The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed three separate cases against former shipping minister Shajahan Khan, also a presidium member of the Awami League, and his family members on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk 25.72 crore...
The judiciary reform commission is set to recommend key reforms including establishing a separate secretariat for the judiciary under the Supreme Court, aiming to free the judiciary from the influence of the executive branch of the state.
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced former Khulna-2 lawmaker Mizanur Rahman to eight years of imprisonment in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission...
The High Court on Wednesday summoned three divisional commissioners, two deputy commissioners and two upazila nirbahi officers to explain their failure to shut down illegal brickfields in their respective jurisdictions...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday said that they did not find the existence of the office of Suchona Foundation, founded by ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 daughter Saima Wazed, at the organisation鈥檚 registered address in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi area...
TWO decisions on the Credit Information Bureau database of the central bank during the Awami League government, toppled in a mass uprising on August 5, 2024, keep menacing the database management more than five months and a half after the interim government鈥檚 installation on August 8 that year. The Bangladesh Bank imposed restrictions before the...
Home ministry has cancelled passports of nine individuals, including Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, former chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, and former commissioner Sheikh Shamsuddin.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to file a case against former lawmaker of Bhola-3 constituency Nurnnabi Chowdhury for acquiring beyond known sources of income and assets...
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said that the constitutionally guaranteed independence of the Election Commission must not be compromised in delivering a credible election as the nation aspires...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against 52 people, including Ahsanul Alam, former Islami Bank chairman and son of S Alam, on charges of embezzling Tk 918 crore from Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.
University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman professor SMA Faiz on Tuesday emphasised the need to increase awareness about cyber security to protect personal, official, and state data...
Election Commissioner Brig Gen, retd, Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah said that preparations for the national election were under way, with December as the target timeframe.
Former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitanshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury on Monday was shown arrested in a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over the Hallmark Group loan scam seven years ago...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed four cases against 19 people, including former military adviser Tariq Ahmed Siddique, former civil aviation and tourism ministry senior secretary Mohibul Haque, and...
The Anti-Corruption Commission will probe why experts, including Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, found the electronic voting machines suitable, despite allegations of the substandard quality of the EVMs...
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has expressed interest to continue ongoing collaboration with Bangladesh and explore new avenues to build partnerships, including...
A SHARP decline in the conviction rate in corruption cases to a worrying 47 per cent in 2024, the lowest in eight years, down from 57.18 per cent in 2023, does not only question the effectiveness of the Anti-Corruption Commission in its fight against corruption but also, perhaps, brings to the fore some inadequacies that the commission is faced with. This...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday said that the commission found corruption of Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in getting appointment as regional director...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday found assets worth Tk聽4.70 crore in a locker at the Bangladesh Bank, belonging to former deputy governor Sitanshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury...
The conviction rate in corruption cases in the country has fallen to a worrying 47 per cent in 2024, the lowest in the past eight years, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the Anti-Corruption Commission in fighting corruption.
Representatives from plain land national minority groups on Sunday urged the local government reform commission to ensure their rights and security...
Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has said that Delhi would continue to seek a stable, positive, constructive, forward-looking and mutually beneficial relationship with Dhaka in which people were the main stakeholders...
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said that all necessary preparations for national elections must be completed by October if the elections were to be held in December...
The Police Reform Commission has made a set of recommendations, including formation of all-party committee, task force, policy for recruitment, transfer and promotion and taking action for delay to receive any GD or proof of any corruption, to make Bangladesh Police corruption-free and service-oriented. ..
Six reform commissions on Friday began discussing short and long-term strategies to develop a roadmap for implementing their recommendations.
An Anti-Corruption Commission team has found no trace of 83 per cent of income declared by former Awami League lawmaker from Dinajpur-3 constituency, Iqbalur Rahim, also a former whip of the Jatiya Sangsad, in his wealth statements.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two cases against dismissed Major General Ziaul Ahsan and his wife Nusrat Jahan on charges of amassing illegal wealth, money laundering, and abuse of power.
Election commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud has said the parliamentary polls were expected to be held by late 2025 or early 2026.
The Jashore Special and Session Judge Court on Wednesday sentenced former Awami League lawmaker Shahin Chakladar to four years of jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission around 16 years ago...
Election commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud on Wednesday confirmed that the Election Commission鈥檚 primary focus was on the coming parliamentary elections instead of local government polls...