Durga Puja, a festival of faith and togetherness
As dawn breaks and the first rays of sunlight streams through your window, you hear the rhythmic beat of drums and the joyful clanging of cymbals coming from a nearby temple.
11 October 2024
How 11,000 bhori gold embezzled from Samabaya Bank
Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi, a former chairman of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd, embezzled over 11,000 bhori (each bhori is 11.66 grammes) of mortgaged gold from 2,316 customers prior to 2021.
1 October 2024
Mia, wife concealed assets in tax returns
When Asaduzzaman Mia retired as the longest-serving Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner in 2019, by his own admission, he went home with about Tk 1.75 crore in service benefits. But that does not give a true picture of his wealth accumulation. Fact is, the career cop and his family became muc
15 September 2024
ACC to work with FBI to bring back laundered money
The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US to bring back money siphoned off abroad.
9 September 2024
Ex-bureaucrats to be under ACC scanner
The Anti-Corruption Commission has recently decided in principle to investigate corruption allegations against those former top bureaucrats who served during the Awami League rule over the last 15 years.
6 September 2024
Seizing black money: ACC to start special drive next week
The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to launch a special drive next week against corrupt individuals and black money.
30 August 2024
ACC restarts probe against Taqsem
The Anti-Corruption Commission has reinitiated an investigation against Taqsem A Khan, former managing director of Dhaka Wasa, on charges of corruption.
20 August 2024
High-ranking cops concerned as ACC probe looms
The high-ranking police officials loyal to the previous Awami League regime, are now passing days amid fear of losing their jobs, lawsuits, arrests and public wrath.
20 August 2024
Corruption allegations: ACC to investigate 41 ex-ministers, MPs
The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to initiate probes into allegations of graft against 41 who had been ministers, state ministers, and lawmakers of the Awami League between 2009 and 2024.
19 August 2024
Disruption of services leave residents in limbo
Mohammad Atique, a resident of Gandaria, has been visiting the local councillor’s office for the last several days as he needs a citizenship certificate for his son.
14 August 2024
At least 259 cops took treatment there
For over a week, three-year-old Namira and one-year-old Nadira have had their smiles wiped off their faces.
29 July 2024
Benazir, Family: ACC fails to estimate value of some assets
The Anti-Corruption Commission could not determine the value of some of the properties amassed by former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, his wife, and two daughters.
25 July 2024
Our daughters still await his return
Even two days ago, Farzana Popy had been living a life full of love and happiness with her husband and two daughters.
24 July 2024
Patients with bullet, pellet wounds: Dhaka hospitals stretched to the limit
Some of them are teens, some in early 20s and many are middle-aged men. The one thing common between all of them is that they have been shot either by shotgun pellets or bullets, as police and BGB opened fire at protesters and alleged infiltrators during the recent unrest centring the quota protests.
23 July 2024
DMCH morgue never been thicker with grief
The air at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue was never this thick with grief before yesterday.
20 July 2024
Dhaka city corporations: Waterlogging forever?
Despite many initiatives and spending over Tk 730 crore over the past four years, Dhaka city corporations have failed to make any visible progress in mitigating the waterlogging problem.
13 July 2024
Benazir, Family: Illegal assets worth Tk 43.5 crore found by ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found illegal assets worth Tk 43.5 crore belonging to former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, his wife, and two daughters.
6 July 2024
Customs official acquired Tk 6.43cr properties in 8yrs
In just eight years, Customs Commissioner Mohammad Enamul Haque bought properties that, on paper, cost him over Tk 6.43 crore.
5 July 2024
A corrupt taxman and his ‘blessed’ in-laws
“When you rise, lift others [read in-laws in this case] with you”-- even if it means bending a few rules along the way.
5 July 2024
A corrupt taxman and his 'blessed' in-laws
Faisal, his relatives undervalued their properties in official documents, claims ACC
5 July 2024