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ACC sues ex-MP Elias Molla, 3 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday said that there was no bar on inquiry against the leaders and activists of the Students Against Discrimination if specific allegations of amassing illegal wealth were found against them.

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Three SAD leaders, another remanded in extortion case

An additional chief metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday allowed the police to take three leaders of the Students Against Discrimination and a leader of the Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad to take in custody for seven days for interrogation in an extortion case filed with Gulshan police station in the capital...

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ACC sues Saifuzzaman, 30 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against former land minister and Awami League leader Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, his family members and several senior officials of United Commercial Bank PLC and Aramit Group on charges of embezzling and laundering Tk 25 crore from UCB...

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ACC seeks details of ‘Mujib Year’ expenses

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday sent letters to all 64 districts across the country, seeking detailed financial records related to the nationwide observance of ‘Mujib Borsho’ or ‘Mujib Year’ on the occasion of birth centenary of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the construction of over 10,000 murals and sculptures during the period...

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ACC approves charge sheet against Mannujan

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved the charge sheet of a case against former state minister Mannujan Sufian and a director of the labour directorate Mizanur Rahman in a corruption case...

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Hasina’s close aides try to transfer assets in UK

Several Bangladeshis who are under the Anti-Corruption Commission scrutiny in Bangladesh appear to have either sold, transferred or refinanced property in the United Kingdom since the past year’s mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led authoritarian Awami League regime...

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Ex-BB governor, ex-Biman chair added to ACC charge sheet

The Anti-Corruption Commission has submitted a supplementary charge sheet against 22 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Fazle Kabir and former chair of the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines retired...

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ACC prosecutes Nafeez Sarafat, Mosharraf on graft charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed two cases against 11 people, including former housing and public works minister engineer Mosharraf Hossain and former Padma Bank chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat on charges of corruption and money laundering.

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Khaled Rahim made ACC secretary

The government on Wednesday appointed additional secretary Mohammad Khaled Rahim of the Cabinet Division the secretary of the Anti-Corruption Commission.

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Ex-AL MP Hanif, wife sued for Tk 32cr illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against Awami League joint general secretary and former lawmaker Md Mahbubul Alam Hanif and his wife Fauzia Alam on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 32 crore...

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ACC starts quizzing printing house owners

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started interrogating owners of different printing houses over allegations of corruption in printing books of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board...

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Freeze 64 accounts, assets of S Alam in Singapore: court

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 64 bank accounts, shares and insurance policies of S Alam Group chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam, and his family members in Singapore...

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SETTING UP COVID HOSPITAL: ACC sues ex-DGHS director, another for graft

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against two people including a former director of the Directorate General of Health Services for their alleged involvement in irregularities in setting up the DNCC Dedicated Covid-19 Hospital in the capital’s Mohakhali area under a World Bank-funded project...

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ACC begins investigating ex-MP Azad, businessman Iftekhar

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday initiated an inquiry into corruption allegations, including amassing illegal wealth, against former lawmaker of Comilla-4 constituency Abul Kalam Azad and High Speed Group of Companies director Iftekhar Ahmed Masud...

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No ACC probe halted thru letter to chairman: Faiz Ahmad Tayyab

The chief adviser’s special assistant on posts, telecommunications, and information technology Faiz Ahmad Tayyab defended his recent letter to the Anti-Corruption Commission chairman, seeking assistance to keep a telecom project running...

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ACC asked to freeze bank accounts of ex-DGFI chief Hamidul

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze four bank accounts of former director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Major General (retired) Hamidul Hoque over allegations of corruption...

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Govt may not spare rod to stop corruption in public servants

THIS is worrying that public servants, who handle governance issues, have topped the list of people, as Anti-Corruption Commission data show, engaged in corruption such as illegal wealth, bribery, power abuse and illicit financial flows. The public servants are followed by people in private service, businesspeople, politicians and elected representatives. And, the situation keeps...

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Public servants top ACC cases

The involvement of government officials and employees in various forms of corruption, including amassing illegal wealth, bribery, abuse of power, and money laundering, has increased manifold in recent years in Bangladesh.

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ACC sues 9 officials of BMET, recruiting agencies

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against nine people, including senior officials of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training and several manpower agency executives, on charges of document forgery and facilitating the illegal trafficking of women abroad...

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ACC starts investigating ex-BCC mayor, 18 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation against former Barishal city mayor Abul Khair Abdullah and 18 others of the local government body, confirmed the ACC Barishal divisional office on Thursday...

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16 NBR officials brought under ACC scrutiny

Sixteen senior National Board of Revenue officials were brought under the Anti-Corruption Commission scrutiny in the past five days in the aftermath of protests by NBR officials over the ongoing revenue sector reforms...

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ACC sues S Alam Group chair, PK Halder, 11 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed three cases against 15 people, including S Alam Group chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam and Reliance Finance Limited former managing director Prashanta Kumar Halder, on charges of embezzling Tk 270 crore through fraudulent loans and money laundering...

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Bashundhara chair, Tarique Siddique defy ACC

Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, retired Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique, who was the defence and security adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and his wife Shaheen Siddique did not appear at the Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday, disregarding its summon...

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ACC sues AL leader, wife, son over illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against Rajshahi city Awami League organising secretary Azizul Alam Bentu, his wife, and their son on charges of amassing illegal wealth and concealing assets in their statements submitted to the commission...