ACC accelerates聽anti-graft drives across Bangladesh
The Anti-Corruption Commission鈥檚 activities to bring corruption suspects under scrutiny are gathering pace following the August 5 fall of the Awami League government amid...
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Student leaders urge ACC to regain people鈥檚 confidence
Leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on Thursday urged the Anti-Corruption Commission to work with integrity in order to regain people鈥檚 confidence...
Recovering stolen wealth
BANGLADESH bleeds as over $3 billion drains from Bangladesh annually through offshore accounts. According to a recent report, close to $150 billion was siphoned off the country during 15 years of kleptocratic Hasina regime鈥檚 misrule. Nearly $50 billion went out of the country in the first six years (2009鈥�2015) of the Hasina regime...
Student leaders urge ACC to regain people鈥檚 confidence
Leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on Thursday urged the Anti-Corruption Commission to work with integrity in order to regain people鈥檚 confidence in the commission....
Mirza Abbas acquitted in two graft cases
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas have been acquitted in two cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007...
Ex-ministers Gazi, Sharif among 7 under ACC net
The Anti-Corruption Commission decided to conduct enquiries against two former ministers, two former lawmakers, a former cabinet secretary and four others while...
35 killed in Pakistan bus crashes
At least 35 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in Pakistan on Sunday, including 12 pilgrims who had been trying to reach Iran, rescue and hospital officials said.
Abdul Awal Mintoo鈥檚 bank accounts unfrozen after 17 years
Bank accounts of businessman and Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Abdul Awal Mintoo have been unfrozen after 17 years...
Implementation of CHT accord, national minorities鈥� rights demanded
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord Implementation Movement on Saturday called on the interim government to take urgent action for full implementation of the CHT accord signed in 1997....
27 Indian tourists killed in Nepal bus accident
A bus carrying Indian tourists plunged off a Nepali highway and into a river on Friday, killing 27 people and injuring another 16...
Journalist among four killed聽in road crashes
At least four people were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Chapainawabganj, Sylhet and Gopalganj on Friday.
BO accounts of Nafeez Sarafat, Hasan frozen
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday froze the beneficiary owner鈥檚 accounts of Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat and his business partner Hasan Taher Imam after an inspection team of the commission was denied entry to their brokerage house 鈥� Multi Securities and Services Limited...
ACC widens聽net to fight corruption
The Anti-Corruption Commission is widening its anti-graft net across the country to bring corruption suspects under its scrutiny over amassing illegal wealth and...
Former postal dept DG, associate prosecuted for graft
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday approved the filing of a case against former director general of the Bangladesh Post Office, Sudhangshu Shekhar Bhadra, and...
Five, including 4 of a family, killed in road accidents聽
At least five people were killed in road accidents in Sirajganj and Gazipur on Monday.聽
Ex-minister, MPs under ACC net
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday started several inquiries against the Awami League鈥檚 former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, former finance minister...
WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
The World Health Organization on Friday urged manufacturers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines to rein in the spread of a more dangerous strain of the virus.
Three killed as private car falls into ditch in Cumilla
Three people died and a woman was injured after a private car fell into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chandina upazila of Cumilla on Saturday....
Probe initiated against ex-Padma bank chair Nafeez Sarafat for graft charges
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday started an inquiry against Padma Bank former chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat over embezzlement of around Tk 800 crore from the bank and share market...
372 people killed in road across Bangladesh in July: PWAB report
At least 372 people were killed and 543 others injured in 336 road crashes across the country in July, said a report published by the Passenger Welfare Association...
Seoul authorities find toxic substances in Shein, Temu products
Women鈥檚 accessories sold by some of the world鈥檚 most popular online shopping firms contained toxic substances sometimes hundreds of times above acceptable levels, authorities in Seoul said Wednesday...
AUST attendant killed in Dhaka road accident
An attendant of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology was killed on Tuesday morning as a speeding motorbike ran over him while crossing the road using a zebra crossing in front of the Election Commission in Bangladesh capital Dhaka....
50pc of student road deaths linked to motorbike accidents: study
According to a research of Road Safety Foundation, a total of 5,916 students were killed in different road accidents across the country in the last five and a half years.
Businesses for LDC graduation delay as plan based on false data
Exporters on Monday urged the government to seek a deferral of the country鈥檚 graduation from the least developed country status to a developing country status, saying that the decision on the graduation was made based on fabricated economic data...
2 die, 45 injured as bus falls off overpass in Narsingdi
Two people were killed and 45 others injured when a bus fell off the overpass in Basail area of Narsingdi on Sunday night.
Sacked ACC official Sharif applies for reinstatement
Sharif Uddin, a terminated deputy assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, has applied for reinstatement...
5 killed in road accidents in Rajbari, Barishal
At least five people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Rajbari and Barishal on Friday.
Number of BO accounts drops by 1,07,186 in July
The number of beneficiary owner鈥檚 accounts has seen a significant decline in July, amid prolonged dullness on the country鈥檚 stock market and economic worries.
NBR鈥檚 Matiur granted early retirement from IRD amid graft charges
The government on Wednesday granted early retirement to finance ministry鈥檚 internal resources division commissioner Md Matiur Rahman, who is facing corruption allegations...
Unmet road safety demands add to govt鈥檚 credibility crisis
JULY 29 marked the sixth anniversary of the death of two college students in a road accident in Dhaka that sparked a mass student uprising for road safety. But the promises that the government made remained unmet and road fatalities saw a radical increase. In 2018鈥�2023, as police records show, 22,052 people died and 20,642 became injured...