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Economist Barkat held in graft case

Economist Prof Abul Barkat was arrested in the capital last night in a case filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission.

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Economist Barkat held in graft case

Prof Abul Barkat

Economist Prof Abul Barkat was arrested in the capital last night in a case filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch arrested him around 11:30pm at his home on Dhanmondi Road-3 .

"As per Anti-Corruption Commission's request, the DB team conducted a drive and arrested him," Mohammad Nasirul Islam, joint commissioner (South) of DMP DB told The Daily Star.

"We will hand him over to ACC tomorrow morning," he added.

Prof Abul Barkat is a former chairman of the state-owned Janata Bank PLC.

In February, the ACC filed a case alleging that during his tenure as chairman, Abul Barkat was involved in loan fraud involving AnonTex Group, a ready-made garments company, resulting in the embezzlement of Tk 297 crore from Janata Bank.

The case names 23 individuals as accused, including Abul Barkat, former Janata Bank director Jamal Uddin Ahmed, and former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman.

Atiur was the BB governor from 2005 to 2015.

Barkat, former president of the Bangladesh Economic Association and a faculty member at Dhaka University, was appointed chairman of Janata Bank on September 9, 2009, for a three-year term.

He served two consecutive terms, completing five years in the position before stepping down in September 2014.

Earlier, the ACC investigated the same incident of money embezzlement and closed the case in 2022, citing a lack of evidence against the accused.​

 

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Ex-law minister Anisul sent to jail in arms case

A Dhaka court on Friday sent former law minister Anisul Huq to jail after end of his two-day remand in a case lodged under The Arms Act with the city’s Banani Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasibuzzaman passed the order as police produced him before the court after the end

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Ex-law minister Anisul sent to jail in arms case

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Published :
Jul 11, 2025 17:51
Updated :
Jul 11, 2025 17:51

A Dhaka court on Friday sent former law minister Anisul Huq to jail after end of his two-day remand in a case lodged under The Arms Act with the city’s Banani Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasibuzzaman passed the order as police produced him before the court after the end of his remand and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the end of probe in the case.

Earlier on July 7 last, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minahajul Islam had placed Anisul on the two-day remand.

According to the case documents, the government, through a circular issued on August 25, 2024, had suspended the arms licenses granted between January 6, 2009 and August 5, 2024 and instructed the licensed arms holders to deposit their firearms and ammunition at the nearest police station by September 3, 2024. If any arms and ammunition are not deposited within the stipulated time, those will be treated as illegal, and cases will be filed accordingly.

Police filed the case against Anisul Huq on May 24, 2025, as there was no information on whether the former law minister had surrendered his licensed weapon in line with the August 25, 2024 circular and none was found in the address given on the arms license.

Anisul Huq was arrested from the capital’s Sadarghat area on August 13, 2024 as he, along with Salman F Rahman, was trying to flee the city through the riverway. He has been shown arrested and subsequently placed on different terms of remand in many cases lodged over the crimes committed during the July-August mass uprising.​