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The Bangladesh Bank robbery, also known colloquially as the Bangladesh Bank cyber heist, [1] was a theft that took place in February 2016. Thirty-five fraudulent instructions were issued by security hackers via the SWIFT network to illegally transfer close to US$1 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account belonging to Bangladesh ...
On 7 April 1972, after the Bangladesh Liberation War and the eventual independence of Bangladesh, the Government of Bangladesh passed the Bangladesh Bank Order, (P.O. No. 127 of 1972), reorganising the Dhaka branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank and apex regulatory body for the country's monetary and financial system.
The directorate will give 25 percent of the fine to the complaint. [4] The aggrieved consumer cannot take legal action against the responsible company without the explicit permission of the Directorate, which has drawn criticism from consumer advocacy groups that the law is actually against the interests of the consumers. [5] [6]
Bank of Botswana ; Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) Brazil: Central Bank of Brazil ; Securities Commission (CVM) ; Superintendency of Private Insurance (SUSEP) and Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar (ANS) British Virgin Islands: British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVIFSC) Brunei
Even though Swiss National Bank (SNB)'s data published on 29 June 2017 shows that Bangladesh has BDT 4423,00,00,00,000 in Swiss banks which is an increase by 20% since 2013–14, [33] [34] Bangladesh's minister of finance Abul Mal Abdul Muhit said that "Media exaggerated rise of Bangladeshi deposit in Swiss banks" [35] [36]
The Commission filed cases against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia regarding graft at the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust. [19]The Commission filed cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others on 7 May 2008 for awarding a gas exploration and extraction deal to Niko Resources through corruption and abuse of power.
Bangladesh Bank is the central bank of Bangladesh and the chief regulatory authority in the banking sector. According to the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 the Government of Bangladesh reorganized the Dhaka Branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank of the country and named it Bangladesh Bank with retrospective effect from 16 ...
The unit was founded as the Anti-Money Laundering Department of Bangladesh Bank in June 2002. The name of the department was changed to Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on 25 January 2012 through the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012. [5] Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering recommended the government to form the unit. [6]