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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2025
Yunus seeks Singapore’s assistance in recovering laundered money

Bangladesh

TBS Report
10 November, 2024, 04:40 pm
Last modified: 10 November, 2024, 10:16 pm

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Yunus seeks Singapore’s assistance in recovering laundered money

Ambassador Loh pledges cooperation with Dhaka

TBS Report
10 November, 2024, 04:40 pm
Last modified: 10 November, 2024, 10:16 pm
Singapore Ambassador to Bangladesh Derek Loh called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his Tejgaon office in Dhaka on Sunday (10 November). Photo: CA Office
Singapore Ambassador to Bangladesh Derek Loh called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his Tejgaon office in Dhaka on Sunday (10 November). Photo: CA Office

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today (10 November) urged Singapore to help recover billions of dollars laundered from Bangladesh

"A lot of money was syphoned off from Bangladesh to many countries, including Singapore," Professor Yunus told Singapore's Ambassador to Bangladesh Derek Loh during a meeting at his office in the capital's Tejgaon.

"We need full cooperation from Singapore [in recovering the money]," he said. In response, Ambassador Loh pledged to cooperate with Dhaka.

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The chief adviser also urged the island nation to work with Dhaka in its goal to significantly cut the cost of recruitment of workers from Bangladesh, reads a press release.

He said the interim government wants to bring down the cost of migration with a view to helping the country's overseas workers remit more money to their families.

"We can create a model structure with Singapore on reducing recruitment costs," he added.

Derek Loh too expressed Singapore's desire to work with Bangladesh, saying they want to remove rent seeking from the recruitment process.

He suggested that Bangladesh digitalise its overseas recruitment system, which will reduce the chances for the workers being exposed to human trafficking and exploitation.

They also discussed trade and investment cooperation, the foreign policy of the interim government, shipping, education, and healthcare sectors of the two countries.

Yunus said Bangladesh was now ready for business with the economy making a good recovery just three months after the dictatorship left it in shambles.

"It is a good time to do business here," Professor Yunus said.

Francis Chong, senior director of Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry, said Bangladesh had proposed a Free Trade Agreement with Singapore back in 2021.

A feasibility study has been completed on the proposed FTA, and both nations will now decide the scope of how to launch a free trade deal negotiation, he said.

Loh said Singapore would be happy to share its expertise on water treatment and waste energy management. He proposed collaboration between the food agencies of both countries.

Talking about the interim government's foreign policy, Professor Yunus said his government was pursuing good relations with neighbours and trying to revive Saarc as a platform to engage more extensively with its South Asian neighbours.

He sought Singapore's backing for Bangladesh's inclusion as a sectoral dialogue partner of ASEAN, to which Derek Loh said his country was positive.

Yunus said Dhaka has got huge support from its Western and eastern allies since the Interim government took over.

"We don't distinguish between east and west. We have to build bridges everywhere," the chief adviser said.

Lutfey Siddiqi, the special envoy to the chief adviser; Lamiya Morshed, senior secretary and principal coordinator of the SDG Affairs; and Michael Lee, charge d'affaires of Singapore in Dhaka, were also present during the meeting.

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