Author: Takie Mohammad Jubayer

It all began with a name that never existed. In June this year, a Public Works Department (PWD) officer reviewing…

The central bank of Bangladesh has quietly extended a Tk1,500 crore emergency loan to privately-owned AB Bank, throwing a lifeline…

Bangladesh’s deposit-protection framework has entered an entirely new phase with the publication of the Deposit Protection Ordinance 2025 and Bangladesh…

Bangladesh’s digital payment boom is slowing even as cash-driven transactions surge sharply, with new central bank data showing non-digital payments…

To stop money laundering and tax evasion investigations against him, controversial businessman Md Showkat Ali Chowdhury orchestrated the “removal” of…

In the British Virgin Islands, Bangladeshi businessman Md Showkat Ali Chowdhury has built a clandestine empire of shell companies through…

Bangladesh’s businessman Md Showkat Ali Chowdhury has acquired assets in Singapore with money laundered through various shell companies in British…

A dark trail of money laundering has been uncovered behind the ship-breaking industry on the country’s Chattogram coast. Md Showkat…

The Times of Bangladesh is set to publish a major investigation into allegations that prominent Bangladeshi businessman Md Showkat Ali…

When Joy Trade International took a Tk10 crore loan from Social Islami Bank’s Bangshal branch in 2013, its owner dreamt…