The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has ordered the bank accounts of 204 people and organisations, including former ministers and members of parliament, to be frozen over allegations that they funded labour unrest. The agency sent the instruction to all banks in the country on Thursday.
NBR officials said the move was based on intelligence reports. The list includes the owners of several leading industrial groups, former ministers, members of parliament and political activists.
Among those named are Tipu Munshi, founder and managing director of Sepal Group and a former commerce minister; Salman F Rahman, owner of Beximco Group; Salam Murshedy, managing director of Envoy Group and a former MP; Shahriar Alam, owner of Renaissance Group and a former state minister for foreign affairs; and Nasrul Hamid Bipu, owner of Hamid Group and a former state minister for power, energy and mineral resources.
NBR sources said the banks had already been instructed by email to freeze the accounts of the people and organisations concerned.
The list also includes Tajul Islam, founder of Fabian Group and a former local government minister; Foyzur Rahman Badal, managing director of Tusuka Group; Abdus Salam, founder of Well Group; Khasru Chowdhury, managing director of Nipa Group; Zahid Ahmed Tulu, a director of Axis Knitwears Limited; AKM Mosharraf Hossain, managing director of Standard Group; and Masuma Khatun Lipa, chairman of Givenchy Group.
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