S Alam
S Alam entities have Tk 26,000cr in six banks
Some entities of the much-talked-about S Alam Group and some family members of the group’s founder Mohammed Saiful Alam have around Tk 26,000 crore in six banks, said insiders, citing data sent by the banks to the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
8 September 2024
S Alam Group took over half of Islami Bank’s total loans, says new IBBL chairman
Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group has taken more than half of the total loans disbursed by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL), according to the bank’s newly appointed Chairman Md Obayed Ullah Al Masud
5 September 2024
SIBL's former chairman Belal, managing director Zafar sued for attack on an employee
Belal Ahmed, the former chairman of Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL), and Zafar Alam, managing director, have been sued for allegedly attacking a bank employee
4 September 2024
BNP leader Salahuddin apologises for ‘inadvertently’ using S Alam’s vehicle
"I apologise if I hurt the feeling and sentiment of the country’s people with my oversight and unintended mistake,” he said..
2 September 2024
Islami Bank loan scam: S Alam aide arrested in Chattogram
Security officials at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport today detained a man said to be a close aide of the controversial business group S Alam, in connection with the Islami Bank loan scam. He was taken from a Dubai-bound flight.Md Ansarul Alam Chowdhury, managing director of Inheren
2 September 2024
Now First Security Islami Bank freed from S Alam Group
S Alam Group's control over First Security Islami Bank Ltd (FSIBL) ended today after the Bangladesh Bank reconstituted the board of the Shariah-based bank, which was heavily dominated by individuals linked to the Chattogram-based conglomerate..The central bank dissolved the previous 11-mem
1 September 2024
S Alam, family barred from selling bank shares
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today barred Mohammed Saiful Alam, founder of Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group, his family members and companies they own from transferring and selling their shares in six banks.
20 August 2024
BB restricts lending activities of six S Alam-linked banks
The banks are: Islami Bank Bangladesh, First Security Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, Union Bank, Global Islami Bank, and Bangladesh Commerce Bank
19 August 2024
Loans from Janata, NBL: S Alam, Nassa got Tk 2,544cr waiver in breach of rules
Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group and garment manufacturer Nassa Group were given interest waivers amounting to Tk 2,544 crore bypassing banking rules, in a testament to the outsize influence oligarchs had on the banking sector during the Awami League-led government of the past 15 years.
15 August 2024
NBR seeks bank details of S Alam, his family members
The tax zone 15 of the tax administrator sent letters to 91 banks and financial institutions
15 August 2024
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our new CJ Obaidul Hassan's call to fight graft is urgent, crucial and enthusing
We congratulate the chief justice for his forthright identification of one of the main issues of concern for Bangladesh’s future: corruption.
14 September 2023
Hartal called in Banshkhali tomorrow
Banshkhali Chhatra Oikya Forum calls a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the upazila of Chittagong for Wednesday protesting Monday's incident that left four people killed in “police firing”.
5 April 2016