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ACC sues S Alam, Ron, 24 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against 26 people, including former First Security Islami Bank chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, also the chairman of S Alam Group, and Sikder Group managing director Ron Haque Sikder on charges of embezzlement of Tk 110 crore...

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EU to give 4m euros for polls preparations

The European Union has announced an assistance package of more than four million euros to help Bangladesh Election Commission organise the Jatiya Sangsad elections in accordance with international standards...

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ACC finds ‘illegal wealth’ of 17 NBR officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday asked 17 senior officials of the National Board of Revenue to submit their wealth statements after it found evidence of amassing ‘illegal wealth’ by them, officials of the commission said.

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Professor Ayub Islam joins as UGC member

Professor Mohammad Ayub Islam, department of accounting, University of Chittagong, has joined the Bangladesh University Grants Commission as a member on Monday...

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Exim Bank chair, MD, 19 others sued for stealing Tk 857cr

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against 21 people, including Exim Bank’s current chair Nazrul Islam Swapan, managing director Mohammad Feroz Hossain, and former chair Nazrul Islam Mazumder, on charges of embezzling Tk 800 crore from the bank in the name of loan...

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1,760 petitions relating to 83 seats filed

The Election Commission is set to begin hearings on objections and recommendations regarding the draft boundaries of parliamentary constituencies on August 24 as part of the preparations for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections...

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Ex-IGP Javed Patwary among 123 under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started scrutinising allegations against 123 people, including former inspector general of police Javed Patwary, of receiving money and apartments in exchange for writing and editing the book ‘Unfinished Memoirs’, published in the name of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...

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BNP concerned about law and order

Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday said that the Election Commission was preparing for the next national polls in an appropriate manner, though concerns remained over the law and order situation...

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July Charter draft disappoints some political parties

A few political parties, including the National Citizen Party, on Sunday expressed their disappointment with the draft July National Charter 2025 that was shared with political parties concerned by the National Consensus Commission on Saturday...

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ACC sues ex-Basic bank chair Bachchu, 8 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against nine people, including former Basic Bank Limited chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu, for their alleged involvement in embezzling Tk 12 crore...

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Worrying dissent and no deadline, ways for July charter execution

THE national consensus commission on August 16 sent the final draft of the July national charter 2025 to political parties, with a prologue that says that the document has been ‘unanimously’ worked out after a series of dialogues that the commission held with more than 30 political parties and alliances between March 20 and July 31. But what remains problematic...

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Major reform proposals dissented by BNP, allies

The National Consensus Commission on Saturday sent the final draft of the July National Charter 2025 to political parties, with a prologue stating that the document was ‘unanimously’ formulated after a series of dialogues with political parties...

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Govt must not put ACC reform on the back burner

IT IS disappointing that the government has made no progress in implementing the recommendations that the Anti-Corruption Reform Commission made to strengthen the Anti-Corruption Commission and free it from political and bureaucratic influences. The Anti-Corruption Reform Commission, formed by the interim government, submitted its report to the chief adviser on...

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BTRC asked to take action against 30 officials

The posts, telecommunications and information technology ministry has ordered the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to take action against at least 36 serving and former officials, including former chair Md Mohiuddin Ahmed...

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ACC reform gets stuck

The interim government is yet to implement the recommendations made by the Anti-Corruption Reform Commission seven months ago to strengthen the ant-graft watchdog, rendering uncertain the fate of the recommendations...

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UGC congratulates 159 Erasmus Mundus scholarship recipients

Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Professor SMA Faiz at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday congratulated 159 Bangladeshi students who received the Erasmus Mundus scholarships in the 2025-26 academic year...

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Govt lists 367 doable reforms

The council of advisers in a meeting on Thursday identified 367 urgent and actionable recommendations from 10 reform commissions, with 37 measures already implemented...

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Time for Dhaka to boldly take up India’s border ploys with Delhi

DELHI’S border ploys, which have been evident in the murder of Bangladeshis at the hand of India’s Border Security Force that have continued apace for years, appear to be taking an added dimension. Whilst a series of events of erecting barbed-wire and electric fences along the frontiers began with the direct involvement of Indian border guards in the final days of December...

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ACC sues Sajeeb Wazed for Tk 60.14 crore illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her adviser on information and communication technology affairs, for his alleged involvement in amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 60.14 crore...

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Three plaintiffs testify against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip, Radwan

Three Anti-Corruption Commission officials on Wednesday testified as plaintiffs against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana’s daughters Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq and son Radwan Mujib Siddiq and others in three cases over corruption in Purbachal plot scam...

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Term of National Consensus Commission extended till September 15

The interim government on Monday night extended the tenure of the National Consensus Commission by one month. A notification regarding the extension was issued by the Cabinet Division on Monday night, saying that the NCC’s term would be now till September 15.

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22 parties shortlisted for EC verification

The Election Commission has shortlisted 22 political parties, including the National Citizen Party for  field-level verification as part of its ongoing registration process.