, May 19 -- The government is set to launch a management fund to handle recovered money and assets seized from financial offenders, Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur said on Monday.

He said the fund will be used to support the country's poor and underprivileged population.

Next govt should continue financial sector reform, bring back laundered money: Governor

The announcement came following a high-profile meeting on the repatriation of laundered money, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, at the Foreign Service Academy.

Present at the briefing were Governor Ahsan H Mansur, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam, and Head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) AFM Shahinul Islam.

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