Dr Yunus calls for quick action to recover billions in stolen money

Dr Yunus calls for quick action to recover billions in stolen money

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday called for expediting efforts to bring back billions of stolen money - both from the banking system and other means - as the government plans to frame a special law to fulfill legal requirements.
He made the call at a meeting held with the 11-member task force formed earlier in September last year headed by Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur and senior officials of the relevant department and agencies.
While briefing reporters at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital, Chief Adviser Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said a law will be framed soon to facilitate the process of bringing back the stolen money.
Asked how the law will be framed in the absence of Parliament, the Press Secretary said it will be done through promulgating an ordinance as a set procedure.