An estimated $234bn was allegedly plundered from Bangladesh during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year reign as prime minister. The FT talks to protesters, politicians, business people and experts about how the money was taken out of the country and what – if anything – can be done to get it back.<\/p>\n
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00:00 – Introduction
\n00:59 – The fall of Sheikh Hasina
\n03:30 – Whitechapel – the centre of UK’s Bangladeshi disapora
\n04:13 – London – a global centre for corrupt money
\n04:51 – Investigation into Tulip Siddiq
\n07:15 – Investigation into Saifuzzaman Chowdhury’s property empire
\n08:22 – Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina
\n09:56 – The Hall of Mirrors
\n10:17 – The banking takeover
\n12:27 – Siphoning money out of Bangladesh
\n15:23 – The interim government
\n16:51 – S Alam and the banking crisis
\n17:33 – Politics and the prospect of elections in 2026
\n18:35 – Recovering the money
\n20:03 – Bangladesh’s future prospects<\/p>\n
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