Bangladesh, Feb. 7 -- The government will carry out special audit in every bank of the country to bring the loan defaulters under increased scrutiny, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

"Each and every bank of the country will come under this special auditing," he said.

The minister disclosed this while speaking at the annual conference of Rupali Bank in the capital on Wednesday.

"The main purpose of this auditing is to help the banks get rid of bad loans," he said.

"We need to identify who are the genuine borrowers and who are the wilful defaulters. We need to monitor how the bank loans are being used," he said.

"We will soon engage three auditing firms to conduct this special auditing," the finance minister added.

Mr Kamal unde...