Dhaka, March 10 -- An incident of laundering over Tk 4.0 billion in the name of tuition fees for a single semester is unearthed by the teams engaged in tracing laundered money.

The information was disclosed in a high-level meeting on the recovery of laundered assets held at the State Guest House Jamuna in the city on Monday.

The meeting, chaired by Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus, was also told that assets of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members were traced in six countries including the UK, USA, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Kay-amen Islands.

The meeting decided to enact a new law by this week to expedite the process of asset recovery, said Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the Chief Adviser.

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