French govt under pressure over wealth tax vote
French lawmakers were due on Saturday to vote on a wealth tax, after a swing group threatened to topple the government if the levy was not added in next year鈥檚 austerity budget...
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ACC sues ex-chief whip Hasnat for Tk 19.71cr illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against former chief whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽19.71 crore...
Commonwealth Youth Awards introduces new category for media freedom
The Commonwealth Youth Awards have introduced a new category this year to recognise young journalists and communicators whose work contributes to advancing democracy, peace and community development through fearless reporting and creativity...
Richest 1pc people own 38pc global wealth: ILO
The International Labour Organisation has reported that the richest 1 per cent people of the world now control 20 per cent of the global income and 38 per cent of the total wealth, holding nearly 2.5 times the income and more than 20 times the wealth of the...
Health sector contractor Mithu nabbed in ACC case
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday sent controversial health sector contractor Motazzaroul Islam Mithu to jail in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 75 crore...
ACC sues ex-Agrani insurance chair Sakhawat for illegal assets
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against Agrani Insurance Company Ltd鈥檚 former chairman Quazi Sakhawat Hossain Lintoo, allegedly for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 4.01 crore...
Two ACC officials suspended on corruption charges
The Anti-Corruption Commission has suspended its two officials over allegations of corruption, bribery and amassing illegal wealth...
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鈥檚 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...
India to bid for Commonwealth Games as part of Olympic push
India says it will bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, seen as part of a wider push by the cricket-mad nation to host the 2036 Olympics...
BOU VC elected as ACU trustee board member in UK
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Open University Professor ABM Obaidul Islam has been elected as a trustee board member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, operating under the charity commission for England and Wales...
ACC sues Bobby, ex-Air chief Hannan, wife for illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed two separate cases against former Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan and his wife Tahmida Begum on charges of amassing Tk 5.20 crore illegally...
Three SAD leaders, another remanded in extortion case
An additional chief metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday allowed the police to take three leaders of the Students Against Discrimination and a leader of the Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad to take in custody for seven days for interrogation in an extortion case filed with Gulshan police station in the capital...
Fatullah鈥檚 ex-OC jailed for hiding wealth info
A Dhaka court on Sunday convicted and sentenced Md Hasan Ali, former officer-in-charge of Fatullah police station, to two years imprisonment in a case lodged for concealing information about his wealth...
Ex-AL MP Hanif, wife sued for Tk聽32cr illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against Awami League joint general secretary and former lawmaker Md Mahbubul Alam Hanif and his wife Fauzia Alam on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽32 crore...
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...
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...
Six tax officials under ACC scanner amid NBR protests
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday initiated an inquiry into allegations of amassing illegal wealth against six officials of the National Board of Revenue, including Hasan Muhammad Tarek Rikabdar, president of NBR Reform Unity Parishad, the banner under which officials are continuing their movement.
Commonwealth offers support in Bangladesh reform process
Commonwealth secretary-general Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said on Tuesday that they were keen to support Bangladesh in political reforms ahead of the planned general election next year.
ACC sues ex-minister Khandaker Mosharraf
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain allegedly for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 35.18 crore...
Bangladesh to attend commonwealth meeting in Geneva
Bangladesh will participate in the 37th Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting to be held on May 17 in Geneva, on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly...
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...
Ex-DGHS driver Malek, wife jailed in graft case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Abdul Malek, formerly a driver of the Directorate General of Health Services, to five-year imprisonment and his wife Nargis Begum to three-year in jail for amassing illegal wealth...
Ex-state minister Khalid Mahmud sued for Tk 5.73cr illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against former state minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 5.73 crore...
Hasina鈥檚 ex-DPS Khokon, wife sued for Tk 17cr illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two cases against the former deputy press secretary of the former prime minister, Ashraful Alam Khokon, and his wife, Rezwana Noor, on charges of amassing assets worth Tk 17.03 crore beyond known sources of income...
Ex-chief whip Noor-E-Alam, wife sued over illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against former Jatiya Sangsad chief whip Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury and his wife Jinat Parven Chowdhury on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽71 crore...
Former AL MP Golap sued over Tk 68cr illegal assets
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against former Awami League lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Mia Golap on charges of amassing illegal wealth of Tk 68.76 crore...
ACC prosecutes Salman, son over money laundering
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 11 people, including former IFIC Bank chairman Salman Fazlur Rahman and his son, Ahmed Sayan Fazlur Rahman, on charges of embezzling Tk聽33.64 crore and laundering Tk聽76 crore...
ACC sues ex-state minister Omar Faruk Chowdhury, his wife for amassing illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed two separate cases against former state minister for industries Md Omor Faruk Chowdhury and his wife, Nigar Sultana Chowdhury, on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk聽16 crore...
ACC sues ex-minister Abdur Rahman
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed five separate cases against five people, including former fisheries and livestock minister Abdur Rahman and home ministry鈥檚 former joint secretary Dhananjoy Kumar Das, on charges of amassing illegal wealth...
ACC seizes documents of ex-IGP Shahidul鈥檚 illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission has recovered two sacks of documents related to former inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Haque鈥檚 illegal assets from a relative鈥檚 house...
