THE government鈥檚 move to establish a system of rewarding compliant taxpayers, as the chair of the National Board of Revenue said at a progrmame in Dhaka on October 8, appears to be awkward for its being skewed. It appears so because when the revenue board should widen the income tax coverage, simplify the tax payment process, end corruption and irregularities...
The Anti-Corruption Commission conducted a raid on the Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 western headquarters in Rajshahi city on Wednesday, following allegations of misappropriation of nearly Tk 4 crore in the purchase of stones and other railway equipment...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed four cases against former two presidents of Bangladesh Jewellers鈥� Association Enamul Haque Khan and Dilip Kumar Agarwala and their wives on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
THIS is disappointing that opportunities to end pervasive corruption that the changed political context created have largely gone unused. Transparency International Bangladesh observes that the bureaucracy remains resistant and the people entrusted to enforce integrity are often beneficiaries of the rot. There is an alarming continuity of corruption across almost all public services sectors...
People are still facing sufferings and corruption while getting services from government offices as they are forced to pay additional money or bribes for the services...
A Dhaka court on Saturday passed an order to send Tajbir Hasan to jail in connection with a case of Anti-Corruption Commission with Airport police station.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against four people on charges of grabbing 23.31 acres of land belonging to people of national minority communities through fraud and forgery at Bochaganj upazila in Dinajpur...
Corruption remains a serious impediment to investment and economic growth of Bangladesh, according to the 2025 Investment Climate Statements: Bangladesh, published by the United States Department of State on Friday.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case accusing four businessmen and seven state-owned Agrani Bank officials on charges of embezzling Tk 190 crore as accumulated loan with principal and interest.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against eight people, including former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and his wife Rukmila Zaman, on charges of taking Tk聽41.75 crore in bribes from a business entity.
A Dhaka special judge鈥檚 court on Thursday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to request red notices from Interpol against S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam and his two brothers in a loan fraud case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission chairman, Mohammad Abdul Momen, on Wednesday said that verdicts in six cases against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members for irregularities in the Purbachal New Town Project plot allocation were expected to be delivered in October or November.
The Anti-Corruption Commission suspended its system analyst Md Rajib Hasan over allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
Thousands of Filipinos marched in Manila on Sunday to vent their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday detected assets of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed in five more countries, including India, Vietnam and Malaysia.
The ministry of housing and public works suspended deputy director of public works department Rashed Ahmed Sadi and its assistant director Bilal Hossain on various allegations of corruption and misconducts.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a petition with a metropolitan special judge court in Chattogram, urging the court to direct the authorities to take initiatives to issue an Interpol red notice against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and...
Nepal flew flags at half-mast during a national day of mourning Wednesday for the 73 people killed during youth-led anti-corruption protests that toppled the government...
WHEN the nation鈥檚 anti-graft watchdog itself becomes synonymous with corruption, the damage goes far beyond individual scandals 鈥� it strikes at the moral core of accountability in Bangladesh. As 抖阴精品 reported on September 14, 2025, the Anti-Corruption Commission has disciplined 244 of its own officials over the past 17 years for taking bribes, extorting...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against 43 people, including S Alam Group chairman Muhammad Saiful Alam and Nabil Group managing director Md Aminul Islam, for their alleged involvement in embezzling Tk 363 crore from the bank鈥檚 Gulshan branch...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against a former chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, retired major general M Siddiqur Rahman, allegedly for illegally amassing assets worth Tk 36.15 crore.
The Anti-Corruption Commission will file two separate cases against Kazi Anis Ahmed, chief executive officer and director of Gemcon Group, and its director Kazi Inam Ahmed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽113 crore, officials of the anti-graft agency said.
Nepal鈥檚 new interim prime minister unveiled her first ministers Monday, as the Himalayan nation seeks to restore order after deadly youth-led anti-corruption protests that ousted the previous government...
AN ANTI-CORRUPTION agency that cannot rid itself of corruption risks becoming worse than useless; it becomes a shield for the very ills it is meant to fight. The revelations surrounding the Anti-Corruption Commission 鈥� an institution entrusted with protecting the country from the decay of bribery and abuse of power 鈥� are, therefore, as alarming as they are disheartening...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved 13 separate cases against 31 individuals, including the chair, managing directors, and directors of 13 overseas companies, on the charges of embezzling Tk 1,159 crore through a syndicate that overcharged workers bound for Malaysia...
The Anti-Corruption Commission is facing challenges to check corruption of its own officials who are facing various graft allegations, including taking bribes and unethical benefits from graft suspects.
Nepal鈥檚 new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters鈥� demands to 鈥榚nd聽corruption鈥� as she began work as interim prime minister, after 鈥楪en Z鈥� youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against seven people including retired Supreme Court judge, justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, former Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha chairman Md Nurul Huda and former finance minister...
The Anti-Corruption Commission summoned 12 individuals, including two former ACC commissioners, former secretaries, a former election commissioner, and retired judges, over allegations of irregularities in the allocation of 12 luxury flats in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi.
IN A viral YouTube clip, a young boy was asked why Bangladesh cannot recover from economic crisis if Sri Lanka, after bankruptcy, managed to rebound. His response was disarmingly sharp: 鈥楽ri Lanka鈥檚 government was corrupt, but its citizens were decent people. That is why the country managed to recover.鈥� He then added with brutal candour: 鈥業n Bangladesh, the...
