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Published on July 18, 2014
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) and the Financial Intelligence Unit of Bhutan in Macau, China today in this regard, a central bank press release said here.
Eden Dema, Deputy Governor, Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan and M. Mahfuzur Rahman, Deputy Head, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit and Executive Director, Bangladesh Bank signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations on the sideline of the 17th annual meeting of The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering in Macau.
Dr. Aslam Alam, Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Ferdous Khan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, H Salahuddin, Director General, Anti Corruption Commission, S M Hafizur Rahman, Additional DIG, Bangladesh Police (CID), among others, were present on the occasion.
Besides, Tshering Dhendup, Deputy Head, FIU, Royal Monetary authority of Bhutan and Tenzin Norbu, Customs Commissioner, Department of Revenue and Customs, Thimpu were present at the signing ceremony from the Bhutanese side.
The signing ceremony over, both the parties express their deep satisfaction and hope that Dhaka and Thimpu can take action more actively and effectively against money laundering and terror financing by signing this MoU. .
Bhutan is a neighboring and friendly country of Bangladesh and during the country's war of liberation in 1971, Bhutan recognizes Bangladesh as the first country.
-Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
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