EDUCATION in Bangladesh has fallen victim to corruption, inefficiency, mismanagement, and neglect for decades. Both print and electronic media often expose many of these malpractices. However, some education illnesses don鈥檛 seem to come to the limelight for whatever reasons. There appears to be no one to take action on them...
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against 16 individuals, including former lawmaker Abu Reza Mohammad Nezamuddin Nadvi for allegedly embezzling about Tk 12.8 crore from the International Islamic University Chattogram Trust.
Nepal鈥檚 interim leader has held the first talks between political parties and youth representatives since last month鈥檚 deadly anti-corruption protests that toppled the previous government, officials said on Thursday...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday approved two separate charge sheets against 13 people, including former National Bank Limited directors Ron Haque Sikder and Rick Haque Sikder, in two cases filed on charges of money laundering and corruption.
South Korea鈥檚 economy grew 1.2 per cent in the third quarter, preliminary data from the central bank showed Tuesday, with consumption boosted by government vouchers and聽exports remaining strong despite global trade tensions...
AMENDMENTS to some provisions of and the addition of some other provisions to the legislation that governs the Anti-Corruption Commission are welcome in that they promise an improvement, which may further empower the agency in its fight against corruption. The council of advisers, in principle, approved the draft of the Anti-Corruption Commission...
The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to get power to file graft cases without any preliminary enquiry in some circumstances and arrest public servants without prior government approval.
Taking part in a mass hearing, Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen on Sunday solved several issues of service seekers instantly and took action against several people who were found guilty.
Northern University Bangladesh organised a freshers鈥� reception programme for the newly admitted students on its campus in Dhaka on Saturday...
Angry job seekers on Saturday locked the main gate of the Kushtia Civil Surgeon鈥檚 office over allegations of corruption, question paper leak, and irregularities in a recruitment test held on Friday...
The interim government on Thursday approved a draft ordinance in principle expanding the jurisdiction of the Anti-Corruption Commission to probe graft allegations against foreign citizens residing in Bangladesh.聽聽
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed three associates of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on remand for a total of 10 days in two graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday lodged three cases against former sub-registrar of Tongi Md Nurul Amin Talukder, his wife Nurunnahar Khatun and daughter Jinat Talukder for corruption and money laundering...
A Dhaka court on Monday directed the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 513 crore shares belonging to S Alam Group chairman Muhammad Saiful Alam and 105 affiliated companies, with an estimated value exceeding Tk 8,000 crore...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved the charge sheet against 26 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and former Janata Bank chairman professor Abul Barkat, in a case filed over embezzling Tk聽297 crore...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against former chief whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽19.71 crore...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against former Awami League lawmaker Abul Hasnat Abdullah on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽19.71 crore...
Two children died after falling into an open septic tank at Dhamrai, on the outskirts of the capital, on Friday...
The government has suspended a Customs official after her arrest by the Anti-Corruption Commission in Jashore earlier this month...
The Anti-Corruption Commission will file two cases against former environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury and his wife, Rehana Chowdhury, over allegations of amassing illegal wealth worth nearly Tk 39 crore.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against 18 current and former officials of Bangladesh Railway on charges of embezzling over Tk 2 crore in the purchase of equipment.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into the allegations brought against former Islamic University vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against six people, including former Dhaka South City Corporation chief executive officer Khan Mohammad Bilal and former chief revenue officer Md Yusuf Ali Sardar, on charges of embezzling Tk聽25.13 crore of state revenue.
Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and four members of his family on Monday submitted a petition to a Dhaka court seeking permission to go abroad for medical treatment.
The International Monetary Fund asked cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Thursday to strengthen its anti-corruption agency and accelerate prosecutions after a review of a bailout that began in 2023...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday approved filing four separate cases against former Awami League lawmaker HBM Iqbal and his family members on the charges of amassing illegal assets worth 67.96 crore...
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...
