PMO after IBBL ‘corruption’
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to provide information regarding the ‘irregularities and corruption’ that took place in Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL). The bank, widely believed to be supported by the Jamaat-e-Islami, has come under fire from pro-liberation forces for their alleged funding of radical Islamist groups. The PMO in a letter sent on April 15 made the request to the central bank’s Governor Atiur Rahman. The letter was signed by PMO Director Mohammad Mukhlesur Rahman Sarker. It reads, “Bangladesh Bank earlier had helped the government by providing information about the irregularities-corruptions at the Islami Bank. The Prime Minister’s Office has received complaints regarding several other irregularities-corruptions,” according to a news agency.