Dhaka, April 27 -- Midland Bank has rejected a statement titled "BCB's Explanation Regarding the Transfer of BDT 250 Crore by Faruque Ahmed" released by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

The BCB statement contains "misleading and baseless information" about the bank, it said in a rejoinder on Sunday.

The following is the rejoinder verbatim:

On April 26, 2025, BCB issued a press release titled "BCB's Explanation Regarding the Transfer of BDT 250 crore by Faruque Ahmed," which included misleading and baseless information about Midland Bank. Midland Bank strongly protests and condemns this.

The published report, quoting BCB's statement, mentioned: "Prioritizing the protection of financial interests, the BCB Board has re-evaluated its b...