DHAKA: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has agreed to help Bangladesh investigate an audacious $81-million theft from the nation’s foreign reserves, authorities said on Sunday, days after the finance minister accused central bank officials of complicity in the heist.

An FBI official in Dhaka met with representatives from Bangladesh’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and offered to assist with the investigation of the spectacular cross-country theft.

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