BB asks banks to freeze accounts of Exim Bank chairman, wife

The banking accounts of Exim Bank Chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder and his wife Nasrin Islam have been frozen.

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked all banks to freeze their accounts.

The BFIU instructed the lenders to keep the accounts frozen for the next 30 days. 

Nazrul Islam is also the chairman of Nassa Group and the Bangladesh Association of Banks.