Dhaka: Bangladesh Bank will need two more weeks to reach a conclusion in its ongoing investigation into the hacking incident that stole some $101 million from its account with the New York Federal Reserve.

Central bank deputy governor Abu Hena Razee Hasan said this while briefing reporters Sunday about the latest developments in its ongoing investigation.

‘Still our investigation continues and it needs two more weeks to reach a conclusion,’ he told reporters, responding to a query on whether anyone inside the central bank was involved or not in the heist.

Hasan informed that a World Bank consultant is working with the investigators to identify anyone who may have been involved in the theft, reported UNB.

He also said the Bangladesh Bank management will provide clarification as to why it kept its governing body members, including the finance minister and banking secretary, in the dark over the incident till it was first revealed by the media in the Phillipines, where at least $81 million of the stolen money was routed, over a month after the money was taken out.

The cyber-theft is said to have taken place on February 4, a Thursday that was also the start of a weekend here. But Bangladesh Bank only went public with the matter on March 7, after it was flashed all across the domestic and international.