DHAKA, Aug 29: The United Nation has included three non-governmental organizations operating in Bangladesh in the latest terror list of 111 organizations for suspected links with the Al Qaeda network or Taliban.

Bangladeshi has been included in the list, updated on July 30 this year, which links 317 individuals of 50 Muslim and non-Muslim countries with either Al Qaeda or Taliban. The three organizations named in the list are Al-Haramain, the Benevolence International Foundation and the Global Relief Foundation.

The list was recently sent to the foreign ministry through the office of Bangladesh's permanent representative in the UN. The UN asked the government of Bangladesh to check and report by August 31 whether the listed organizations or individuals possessed any bank account and made any banking transactions in Bangladesh, sources in the foreign ministry said.

The list of 317 individuals has already been sent to the Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, and the ministry now awaits a report from bank. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Bank has cautioned all banks and financial institutions of the country about six accounts for suspected links with Al Qaeda and Taliban, and asked them to freeze the accounts.

The suspect accounts are of Mohammad bin Mohammad Abdelhedi, Kamal Darraji, Mohammad El Mahfoudi, Imed bin Bechir Jamali, Habib bin Ahmad Louviri and Chabanne bin Mohamed Trabelsi. Mahfoudi is a Moroccan while the others are Tunisians, said the sources.

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