Bangladesh bank fined for deals linked to Islamic terror group
An Islamic bank believed to have been used by Muslim militants behind a deadly wave of bombings has been fined by the country’s central bank, a senior officer said. Investigators uncovered a series of “suspicious transactions” at a branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh, the country’s biggest Islamic bank, after the leader of the banned Jamayetul Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB) group was arrested last month. An Islami Bank book was found at Shaikh Abdur Rahman’s hide-out in the northern city of Sylhet. Full Story