The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has instructed banks to unfreeze the accounts of BNP vice-chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo along with his spouse and son after keeping the accounts blocked for 17 years.
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the NBR instructed all banks to unfreeze their bank accounts, according to a notice issued by the NBR.
On August 1 in 2007, the CIC ordered banks to freeze the accounts of Mintoo, his spouse Nasreen Awal Mintoo and his son Tabith Awal.
The tax detective office issued the order at that time based on a recommendation of a panel formed during the then government.
The decision came more than two weeks after the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government in a mass uprising on August 5.
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