Dhaka, March 11 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has expressed hope that the government will be able to repatriate part of the huge amount of money laundered abroad within this year.

He made the remarks while talking to reporters after the meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase on Tuesday at the Cabinet Division in Bangladesh Secretariat.

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"We will start the process of bringing back the laundered money as soon as possible. For this, we will sign agreements with the concerned countries", he added.

The finance adviser said the government has been trying its best to do this. However, the overall amount is huge.

Salehuddin said, this huge amo...