Cash-carrier security agencies refrained from carrying cash amid fears of looting

ATMs or Automatic Teller Machines are probably one of the most cynical digital beings in the face of the earth if you have spent most of your pay-cheque by the first week of the month. Their sinister demure smile will keep on breaking your heart till your next payday. If you have observed, even when you have money in your account, your ATM machine out of notes.

It seems these days in Bangladesh we are either forced or almost obliged to give personal, sometimes very private, information to some national bodies

Foreigners living in Bangladesh are now under the scanner following the arrest of a German citizen in connection with the recent ATM scam, says home minister.

A German national and three officials of the card division of City Bank have been arrested in connection with stealing money from card holders by copying card data from ATM booths.

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) will provide compensation to its clients on Thursday whose money was withdrawn from ATM booths across the city by using fake cards.