A UK PR firm tried to smear Bangladesh’s top central banker. It backfired.

A UK PR firm tried to smear Bangladesh’s top central banker. It backfired.

Bangladesh Bank’s governor, Ahsan Mansur, has been in London as part of the government’s efforts to recover funds allegedly stolen by “kleptocrats” from the country’s banks. The central bank estimates that during the Awami League’s 15-year regime, at least $25 billion has been stolen by pro-government businessmen through fake loans that have never been paid back. Some of those funds have made their way to the UK, where they were used to purchase…