Beximco laundered money: CID

A preliminary review shows that Beximco has taken loans from seven banks through fraud in the last 15 years and smuggled them abroad, the CID said on Sunday. It has taken loans of Tk 21,681 crore from Janata Bank, Tk 5,218 crore from IFIC Bank, Tk 295 crore from National Bank,

CID actor Dinesh Phadnis dies of multiple organ failure

Indian actor Dinesh Phadnis, popular for playing the role of Fredericks in one of television’s most popular show CID, died on Tuesday at the age of 57. His CID co-actor Dayanand Shetty, who played Daya on the show, confirmed the news of his death, reports The Indian Express. He said, “Dinesh

CID begins probe against 69 named in Panama, Paradise papers

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has started investigating money laundering charges against 69 Bangladeshi individuals and institutions whose names appeared in the Panama and Paradise paper leaks. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Lawyer Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan informed the High Court on Monday. “ACC has sent money laundering documents to CID. Six CID

1000 money changers running illegally in country

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police arrested 14 hundi traders involved in illegal and over-the-rate transactions while conducting drives in Dhaka.Legal action has also been taken against three money exchangers - Gulshan's JMCH Pvt Ltd, Mohammadpur's Alam  and  Brothers, and Ashkona's Taimur Money Exchange, Mohammad Ali Mia, Additional

Properties In Dubai: HC orders investigation by ACC, 3 agencies

The High Court on Sunday ordered four agencies, including the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), to investigate about properties of 459 Bangladeshi nationals in Dubai.The other agencies are Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and National Board of Revenue (NBR).The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and

Hundi deprived Bangladesh of billions of dollars: CID

The arrest of 16 agents from several mobile financial services has revealed how illegal hundi businesses have deprived Bangladesh of billions of dollars amid a shortage of foreign currency and who are involved with business, police say. At least 5,000 agents from several mobile financial services, including bKash, Nagad, Rocket and

Probe into money laundering by Samrat stuck

The Criminal Investigation Department’s investigation in the case against expelled Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat over laundering Tk 195 crore has remained stuck for nearly two years. The CID investigation in the case against another expelled JL leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan over laundering Tk 8 crore has also remained

Six to die for killing minor in Cox’s Bazar

Court in Cox’s Bazar has sentenced six people to death for abducting and killing a seven-year-old boy in 2011. Cox’s Bazar district and sessions judge Md Ismail handed down the punishment on Wednesday after holding the six guilty of the crime. However, two other accused in the case have been acquitted

Pori Moni placed on CID remand again

A Dhaka court on Thursday placed actress Pori Moni on a one-day fresh police remand in connection with a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Atikul Islam passed the order, rejecting the actor's bail plea after Criminal Investigation Department (CID) inspector Kazi Golam Mostafa produced her

CID launches probe Rupganj factory fire

A 19-member Citizens' Investigation Committee visited Hashem Foods factory Saturday and claimed to have found human remains on the fourth floor. "While inspecting the fourth floor of the factory, I saw human bones there and stench was all around," Taslima Akhter, president of Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity and a member of