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Dhaka and national financial sector
Public recordLast updated 7 Aug 2026
Salman F. Rahman
A business and political adviser figure discussed through the relationship between political influence, large bank exposure, Beximco-linked finance, and ACC proceedings.
PoliticsBankingBusinessPublic contracts
- Public identity
- Former Private Industry and Investment Adviser
- Era
- 2009-2026
- Main area
- Dhaka and national financial sector
- Organizations
- Beximco Group, Former Prime Minister's Office
Aliases: Salman Fazlur Rahman, Salman F Rahman
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Why this person is listed
Included because public reporting and ACC statements link him to major banking, loan, stock-market, embezzlement, and money-laundering allegations; arrest context is separately documented.
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Reported themes: banking exposure, political influence, corporate finance, stock market, loan fraud and money-laundering allegations.
Public impact
The public-interest value is understanding how power in state institutions, policing, media, urban governance, or finance is discussed in records.
Historical legacy
TBS reported large loans to companies associated with him. BSS reported an ACC case alleging stock-market manipulation, bank-loan embezzlement, and money laundering.
Next steps should model each claim, case, court order, response, or correction as a separate structured record.
Important incidents
Human rights abuse · 2024-07-01 2024-08-15
July-August 2024 Bangladesh uprising and crackdown
OHCHR, BSS, and international media have reported on the 2024 student-led protests, violent repression, deaths and injuries, government fall, and subsequent ICT proceedings.
The OHCHR report estimates, based on credible sources, that as many as 1,400 people may have been killed and thousands injured between July 1 and August 15, 2024; these numbers should be displayed as source-based estimates.
Explore incidentFinancial scandal · 1996-01-01 2026-01-08
1996 Bangladesh stock-market manipulation and case cluster
Incident cluster separating 1996 market-manipulation allegations, later tribunal convictions, the Beximco-linked quashed case status, and the 2026 Beximco-linked pending ACC case.
Explore incidentLife, power and events timeline
Under investigation: An investigation is ongoing; liability has not been determined.
Cases and legal records
ACC case filed January 8, 2026; case number not stated in cited reporting
Salman F Rahman Beximco-linked ACC capital-market case
Financial misconductAnti-Corruption Commission8 Jan 2026Accused1 sources
1996 stock-market cases; specific case numbers not stated in cited reporting
Beximco 1996 stock-market cases quashed record
Financial misconductBangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission1 Jan 1997Respondent1 sources
Structured sources
ICT frames charges against Sheikh Hasina for July-Aug mass killing
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Jul 2025
State news report that ICT-1 framed charges against Sheikh Hasina and two others in a crimes-against-humanity case and noted the rejection of a discharge plea.
Full text of ICT judgment sentencing Hasina to death released
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 26 Nov 2025
State news report on release of the ICT-1 judgment text after the tribunal convicted and sentenced Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in the July Mass Uprising case.
Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh
ReviewedOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · 12 Feb 2025
UN fact-finding report on protest-related human rights violations between July 1 and August 15, 2024, including findings about former-government policy and security-force conduct.
Hasina sentenced to death for crackdown on Bangladesh uprising
ReviewedAssociated Press · 17 Nov 2025
Wire report on the ICT verdict, including Hasina's response denying wrongdoing and calling the verdict biased and politically motivated.
Anisul Huq, Salman F Rahman arrested in capital
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 13 Aug 2024
Public report on the arrest of Anisul Huq and Salman F Rahman in a New Market police case.
How Salman F Rahman makes billions with free bank money
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 14 Aug 2024
Public report on loans of companies associated with Salman F Rahman across seven banks and alleged abuse of state-owned banks.
ACC files case against Salman F Rahman, 21 others
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 8 Jan 2026
Public report on ACC case alleging stock-market manipulation, bank-loan embezzlement, and money laundering.
Tribunal sets Feb 9 for probe report in case against Quader, 44 others
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 8 Dec 2025
BSS report on an ICT case against 45 accused including Obaidul Quader and Anisul Huq, listing 17 arrested accused produced before the tribunal.
Hasina, Kamal ordered shooting of July protesters
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 2 Sep 2025
Report on former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun's ICT testimony naming political and security figures in alleged July-uprising crackdown decision-making.
84 accused behind bars in 30 miss cases of July uprising crimes
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Aug 2025
BSS reported that 84 of 209 accused in 30 miscellaneous July Uprising crimes-against-humanity cases were in custody, and named former ministers, advisers, a former secretary, retired Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, and dismissed Major General Ziaul Ahsan among people facing charges.
ICT indicts Shamim Osman, 11 others in July crimes against humanity case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 13 May 2026
BSS report that ICT-1 framed charges against Shamim Osman and 11 others, including Ayan Osman and Tanvir Ahmed Titu, over alleged atrocities in Narayanganj during the July Mass Uprising.
Shamim Osman's son shot protester beside me, witness tells tribunal
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 28 Jul 2026
Report on prosecution witness testimony at ICT-1 alleging Ayon Osman shot a protester and describing an attack allegedly involving Shamim Osman and associates. The testimony is not treated as a final court finding.
Crime against humanity: ICT accepts charges against ex-DMP chief Habibur, 4 others
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 10 Aug 2025
The Daily Star reported that the ICT accepted charges against five former police officials over the Rampura July Uprising incident, naming Rashedul Islam, Mashiur Rahman, Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan, and Chanchal Chandra Sarkar alongside former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman.
July killings: Charges pressed against eight cops at ICT
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 26 May 2025
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 took cognisance of charges against eight police officials over the Chankharpul killings, naming Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, Sha Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam, Mohammad Imrul, and Arshad Hossain among the accused.
Chankharpul killings: Ex-DMP chief Habibur, two others to die
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 27 Jan 2026
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 sentenced former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, and Shah Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam to death, and sentenced Mohammad Imrul and Arshad Hossain to prison terms, over the Chankharpul killings.
July uprising: Ex-DMP chief, 2 others to die for Rampura killings
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 29 Jun 2026
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 convicted five former police officers over Rampura shootings and killings, sentencing Habibur Rahman, Md Rashedul Islam, and Md Mashiur Rahman to death, Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan to life imprisonment, and Chanchal Chandra Sarkar to 20 years.
ICT indicts four in Rampura crimes against humanity case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against former BGB officials Mohammad Redwanul Islam and Md Rafat Bin Alam, former DMP ADC Md Rashedul Islam, and former Rampura OC Md Moshiur Rahman over the killing of 28 people during the July Mass Uprising.
Ex-Addl SP sent to jail for pinpointing July protesters thru drones
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 29 Apr 2025
BSS reported that the ICT sent former additional superintendent of police Ishtiaq Ahmed to jail in a Chankharpul case and quoted a prosecutor alleging that a police digital-forensics team used drones to identify protesters and share information with law-enforcement agencies.
Two Chic Textile directors get jail terms for 1996 stock market manipulations
Reviewedbdnews24.com · 31 Aug 2015
Court report that Chic Textiles managing director Md Maksudur Rasul and director Iftekhar Mohammad received four-year sentences and fines in a 1996 stock-manipulation case.
Fugitives jailed in first verdict
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 1 Sep 2015
Daily Star report on the first verdict in the 1996 share-scam cases, naming Chic Tex directors and describing four-year sentences and Tk 30 lakh fines.
BD Welding ex-MD, journalist found guilty of stock market manipulation
Reviewedbdnews24.com · 17 Aug 2015
Court report that SM Nurul Islam and Daily Industry editor Enayet Karim received three-year sentences and fines over BD Welding share-price manipulation.
Stock manipulator jailed for two years
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 3 Aug 2015
Court report that Mahbub Sarwar received a two-year sentence for disseminating false stock information through blogs and social media.
Two including brokerage firm chairman convicted for stock manipulation
Reviewedbdnews24.com · 20 Apr 2016
Court report that SPM chairman Shelly Rahman and client Syed Mahibur Rahman received two-year sentences and fines in the Kashem Silk Mills case.
Beximco bosses acquitted of 1996 stock market manipulation charges
Reviewedbdnews24.com · 11 Jan 2017
Report that the High Court quashed 1996 stock-market manipulation cases against Salman F Rahman, Sohel F Rahman, and Beximco-linked companies.