Dhaka, March 12 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed says the government is now dealing with some "sensitive" money-laundering cases and he is hopeful about recovering stolen assets through deals with foreign parties concerned.

"Those who laundered over Tk 2.0 billion have been identified. Hopefully we will be able to bring back the laundered money," he told reporters in reply to a query after a meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on Government Purchase at Bangladesh secretariat in the capital on Tuesday.

He also said the government is also trying to identify all the money-launderers and recover all the money siphoned off the country.

The note of optimism about the recovery comes from the custodian of exchequer when the post-up...