7 ex-officials of Oriental Bank get 10 yrs RI for graft

A Dhaka court has sentenced seven high officials of the now defunct Oriental Bank to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for being involved in a financial scam, report agencies.
The court of Dhaka's Second Special Judge Hosne Ara Begum also fined the officials by Tk 19 million.
Those sentenced are the then Oriental Senior Vice President Shah Mohammad Harun, Senior Assistant Vice President Abul Kashem Mahmudullah, Vice Presidents Fazlur Rahman, Mohammad Tarikul Alam and Mahmud Hossain, Executive Vice President Quamrul Islam and Deputy General Manager Emamul Haque.
The seven convicted are absconding.
All of them, except Tarikul Islam, had been earlier found guilty by Dhaka's Fourth Special Judge's Court in another case concerning a loan fraud and sentenced a seven-year prison term each.