talebur Rahman, said that a team of the Detective Branch of DMP arrested former minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury at a location in the capital’s Gulshan Sunday evening.

DMP officials said that Saber was arrested as he was wanted in several cases lodged with different police stations in the capital.

Saber is a former AL lawmaker for Dhaka-9. His expertise in environmental policy and climate diplomacy earned him the special envoy role to the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in 2023.

He was also elected lawmaker with AL ticket in the elections held in 2008, 2014 and 2018.

DC Talebur said that the members of DMP’s DB also arrested home ministry’s former senior secretary Aminul Islam at Banani in the capital Sunday afternoon.

He, however, could not mention the case in which Aminul was arrested.

The Rapid Action Battalion said that they arrested former AL lawmaker Asaduzzaman Asad at the capital’s Baridhara Sunday afternoon.

He was arrested in a case lodged with Boalia police station in Rajshahi district over opening fire on students during the Students Movement Against Discrimination on July 19, said RAB media and legal wing director Lieutenant Colonel Munim Ferdous.

Asad is also a former general secretary of the Rajshahi district unit of the AL.

Court officials said that Dhaka additional chief judicial magistrate Jiadur Rahman allowed the police to take former PMO principal secretary and former AL lawmaker Abul Kalam Azad in their custody for interrogation for seven days in the case filed over the murder of Juba Dal leader Shamim in the capital’s Naya Paltan area during BNP’s grand rally on October 28, 2023.

The police arrested Azad at Dhanmondi in Dhaka Saturday afternoon.​

 

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Passport of ex-army chief Aziz's brothers cancelled

The immigration and passport department has cancelled the passports of Haris Ahmed and Tofayel Ahmed Joseph, brothers of former army chief Aziz Ahmed, after their national ID cards were invalidated over forgery allegations.“ Their passports were cancelled on Sept 25, the day after their NIDs

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Passport of ex-army chief Aziz's brothers cancelled
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Oct 07, 2024 22:31
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Oct 07, 2024 22:31

The immigration and passport department has cancelled the passports of Haris Ahmed and Tofayel Ahmed Joseph, brothers of former army chief Aziz Ahmed, after their national ID cards were invalidated over forgery allegations.“

Their passports were cancelled on Sept 25, the day after their NIDs were revoked by the Election Commission,” Selina Banu. additional director general of the department, said on Monday.

According to the cancellation order, the brothers obtained passports using false information, which violated Section 7(2)(b) of the Bangladesh Passport Order, 1973, reports bdnews24.com.

Haris and Joseph changed their names and their parents' names and had obtained passports with validity until 2030.

Haris, using the name Mohammad Hasan, had a passport issued on Sept 20, 2020, with a birth date of Jun 6, 1966. The passport was set to expire on Sept 13, 2030.i

Similarly, Joseph, using the name Tanvir Ahmed Tanzil, had his passport issued on Sept 3, 2020, with a birth date of Aug 23, 1967.

In his fake passport, Haris listed his father's name as Solaiman Sarker and his mother's name as Rahela Begum, with a permanent address in Dhaka’s Nurjahan Road.

On Joseph’s passport, although he used the same father's name as Solaiman, he listed his mother’s name as Fatema Begum, with an address in a flat at Mirpur DOHS.

In reality, their father's name is Abdul Wadud, and their mother’s name is Renuja Begum, who once applied for Joseph’s sentence remission using her real name.

According to a report from Bangla daily newspaper Prothom Alo, Haris obtained his NID in 2014 under the fake name and later changed the photo in 2019.

Meanwhile, Joseph had two NIDs, one under his real name and another with the fake identity.

Sources suggest both brothers are currently residing abroad.​

 

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Ex-president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Shahriar Kabir detained

Shahriar Kabir, former president of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, was detained yesterday (16 September). Officers of the Banani Police Station detained Shahriar from his residence, Tejgaon Police Station OC Md Mobarak Hossen confirmed the matter. Shahriar will be arrested in a...

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Ex-president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Shahriar Kabir detained

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Shahriar Kabir. Photo: Collected

Shahriar Kabir, former president of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, was detained yesterday (16 September).

Officers of the Banani Police Station detained Shahriar from his residence, Tejgaon Police Station OC Md Mobarak Hossen confirmed the matter.

Shahriar will be arrested in a murder case filed with the Banani Police Station, he added.

The Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee is a pressure group founded to demand the trial of war criminals from the Bangladesh Liberation War. It advocates for secularism in Bangladesh.

Shariar Kabir was elected president of the committee in 2017 till 2024.​

Murgi Kabir in handcuffs. The comedy material writes itself !

 

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Freeze accounts of Bashundhara Group chairman, MD, family

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday asked banks to freeze all personal accounts of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, his son and group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, and their family members.

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Freeze accounts of Bashundhara Group chairman, MD, family
BFIU directs banks

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The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday asked banks to freeze all personal accounts of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, his son and group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, and their family members.

The family members mentioned by the BFIU are Sadat Sobhan, son of Ahmed Akbar Sobhan; Sonia Ferdowshi Sobhan, wife of Sadat; Shafiat Sobhan, another son of Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and vice-chairman of the conglomerate; and Sabrian Sobhan, wife of Anvir.

The anti-money laundering agency sent a letter to the banks ordering them to freeze the personal bank accounts in their names for 30 days in the first phase.

The BFIU asked the banks to block their locker facilities as well.

The intelligence unit also sought an update on the account details of Safwan Sobhan, son of Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, and Safwan's wife Yeasha Sobhan within two working days.

The Criminal Investigation Department of police recently decided to investigate money laundering allegations against the Bashundhara Group bosses and their family members.​

Oh Happy Day! Finally, these land grabbers get their come-uppance! Anvir is wanted in several murder cases as well.

They should get croak their illegal properties as well, on tax grounds. Which will naturally follow.

 

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Oh Happy Day! Finally, these land grabbers get their come-uppance! Anvir is wanted in several murder cases as well.

They should get croak their illegal properties as well, on tax grounds. Which will naturally follow.

This Bashundhara guy should be heavily punished for so many crimes he committed during Hasina's tenure.

 

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Murgi Kabir in handcuffs. The comedy material writes itself !

Lately he claimed to be a freedom fighter. গাঁয়ে না মানে, আপনি মোড়ল।

 

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Ex-AL MP Manik arrested in Bashundhara

On August 8, a case was filed against Manik, also known as "Bomb Manik", with Sunamganj Sadar Police Station for his alleged involvement in attacking students during the mass uprising

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Ex-AL MP Manik arrested in Bashundhara

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested former Sunamganj-5 lawmaker Mohibur Rahman Manik in Dhaka tonight for allegedly attacking students during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

Manik was arrested from Bashundhara Residential Area around 9:00pm, Rab's director (legal and media wing) Lt Col Md Munim Ferdous told The Daily Star.

On August 8, a case was filed against Manik, also known as "boma Manik", with Sunamganj Sadar Police Station for his alleged involvement in attacking students during the mass uprising.

The process of transferring the arrestee to the detective branch (DB) police office in Dhaka is currently underway, said Rab.​

 

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Banks asked to freeze accounts of Abul Hasanat Abdullah, family members

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed banks to freeze all accounts of Abul Hasanat Abdullah, former Awami League MP from Barishal-1, and his family members. .In a letter, BFIU asked to suspend transactions of accounts held by Abul Hasanat, his late wife Shahan Ara

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Banks asked to freeze accounts of Abul Hasanat Abdullah, family members

Abul Hasanat Abdullah

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed banks to freeze all accounts of Abul Hasanat Abdullah, former Awami League MP from Barishal-1, and his family members.

In a letter, BFIU asked to suspend transactions of accounts held by Abul Hasanat, his late wife Shahan Ara Abdullah, their sons -- former FBCCI director Serniabat Moyeenuddin Abdullah, former Barishal city mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, and Serniabat Ashik Abdullah -- and Sadiq Abdullah's wife Lipi Abdullah, and Feroza Sultana for a period of 30 days in the first phase.

The BFIU also sought accounts details of the companies owned by them. Banks have also been requested to send the account-related information or documents, such as account opening form, KYC, and transaction statements, to the anti-money laundering agency.

The BFIU also asked banks to block locker facilities in their names.​

 

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Joy, Palak, 17 others sued for selling citizens’ data for Tk 20,000cr

A case was filed on Wednesday against the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and former information and communication technology affairs state minister...

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Joy, Palak, 17 others sued for selling citizens’ data for Tk 20,000cr
Staff Correspondent 09 October, 2024, 16:11

Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Zunaid Ahmed Palak. | UNB photo

A case was filed on Wednesday against the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and former information and communication technology affairs state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak and 17 others over allegations of selling data of national identity cards of over 11 crore people of the country illegally for Tk 20,000 crore.

Aggrieved businessman Mohammad Enamul Haque filed the case with the Kafrul police station on Wednesday naming 19 people and 15 to 19 unnamed others under the Cyber Security Act and some sections of the Penal Code, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s deputy commissioner (media) Mohammad Talebur Rahman.

Addressing an emergency briefing at the DMP’s Media Centre, he said that the detective branch of DMP on the day also arrested the National Data Centre’s former director Tarique M Barkatullah at the capital’s Kafrul area at about 7:00am.

‘We have primarily found the information of Tk 20,000 crore e-transactions for using citizens’ data for business purposes, violating the Digital Personal Data Protection Act,’ he said.

The case statement alleged that Joy, also the former ICT affairs adviser to ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Palak permitted Digicon Global Services Limited to do business with several farms by using the NID information, without ensuring national and personal data safety.

The NID information was sold to 182 public and private organisations at home and abroad through porichoy.gov.bd between September 2019 and October 9 this year, it reads.

Insecurity has been created among the people due to the availability of the NID information to a third party, according to the case.

The complainant also alleged that the accused embezzled Tk 20,000 crore.

The other named accused in the case include Digicon Global Service director Wahidur Rahman Sharif, Bangladesh Computer Council’s former executive director (additional responsibility) Mahbubur Rahman, former ICT Division senior secretary M Ziaul Alam, Election Commission Secretariat’s NID Registration Wing former director (operations) Abdul Baten, EC Secretariat’s former senior maintenance engineer Ashraf Hossain, former National Telecommunication Monitoring Center official lieutenant colonel (retired) Rakibul Hasan, former Dhaka University’s Computer Science, Engineering department professor Haider Ali and former Canadian University of Bangladesh vice-chancellor Muhammad Mahfuzul Islam and former Cabinet Division deputy secretary Md Rezaul Islam.

Kafrul police station officer-in-charge Kazi Golam Mostafa told New Age that the DMP’s detective branch would investigate the case.

On October 4, 2022, a bilateral agreement was signed between the Election Commission and the Bangladesh Computer Council. Section 2 of the agreement clearly stated that the council would not sell any data to individuals or organisations by any means, said a DMP press release.

DMP also said that they had reportedly sold 46 kinds of data of the citizens by creating mirror copies.

Zunayed Ahmed Palak is now detained and on remand in police custody. Joy is now staying aboard.​