Egyptian coach for swimmers
The Bangladesh Swimming Federation has appointed Egyptian Saeed Magdy as coach for their preparation ahead of the 14th South Asian Games, scheduled to be held in Pakistan from January 23 to 31, 2026...
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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...
Govt should in no way push five commissions to fringe
FIVE commissions, out of the 11 that the interim government has instituted to effect reforms in state governance, appear to have largely been sidelined whilst the government appears busy with the six commissions. The six commissions on electoral system reforms, police administrative reforms, judiciary reforms, anti-corruption reforms, public administration reforms and...
SETTING UP COVID HOSPITAL:聽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鈥檚 Mohakhali area under a World Bank-funded project...
HC orders ACC to reinstate Sharif Uddin within 30 days
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to reinstate its former deputy assistant director Sharif Uddin within 30 days...
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...
CUET鈥檚 Kazi Nazrul Islam Hall holds fresher reception
Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam Hall of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology held a fresher and farewell reception 2025 at the CUET in Chattogram on Monday...
No ACC probe halted thru letter to chairman: Faiz Ahmad Tayyab
The chief adviser鈥檚 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...
ACC gets over 12,000 corruption allegations in 11 months
The Anti-Corruption Commission got a total of 12,827 corruption allegations in the past 11 months since the fall of the Awami League regime in August 2024, amid a student-led mass uprising...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
France fines Shein 40m euros over 鈥榙eceptive鈥� sales practices
France announced Thursday a record 40 million-euro fine against e-commerce giant Shein over 鈥榙eceptive commercial practices鈥� after a competition inquiry, saying it misled customers on price deals and on its environmental impact...
Five more NBR officials under ACC scanner over graft charge
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday initiated inquiry against five more officials of the National Board of Revenue over allegations of amassing illegal wealth through corruption...
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...
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...
ACC asked to freeze accounts, assets of ex-minister Nuruzzaman
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 57 bank accounts of former social welfare minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed and his wife Hosne Ara Begum over graft allegations...
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...
Israeli court delays Netanyahu graft trial appearance
An Israeli court on Sunday postponed prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 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鈥檚 party...
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...
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聽49 crore from the bank...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...