Call for controlling money laundering

Speakers at a daylong workshop yesterday asked bankers to put in their best efforts to resist money laundering and finance towards tourism for the sake of freeing the nation from various social crimes.
Terming the border-belt Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj as crime-prone districts, they said the branch level bankers must be sincere so that money laundering and finance towards terrorism could be reduced to a greater extent.
Southeast Bank organised the workshop for its branch level executives and officers in the two districts at its Rajshahi branch.
Deputy General Manager of Bangladesh Bank Kazi Rafiqunnabi addressed the workshop as the chief guest while Joint Director Enamul Haque and Deputy Director Saidul Islam Taher also spoke.
Senior Vice President of Southeast Bank Ariful Haque chaired the inaugural session.
Free flow of illegal money always creates an unusual situation and gives births to various social crimes, one of the participants said.