Dhaka, Feb. 27 -- Labour and Employment Advisor M Sakhawat Hussain has said bankers who loaned money to Beximco by overstepping the rules will also be "served justice".

Everyone involved in lending the money, including the Bangladesh Bank or Securities Exchange Commission, will face lawsuits and investigation, Sakhawat, a retired brigadier general, said at the Secretariat on Thursday.

"Numerous apparel factories are opening up rapidly taking loans from banks. The banks never verified whether [the factories] export" he said.

"A bank is giving loans of tens of billions of taka. Shouldn't it look at what [borrowers] have or don't? Was no one from Bangladesh Bank there? Where're the bankers?" he questioned.

According to media reports, the...