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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...

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Israeli court delays Netanyahu graft trial appearance

An Israeli court on Sunday postponed prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s testimony in his corruption trial after he requested a delay with the support of US president Donald Trump, in a ruling published by the premier’s party...

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4 fake ACC officials arrested for cheating people

The members of the law enforcing agencies arrested four people including their ringleader, who were cheating people identifying them as Anti-Corruption Commission officials, from the capital on Saturday night...

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ACC sues PK Halder, 25 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two separate cases against 26 people, including former NRB Global Bank (now Global Islami Bank) managing director Prashanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, on charges of embezzling Tk 49 crore from the bank...

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ACC probes appointments of 21 as cadre officers

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday initiated an inquiry into allegations of appointing 21 people to different cadre positions illegally under the 29th Bangladesh Civil Service examinations during the Awami League regime which was ousted past year...

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Election officials under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an inquiry into corruption allegations against the officials involved in the polling centres that reported 100 per cent voter turnout in the controversial parliamentary elections in 2018.

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Seizure of bank accounts, plots of Shamim Osman, family ordered

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Sunday allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 29 bank accounts of former Awami League lawmaker for Narayanganj-4 constituency Shamim Osman, his family members and their beneficiaries for their alleged involvement in corruption...

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Govt working to break cycle of corruption: adviser

Adviser to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan said the interim government was working to dismantle the entrenched cycle of political corruption and establish a competitive economy through principled leadership.

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20 VCs under ACC probe

The Anti-Corruption Commission is carrying out inquiries or investigations into allegations of corruption against at least 20 former vice-chancellors of public universities who served under Awami League regimes.

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ACC sues ex-Rokeya Univ VCs Kalimullah, Nur-un-Nabi

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against five people, including former Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur vice-chancellors Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah and AKM Nur-un-Nabi, on charges of embezzling Tk 4 crore from a development project through corruption...

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STOCK MARKET SCAM: Cricketer Shakib, 14 others sued

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against 15 people, including former Bangladesh national cricket team captain Shakib Al Hasan, on charges of embezzling Tk 257 crore through manipulating the stock market in the country.

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UK informed of assets of Bashundhara chair’s sons

The Anti-Corruption Commission has sent to the relevant authorities in the United Kingdom information on properties allegedly owned by Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan’s two sons — Safiat Sobhan and Sadat Sobhan — over allegations of...

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Ex-high commissioner Saida Muna faces inquiry over Tk 2000cr embezzlement

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started an inquiry into allegations of embezzling and laundering Tk 2,000 crore against immediate past Bangladesh high commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem and her husband Generation Next Fashions Ltd chairman Tauhidul Islam Chaudhury.

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More needs to be done to end corruption in judicial system

THE judicial system remains rampantly infested with irregularities, bribery and harassment despite a call of the chief justice for ensuring judicial accountability and rooting out corruption. Accounts of lawyers, as ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· reported on June 15, suggest that every stage of case procedures, from filing petitions to obtaining signed orders, is mired in such problems. The chief...

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ACC sues ex-Nagad MD Tanvir, 8 others for Tk 645cr embezzlement

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against nine people, including former Nagad Limited managing director Tanvir Ahmed Mishuk on charges of embezzling Tk 645.47 crore by issuing additional e-money through forgery...

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ACC asked to seize assets of Tarique Siddique, ex-DGFI chief

The Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize plots and flats of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s defence and security adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former chief of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Major General Saiful Alam, and their family members over graft allegations...

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Additional DIG Rafiqul sued for Tk 2.48 crore illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two cases against additional deputy inspector general of police Sheikh Rafiqul Islam Shimul and his wife Farhana Rahman on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 2.48 crore.

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ACC sues ex-minister Khandaker Mosharraf

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain allegedly for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 35.18 crore...