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worth about Tk. 107 crore beyond their known sources of income and amassed Tk. 606.66 crore illegally while also concealing information about Tk. 14.17 crore. The charge sheet for the case mentioned that around Tk. 500 crore was whitened by the family. In
December 2012, a case was filed against Sobhan, his son Sanvir, and 2 company officials for misappropriating nearly Tk. 40 crore from a businessman. The plaintiff (the chairman of a spinning mill) filed the case claiming that he was owed 3 plots from the
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Shafipur union, Md Mukhlesur Rahman Khan, filled two cases against Sobhan and five others. In the cases he alleged that they accused were grabbing of government land, intimidating of government officials, and illegally lifting soil while working on Mouchak
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Bangladesh Football Federation to provide 45 million taka to the federation in a sponsorship deal to support district level football. On 23 April 2009, he offered to build two stadiums for
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Thanking the mall authorities, Ruhel also said that the extension of the contract was successful after Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, chairman of
Bashundhara Group, expressed his interest in discussing the matter with the Star Cineplex
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as the cineplex saw its earnings decline and faced difficulties paying rent. In 2020, he oversaw the launch of a bitumen plant by
Bashundhara Oil and Gas Company, a subsidiary of Bashundhara Group.
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over reports published in newspapers owned by
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