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ACC sues Saad Musa Group owner, ex-NBL MD, nine directors

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 16 people, including Saad Musa Group proprietor Mohammad Mohsin and former National Bank Limited managing director Chowdhury Moshtaq Ahmed, on charges of embezzling Tk 404 crore from the government-declared Covid stimulus package and laundering the fund...

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Foreign factor in Ctg port without wide consultation unacceptable

CHATTOGRAM Port, considered the lifeline of the national economy, requires immediate attention to address perennial mismanagement, inefficiency and corruption in its operation. The Comptroller and Auditor General earlier reported the state coffers were robbed of Tk 258 crore on 26 counts of irregularities by the Chattogram Port Authority in 2017–20 and said that..

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ACC summons ex-APS, POs to two advisers over graft charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain’s former assistant private secretary Moazzem Hossain and health adviser Nurjahan Begum’s former personal officer Tuhin Farabi and...

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ACC sues ex-MP Rubina, her husband

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against former lawmaker Syeda Rubina Akter Meera and her husband Md Mosharraf Hossain Raja allegedly for amassing illegal assets and laundering money...

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New audit ordinance cuts CAG’s independence: TIB

The Transparency International Bangladesh on Thursday urged the interim government to amend immediately the Public Accounts Audit Ordinance, 2025, saying that the ordinance has curtained the constitutional authority of the Comptroller and Auditor General and would pave the way for corruption and tax evasion...

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ACC sues ex-MP Mamunur Rashid, his wife for amassing illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two cases against former lawmaker from Noakhali-3 constituency Md Mamunur Rashid Kiron and his wife Jasmin Aktar on charges of amassing Tk 51 crore beyond known sources of income and suspicious transactions of Tk 211 crore in his bank accounts...

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ACC summons Tulip Siddiq for interrogation

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday summoned Tulip Siddiq, a British lawmaker and niece of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in connection with a case filed against her on charges of accepting a luxury apartment at Gulshan in Dhaka as an illegal reward.

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No justice without clean hands

CORRUPTION in Bangladesh is no longer just a political nuisance, it is an existential crisis. It undermines governance, distorts economic growth and erodes public trust in institutions. From the corridors of power to everyday interactions, corruption has embedded itself so deeply in society that many now see it as an unavoidable reality rather than a crime...

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Hasina’s ex-principal secy Tofazzel under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday initiated an inquiry over the allegations of corruption including amassing illegal wealth and abuse of power against Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah, the former principal secretary to the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...

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ACC probes into alleged corruption of APS, POs to 2 advisers

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started an inquiry into corruption allegations against a former assistant private secretary to the youth and sports adviser and a former and a serving personal officers to the health adviser...

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ACC probes alleged corruption of APS, POs of 2 advisers

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started an inquiry into corruption allegations against a former assistant private secretary to the youth and sports adviser and a former and a serving personal officers to the health adviser.

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Bashundhara’s shares of Tk 1,458cr seized

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 75.46 crore shares, worth Tk 1,458 crore, of 22 companies of the Bashundhara Group in connection with graft allegations...

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ACC raids DSHE office in Rajshahi over bribes

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday conducted a drive at the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education’s Rajshahi zone office on charges of taking bribes from the teachers for approving and forwarding teachers’ MPO and pay arrears...

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Corruption mars mechanism

GOVERNMENT land settlement is still much unsettled, lacking in transparency and mired in colonial practices. Bangladesh’s constitution has emphasised the establishment of a society free of hunger, bestowed with the right of equal access to resources. The Agricultural Khas Land Management and Settlement Policy 1997 and Section 7 of the Land Reforms Act 2023 lay...

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BTMA urges adviser to solve gas problems

The country’s textile millers demanded raising the bulk consumer limit for captive power gas connections to 20 megawatts from the existing 10 MW...

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Former APS, PO to 2 advisers under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started gathering information over corruption allegations against a former personal officer and a former assistant private secretary to two advisers of the interim government.

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Ex-MP Kazim Uddin sued for Tk 4cr illegal assets

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against Kazim Uddin Ahmed, a former Awami League lawmaker for Mymensingh 11 constituency, on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 4.07 crore...

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Reports on arrest warrants against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip on May 12

A court in Dhaka on Sunday set May 12 for submitting reports on executing arrest warrants against 53 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and niece Tulip Siddiq in separate cases filed over irregularities in acquiring plots in RAJUK Purbachal New Town project.

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362 acres of land, $61.39 lakh investment of Kazi Nabil family seized

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to attach 362.43 acres of land, seven flats and a couple of houses in Dhaka owned by former Jashore-3 lawmaker and Gemcon Group owner Kazi Nabil Ahmed and his family members...

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DSCC ward secretary detained while taking bribe

A special team of the Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday detained Kutubuddin Sohel, secretary of the ward 4 under the zone 2 in the Dhaka South City Corporation, while he was allegedly receiving bribe...

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Ex-minister Mahbub Ali, wife sued over Tk 9cr illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed two cases against former state Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali and his wife Shamima Jafrin on charges of amassing illegal assets worth over Tk 9 crore...

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Saifuzzaman, Nafeez, 70 others own Dubai properties: ACC

The Anti-Corruption Commission has identified 72 individuals, including former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and former Padma Bank chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, in connection with alleged money laundering and offshore property acquisitions in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates...