7,000 ACC probes, cases pending
A huge number of cases, inquiries, and investigations against corruption suspects have remained pending with the Anti-Corruption Commission for years due to...
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BTMA alleges inflated export data 鈥榗onspiracy鈥� to cut cash incentives
The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association on Saturday termed discrepancies in export figures as a 鈥榗onspiracy鈥� against the apparel and textile sector, claiming that a group influenced the government to reduce cash incentives by showing inflated export growth...
ACC presses charges against former Cox鈥檚 Bazar DC, judge
The Anti-Corruption Commission has submitted a charge sheet against five people, including former deputy commissioner of Cox鈥檚 Bazar district, Ruhul Amin, and former District and Sessions Judge Sadiqul Islam Talukdar, in a case filed over allegations of forging case documents...
Mostafizur makes 鈥榗onfession鈥� in MP Anwarul murder case
Md Mostafizur Rahman, arrested in a case filed over the murder of Jhenaidah-4 constituency parliament member Anwarul Azim Anar in India鈥檚 West Bengal, made confessional statement before a Dhaka court on Friday...
Govt slashes cash incentive for exports for FY25
The government on Sunday reduced rates of cash incentives against exports for all 43 categories up to 50 per cent for the financial year 2024-25 that begins today...
Govt must act to clear tax case backlog to increase revenue
AN AMOUNT of Tk 800 billion in revenue having been stuck because of about 30,000 cases pending with the Supreme Court, tax appeals commissioners and tax appellate tribunals largely suggests indifference, if not negligence, on part of government authorities. The cases involve, as revenue board statistics show, Tk 403.89 billion in 11,007 cases related to income tax...
Tk 80,000cr in revenue stuck in 30,000 cases
About 30,000 cases pending with the Supreme Court, and appellate commissioners and tribunals have withheld the collection of Tk 80,000 crore in revenue.
Another case filed over AL factional clash in Rajshahi, 182 more sued
Another case was filed on Friday against 182 people in connection with the factional clash between two groups of the ruling Awami League at Bagha upazila in...
Ex-Juba Mohila League leader Papia freed on bail
Former Juba Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia was released on bail from Cumilla Central Jail, after serving three years and four months in jail in six criminal cases...
Former food official sent to jail in graft case
A Rajshahi court on Monday sent a former food official to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission on charge of irregularities and corruption in buying wheat from millers in defiance of government instructions in 2020....
Biden鈥檚 son convicted on all charges in gun case
A jury found Hunter Biden guilty on Tuesday of federal gun charges in a historic first criminal prosecution of the child of a sitting US president...
UCB-upay co-branded card offers cash reward for new users
upay has launched a special campaign that will offer cash rewards to new users of UCB-upay co-branded prepaid card, said a press release...
PK Halder鈥檚 two aides land in jail
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday sent Bashudeb Banerjee, an associate of PK Halder and the then director of International Leasing and Financial Services, and his wife Paipa Banerjee, also a director of the ILFS, to jail in connection with 15 corruption cases...
Trump found guilty in hush money trial, set to be sentenced on July 11
A New York jury convicted Donald Trump on all charges in his hush money case Thursday in a seismic development barely five months ahead of the election where he seeks to recapture the White House.
S Africa鈥檚 genocide case against Israel
THE Israeli-Hamas war is a complex, tragic, and enduring issue in contemporary global politics. The South African government has always expressed deep concern over Israel鈥檚 ruthless military operations against the Palestinian people. Indeed, the governing party, the African National Congress, has a long history of solidarity and sympathy for the Palestinian struggle...
IMF lifts China growth forecast but warns on industrial policy
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday raised its yearly growth forecast for China, but warned that Beijing鈥檚 industrial policy risks a 鈥榤isallocation鈥� of resources and could harm trade...
Indictment hearing in coal mine graft case against Khaleda on August 5
The Dhaka Special Judge Court-2 on Tuesday set August 5 for holding hearing on charge framing in the Barapukuria coal mine graft case against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and nine others....
Cash incentive for export, remittance should continue: ex-BB governor
Former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman on Sunday said that the government should continue cash incentives for export and remittance sectors until macroeconomic stability was established in the country...
Lucas speaks on 鈥楽tar Wars鈥� critics, diversity
George Lucas told Cannes on Friday how he had to sneak into his own first premiere at the French film festival and explained why...
West Ham's Paqueta charged over alleged betting breaches
West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta has been charged with alleged breaches of Football Association betting rules after a probe into claims the Brazilian deliberately earned yellow cards.
Jamaat leader Azhar among 11 jailed for two years
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday sentenced 11 people including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam to two years鈥� imprisonment in a violence case filed with Motijheel Police Station in 2010...
HC starts hearing Tk 600cr tax evasion case of Prof Yunus
The High Court on Thursday started fresh hearing on two writ petitions filed by Grameen Kalyan, a nonprofit social business company founded by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, challenging the National Board of Revenue鈥檚 claim of Tk聽600 crore income tax from the company for the years 2013 to 2017...
Imran Khan gets bail in corruption case but can鈥檛 leave jail
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was granted bail in Islamabad on Wednesday on land corruption charges but will have to stay in jail to serve time in two other cases, his lawyer said, reports NDTV...
India鈥檚 top court bails jailed editor in Chinese funding case
India鈥檚 top court on Wednesday ordered the release on bail of an editor jailed in connection with a case alleging his news website received Chinese funding...
No political case filed in Bangladesh: attorney general
Attorney general Abu Mohammad Amin Uddin on Sunday said that no political case was filed in Bangladesh....
2,000 judges struggle聽with 40 lakh cases: CJ
The chief justice, Obaidul Hassan, said on Tuesday that a total of only 2,000 judges are struggling to dispose of more than 40 lakh cases pending with courts across the...
12 more Covid cases reported
Bangladesh reported 12 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning...
Stormy Daniels recounts sexual encounter with Trump
Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the heart of Donald Trump's hush money case, testified in a rapt Manhattan courtroom Tuesday about a 2006 sexual encounter that precipitated the criminal trial of the former US president.
37 lakh cases pending with courts: law minister
Law minister Anisul Huq told Jatiya Sangsad on Monday that the number of pending cases with courts across the country was around 37.29 lakh.
17 Covid cases reported
Bangladesh reported 17 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning...