A major investigation has uncovered that Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s former land minister, and his family secretly acquired nearly 500 properties worldwide over the past three decades, raising serious concerns over corruption and
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A major investigation has uncovered that Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s former land minister, and his family secretly acquired nearly 500 properties worldwide over the past three decades, raising serious concerns over corruption and
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