A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of national cricketer and former Awami League lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan's, assets in a case filed over a cheque fraud involving approximately Tk4.15 crore from IFIC Bank.

Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman issued the order on Monday.

According to case documents, Shakib had taken a loan from IFIC Bank to run his agro-farm business. 

Consequently, he issued two cheques, but they were dishonored due to insufficient funds. The total amount of the cheques is approximately Tk 41.4 million (4.14 crore).

Later, IFIC Bank’s Banani branch sent a legal notice through a daily newspaper under the Negotiable Instruments Act, demanding repayment of the loan. 

However, as 30 days passed without repayment, the bank proceeded to file the case in court.

Shakib Al Hasan previously served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Magura-2 constituency during the previous government.

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Bangladeshi wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim is set to feature for Fortune Barishal in the forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Mushfiqur had played for Sylhet Strikers in the last edition. His price was fixed at 80 lakhs in the players' draft according to the category. Which means he was in 'A' category.

The top category player will play along with other star players like Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and Khaled Ahmed in Fortune Barishal.

Neymar said he was relishing “new challenges and opportunities in new places” after he joined Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal from Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year deal Tuesday, becoming the latest big name lured to the oil-rich Gulf state.

The Brazil forward, 31, ends a six-year stay in the French capital and follows in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Sadio Mane in swapping Europe for the Middle East.

“I have achieved a lot in Europe and enjoyed special times, but I have always wanted to be a global player and test myself with new challenges and opportunities in new places,” Neymar said in a statement from the Saudi Pro League.

“I want to write new sporting history, and the Saudi Pro League has tremendous energy and quality players at the moment,” he added.

Neymar was “in negotiations” on Sunday to become the latest football superstar to decamp for Saudi Arabia, leaving Paris Saint-Germain just as Kylian Mbappe was brought back in from the cold by the French champions.

A source close to PSG told AFP that 31-year-old Neymar “no longer figures in the club or manager’s plans” with the Brazilian immediately linked to Al-Hilal in the Gulf kingdom.

Another source in Saudi Arabia said that “direct negotiations” between Neymar’s agents and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) were ongoing.