The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday conducted a drive at the directorate of secondary and higher education鈥檚 Rajshahi zone office on charges of taking bribes from the teachers for approving and forwarding teachers鈥� MPO and pay arrears...
The Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 54 kathas of land worth Tk 9.70 crore owned by Summit Group chairman Muhammad Aziz Khan鈥檚 wife Anjuman Aziz Khan...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed 12 cases against former planning and finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and his family members, among 32 people, on charges of embezzling Tk 1,128 crore by extracting unlawful amounts for fees from migrant workers.
THE interim government of Bangladesh formed an 11-member Administrative Reform Commission in October 2024, led by Abdul Muid Chowdhury, to recommend ways to make public administration more people-centric, accountable, efficient, and impartial. On February 15, the Commission submitted its recommendations, key among which is transitioning Bangladesh...
The Election Commission is considering the introduction of proxy voting for expatriate Bangladeshis in the 13th parliamentary elections as the commission thinks that this system would be the most practical solution to the issue within the timeframe available for the polls...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 124 bank accounts and assets of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and their family members and...
British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday said that the United Kingdom was supportive of the consensus building and reform process to help create a condition for 鈥榝ree, fair and inclusive鈥� elections in Bangladesh...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 31 bank accounts of Orion Group chairman Mohammad Obaidul Karim and eight of his family members in connection with corruption allegations...
The Election Commission has called for applications from political parties seeking registration ahead of the forthcoming general elections...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved charge sheets against 29 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, in six cases filed on charges of corruption in allotting...
The National Consensus Commission on Monday said that reforms in various sectors would depend on the outcomes of dialogues with political parties and citizens regarding the recommendations made by six reform commissions.
Stakeholders of the capital market on Sunday called for a swift resolution to the ongoing crisis at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, expressing concerns that the recent incidents at the commission had caused frustration and anxiety among investors at home and abroad...
IS BANGLADESH ready for a federal system? Emerging聽from the recommendation of the Administrative Reforms Commission, the issue has generated considerable discussion. Although federalism has been acknowledged for its capacity to distribute power and solve regional problems elsewhere in the world, its viability in Bangladesh is yet unknown. Examining this...
THE Rohingya influx into Bangladesh keeps taking place slowly as they flee violence and a fearful situation in their native place of Rakhine, which is reported for long to have been caught in conflicts. The Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner says that 53,948 Rohingyas were given registration by the office at hand and the Office of the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two separate cases against former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and his wife Irena Malabika Munshi on charges of acquiring illegal assets worth around Tk 10 crore...
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said that they would strongly urge the government to keep the national identity services under the election commission鈥檚 control...
Experts on Thursday urged to establish the Information Commission Bangladesh as an independent constitutional body to ensure its independence in strengthening democracy and accountability...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found suspicious transactions involving Tk 25,160 crore through bank accounts of Brahammandi union parishad chairman Md Luck Mia, his wife and one of his staff at Araihazar in Narayanganj.
The National Consensus Commission has sent a questionnaire to different political parties to gather their opinions on key reform proposals.
Officials and employees of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission have abstained from work on Thursday, demanding resignation of chairman Khandaker Rashed Maqsood and other commissioners...
A Dhaka court on Thursday issued travel bans on 23 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and former Janata bank chairman Abdul Barkat and former managing director Abdul Salam Azad in connection with a corruption case...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed two separate cases against former textile and jute minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, and his wife, Hasina Gazi, on charges of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and engaging in suspicious financial transactions...
The United Nations is going to reduce its allocation for food for Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 a month per person from the next month...
Officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday announced that they would go on strike if the chairman and three commissioners did not resign...
Presenting the fact-finding report in Geneva in Switzerland on human rights violations and abuses related to the protests of the July-August student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh, United Nations鈥� high commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T眉rk, on Wednesday said that accountability was absolutely the key...
THE government and the Election Commission have been at variance with the national identity registration services, which involve the preparation, distribution and maintenance of identity cards and other related responsibilities. The government wants to set up an independent commission, the Civil Registration Commission, and put the national identity registration services...
The government and the Election Commission are once again at odds over the responsibility for the NID service, as the interim government moves forward with plans to transfer the service to an independent institution, removing it from the jurisdiction of the EC.
The government and the Election Commission are once again at odds over the responsibility for the NID service, as the interim government moves forward with plans to transfer the service to an independent institution, removing it from the jurisdiction of the EC.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against four people, including two former vice-chancellors of the Jashore University of Science & Technology, on charges of irregularities and corruption in recruitment at the university...
The Anti-Corruption Commission鈥檚 lawyer on Tuesday conceded to the arguments presented before the Appellate Division by businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun鈥檚 lawyer seeking Mamun鈥檚 acquittal in a Tk 20-crore money laundering case...