Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed the banks to provide details of the bank transactions made by the eight in the last ten years by Sunday 11:00am.

The other six are -- former BNP MP and currently detained Manzurul Ahsan Munshi, former AL MP Mostafa Rashidi Suja, former AL MP Musharraf Hossain, former MP and Khelafat Majlish leader Mufti Shahidul Islam, AL leader Mohiuddin Ahmed and former National Board of Revenue (NBR) Member Zahurul Haque.

Sources said the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime has sought the information from the central bank.

As per the directive, the banks will have to submit detailed information on transactions made through personal accounts, joint accounts, current accounts, foreign currency accounts, savings accounts, credit accounts and credit cards.On April 25, the BB asked the banks to submit information of the bank accounts of two former premiers -- Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina. The banks have already met the central bank directive and the BB has sent the banking information to the coordination committee, sources said.

On the same day, the NBR handed over a list of 83 former politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen and their relatives to all banks and asked them to submit their bank account information.

On April 30, the BB also verbally asked for the information of former law minister Moudud Ahmed and Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan.

On April 15, the government had asked for the bank account information of 71 corruption suspects and their relatives.