Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The Bangladesh Bank has shortlisted six tycoons and decided to speed up probe and disposal of cases against them over the laundered money siphoned off to several countries.

Investigators name the suspect conglomerates like NASSA, Beximco, Saifuzzaman, Sikder Group, S. Alam and Orion.

On Wednesday, the central bank released NPL data that show such bad loans hovering around Tk 6.44 trillion as per count until September 2025.

Talking to the FE, Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur says the NPL data would increase further in December and may start declining from January 2026.

"The NPL bloated due to tycoons having siphoned off. The scar needs to heal," he says, in indication of speedy disposal of the big cases on t...