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Saturday, 22 February, 2025

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Investigation underway into 2 former BB governors, 53 officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into corruption allegations against 53 former and current officials, including former Bangladesh Bank governors Abdur Rouf Talukder and Atiur Rahman. The officials face accusations of illegal asset acquisition, money laundering, and...

ACC seizes 2 sacks likely containing corruption proofs against ex-IGP Shahidul

A team of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has seized two sacks containing 48 items potentially linked to alleged corrupt acts committed by former police chief AKM Shahidul Hoque. In the early hours of today (February 19), working on a tip-off, the team conducted a raid at the residence of...

Nagad administrator Didar attacked after revealing corruption

Nagads government-appointed administrator Muhammad Badiuzzaman Didar came under a violent attack in the capitals Banani area on Wednesday afternoon about an hour after he informed the media about proofs of massive corruption at the company during Awami League regime. Three-four miscreants...

Bangladesh ranks 14th in list of most corrupt countries

Bangladesh has ranked 14th on the list of the most corrupt countries out of 180, according to Transparency International (TI), marking its lowest score in the past 13 years. With a score of 23, Bangladesh shares this position with Congo and Iran. In the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2024, the...

Reform commission reports published

Six reform commission reports now available in cabinet secretary divisions website. These reports were published at 5 pm on Saturday. The six commissions are; constitution, electoral, police, anti-corruption commission, public administration and judicial reform commission. These commissions...

‘Simeen bribed Hasina with Tk100cr to silence legal charges’

Transcom Group CEO Simeen Rahman allegedly paid Tk 100 crore to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to suppress multiple cases against her, including charges of murder, share anomalies, and fraud, according to a shocking investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Criminal...

ACC approves cases against Shajahan Khan, family over illegal assets

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved the filing of three cases against former Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and his family for allegedly amassing Tk 25 crore in illegal assets, reports UNB. ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain confirmed the decision at a press briefing...

Extortion, plot trading persist in Keraniganj, says Sarjis Alam

Sarjis Alam, chief organiser of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, has alleged that extortion and illegal plot trading, rampant during the tenure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, continue unabated in Keraniganj. Speaking at a roadside gathering at the Keraniganj Upazila Parishads Shaheed Minar...

Serbia PM resigns as anti-corruption protests erupt

Serbias populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions following weeks of massiveanti-corruption protestsover the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy. The canopy collapse in November,which killed 15 people in the northern city of Novi Sad, has...

Net tightening around those DCs, SPs

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated an investigation into allegations of fraud, abuse of power, and irregularities during the 2018 Eleventh National Assembly elections. The investigation will focus on key figures such as District Commissioners (DC), Superintendents of Police (SP),...

Erdogan criticizes opposition over mayor's arrest amid corruption probe

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the opposition Republican Peoples Party (CHP) of pressuring the judiciary after Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza Akpolat was arrested on charges of rigging public tenders. Speaking in Konya on Friday, Erdogan condemned the CHP for defending Akpolat, asserting...

Shayan F Rahman joins corruption controversy amid Tulip scandal in UK

Amid growing controversy in the UK over corruption allegations involving Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq, the niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, attention has now turned to Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman. He is the son of Salman F Rahman, Sheikh Hasinas adviser and a business tycoon, and...

ACC finds evidence of graft, power abuse by Hasina

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found clear evidence of corruption and power abuse by ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain told reporters Wednesday. So far, the ACC investigation team has gathered substantial information confirming Hasinas complicity...

S. Korean anti-corruption agency receives new court warrant to detain Yoon

South Koreas anti-corruption agency said it received a new court warrant on Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which plans to...

Imran - Bushra’s verdict in £190m Al-Qadir Trust case postponed again

The Islamabad accountability court has once again postponed its verdict in the 190 million Al-Qadir Trust corruption case involving former Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi. The decision, initially scheduled for January 6, was delayed due to the unavailability of Judge...

Palak, Jyoti shown arrested in separate graft cases

A court in Dhaka on Monday showed former state ministerfor ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Safi Muddaser Khan Jyoti, son of former homeminister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, arrested in separate graft cases filed bythe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir...

Education adviser to create list of obstructors in textbook printing

Education Adviser Prof. Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud shed light on the obstacles faced in publishing and distributing free textbooks at the launch of an online textbook platform and the Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) program on Wednesday at the International Mother Language Institute. Dr. Mahmud...

Economy stuck in quicksand of crisis

The new year ushers in a deepening economic crisis, exacerbated by money laundering, corruption, mismanagement, and looting. Economists and analysts warn that persistent challenges, such as stagnation in business and trade, labor unrest, declining investment and employment, massive defaults on...

Tulip Siddiq faces £10,000 fine for failing to secure energy certificate for rental property in UK

United Kingdoms (UK) Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq could be facing a 10,000 fine after failing to secure an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for her rental property, The Mail on Sunday has learned, reports Daily Mail. This latest issue comes after Siddiq, niece of ousted prime minister of...

Rizvi claims secretariat fire part of plot to destroy money laundering files

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has accused the recent fire at the Secretariat of being a deliberate act of sabotage. He claimed the fire was set to destroy files related to money laundering and corruption involving the former cabinet secretary of...

No room for genocide perpetrators in BNP: Mirza Fakhrul

Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir declared on Tuesday that individuals involved in genocide, terrorism, or corruption will not be allowed in the BNP. He made the statement while distributing winter clothing to underprivileged residents at an event...

Court imposes travel ban on Sayeed Khokon, his family

The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court has imposed a travel ban on former Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, along with his mother Shahana Hanif, wife Farhana Sayeed, and brother Javed Ahmed. The decision follows a request by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) during a...

Transport sector mired in corruption: Adviser Nahid

Corruption in the countrys road transport sector remains a pressing concern, with its dynamics changing but not diminishing, Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam said on Saturday, reports UNB. There is a political influence intertwined with the chaos on the roads. So, resolving the...

How he amassed crores in assets, including 3 New York properties

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has uncovered illegal assets worth several thousand crores of taka belonging to Asadur Rahman Kiron, the former acting mayor of Gazipur City Corporation. Kiron, a prominent political figure with a history of switching parties, is currently the Vice President of...

Excessive suspicious banking transactions identified

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed six cases against former government ministers and their families, accusing them of accumulating illegal wealth totaling around Tk 155 crore. The cases were filed on Thursday at the Dhaka integrated district office. The individuals named in the cases...

ITJP submits over 60 sanction requests against Sri Lankan officials

The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has submitted more than 60 sanction and visa ban requests till Wednesday targeting Sri Lankan officials over human rights abuses and economic crimes. These submissions have been sent to governments in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, the EU, and the...

Ex-Teknaf OC Pradeep's wife granted bail by HC

The High Court has granted bail to Chumki Karan, wife of dismissed Teknaf Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Pradeep Kumar Das, who was convicted in an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case. The bench, comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain, issued the bail order on...

11 convicted in Nepal Airlines airbus scam, extradition issues arise

The notorious Nepal Airlines Airbus procurement case, involving corruption over the purchase of two Airbus A330s in 2017, remains far from resolved. On Thursday, the Special Court convicted 11 individuals, including four senior Nepali officials, in connection with the deal that allegedly cost the...