Dhaka, April 20 -- The report is very disconcerting. Loan defaulters of the port city of Chattogram in their large numbers are leaving Bangladesh and settling abroad rather easily under the very watch of this government. Quoting sources of banks, industry insiders, lawyers, and court officials, a national daily yesterday reported that 33 owners of 22 business organisations in Chattogram left the country in the last one decade after borrowing around Tk 20,000 crore.

Among these names of businesses are Habib Group, Nurjahan Group, Mostofa Groups, Mahin Enterprise, Mishmak Group, Yasir Enterprise, Crystal Group, Imam Enterprise, etc. These loan defaulters have brought the economy of the port city to a serious crisis in particular and the ov...