DHAKA: Bangladesh’s central bank chief resigned on Tuesday, the finance minister said, after hackers stole $81 million from the nation’s foreign reserves in an audacious cyber-heist that has hugely embarrassed the government.

The cash, stolen on February 5, was transferred electronically to accounts in the Philippines.

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