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Bangladesh Bank directs MFS providers to watch accounts for online gambling links News

Bangladesh Bank directs MFS providers to watch accounts for online gambling links

The finance minister told parliament the 28 May directive requires immediate action and notice to law enforcement if involvement is detected.

 BFIU records Tk 17.15 billion debit tagged to online gaming and prohibited activity News

BFIU records Tk 17.15 billion debit tagged to online gaming and prohibited activity

Financial Express reported BFIU’s FY 2024–25 cut: Tk 17.15 billion debit and Tk 16.73 billion credit, the highest volume the unit said it had recorded.

 BFIU moves to freeze about 14,000 more MFS accounts over gambling and hundi links News

BFIU moves to freeze about 14,000 more MFS accounts over gambling and hundi links

A senior BFIU official told The Business Standard the unit had frozen about 10,000 accounts in the previous month and was starting another batch.

 Finance minister tells parliament BFIU froze about 55,000 MFS accounts News

Finance minister tells parliament BFIU froze about 55,000 MFS accounts

Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said the freezes linked to online gambling and digital hundi. The figure mixes both categories.

 Chinese payment crews, local SIMs, and a gambling market that did not stop after the new law Investigation

Chinese payment crews, local SIMs, and a gambling market that did not stop after the new law

In 2026 Bangladesh passed a gambling statute, froze tens of thousands of MFS accounts, and still found Chinese nationals running SIM-gateway floors in Dhaka apartments.