The bank accounts of the country's top industrial group Bashundhara, Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anveer, along with their eight family members, have been ordered to be seized. A letter in this regard was sent to all banks and financial institutions from Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, the country's central financial intelligence agency.

Others on the bank account seizure list are Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan's son Sadat Sobhan, Safiyat Sobhan and Safwan Sobhan and three daughters-in-law Sonia Ferdowsi Sobhan, Sabrina Sobhan and Yasha Sobhan.

It is said in the letter, if there is any bank account operated in the name of the mentioned person and their organization, the transactions of those accounts should be suspended for 30 days under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and if there is a locker in their name, the use of the same should be stopped for 30 days.