Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has opined in a report that license should not be given for opening any bank or any other financial institution under political consideration.
The opinion took place in a report prepared by the ACC which will be submitted in the High Court next week, said ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan.
In the report the ACC also opined that the government should formulate a powerful board with a combination of skilled, experienced and honest people from the Bangladesh Bank, universities and other organizations to recover the money.
Aggressive loan recovery drive might be done by forming a strong taskforce led by the board, also read the report.
The report will be submitted in the High Court bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim, said the ACC lawyer.
Recently the High Court bench has passed a series of orders over the big financial scams of the country and wanted to know the role of Bangladesh Bank, ACC and other related organizations. In complying with the order the ACC has prepared the report, said the lawyer.
The report also suggests that leasing companies can follow the scheduled banks in sanctioning the loans. Auditing and monitoring of the functions of the institutions can be further strengthened, also suggested in the report.
The tendency of sanctioning loans through the directors of the organizations and the persons or organizations concerned with their interests can be stooped, also read the report.
In an order passed on December 17 last year the High Court expressed intense anger over the role of Anti-Corruption Commission as the anti-graft body failed to submit the names and addresses of the persons specially the government officials who are involved in laundering money to Canada, Singapore and Malaysia.
After completing the hearing the High Court wanted to know specifically the names and addresses of Bangladeshi nationals, who have laundered money abroad and purchased houses in foreign countries including Canada, Singapore and Malaysia.
It also wanted to know what steps have been taken against them. The court directed the authorities concerned of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and government to submit separate reports before it by February 28 in 2021.
