Dhaka, June 12 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said the main focus of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus's tour to London is to recover the stolen assets.

"During the Sheikh Hasina's reign, US$ 234 billion was siphoned off from Bangladesh to various countries. A part of it was laundered to the UK," said Shafiqul Alam a press briefing.

So, Alam said, the major focus of the Prof Yunus's UK visit is on asset recovery, according to BSS report.

He mentioned that the officials of the UK government are providing significant assistance to Bangladesh in this regard.

The press secretary said recovering laundered assets is a very important task of the interim government.

"We are doing it so that the money can be...