Dhaka, July 30 -- The Bangladesh Bank has extended the freeze on bank accounts belonging to prominent Chattogram-based businessman and Eastern Bank Limited Chairman Showkat Ali Chowdhury and his family members for an additional month.

This decision, communicated via an official letter sent on Wednesday to all commercial banks and financial institutions across the country, affects accounts operated under both personal and business names linked to the family.

In addition to Showkat Ali Chowdhury, the account freeze order applies to his family members - Tasmiya Ambarin, Zarah Namrin, and Md. Zaran Ali Chowdhury. The directive has been issued in accordance with the Money Laundering Prevention Rules, 2019, and the financial institutions have...