NGOs asked to strengthen monitoring system to check money-laundering

Bangladesh Bank (BB)on Wednesday asked the Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) to strengthen their monitoring system to prevent money laundering and terror financing.

The instruction came at a meeting between the central bank high officials and the representatives of the country's 60 NGOs held at the BB headquarters in the capital.

Bangladesh Bank deputy governor and head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) Abu Hena Mohd Razee Hassan attended the function as the chief guest while director general of the NGO Affairs Bureau and additional secretary KM Abdus Salam joined it as an invited guest.

Deputy head of the BFIU M Mijanur Rahman Joddar presided over the meeting.