TDS Desk:

The Bangladesh Bank’s anti-money laundering unit on Sunday asked all banks to freeze the accounts of Exim Bank Chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder, also the chief of Bangladesh Association of Banks.

The central bank’s Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) also asked banks to freeze the accounts of Nazrul’s wife Nasrin Islam. Nasrin is a sponsor director at Exim Bank and a director at NASSA Group.

Transactions through the couple’s accounts have to be kept suspended for the next 30 days, BFIU said in letter sent to the banks.