Dhaka, Aug. 6 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced four former officials of Dhaka Bank Limited to 20 years' imprisonment under three separate charges for forgery, criminal breach of trust and embezzlement in connection with a fraudulent loan case.

The verdict was delivered on Thursday by Judge Muhammad Hasanuzzaman of the Special Judge's Court-1 in Dhaka.

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The convicts are Kazi Farid Uddin Ahmed, former Executive Vice President of the bank's Central Accounts and Investment Division; Abu Mohammad Sayeed Khan, former Vice President; and former Senior Principal Officers Prabir Kumar Bhowmik and Shawkat Ali.

The court sentenced each of them to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and ...