Internal GCC enquiry upon directive of LGRD ministry exposes countless misdeeds of suspended mayor Zahangir Alam

A bank account was opened in the name of ex-mayor Zahangir Alam, and was later used for the transaction of Gazipur City Corporation’s money.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned 33 officials and employees of the Jashore Education Board in the case of embezzlement of Tk 7 crore at various times.

A Chattogram court yesterday asked authorities concerned to bring back Silvia Group Chairman Mujibur Rahman Milon from Singapore who fled there with Tk 1,000 crore he embezzled.

Three officials of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) were today removed from service due to irregularities and corruption.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed two separate cases against a couple, both government healthcare professionals, for amassing around Tk 5 crore illegally.

The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case today against Pritish Kumar Halder, brother of Proshanta Kumar Halder, for amassing about Tk 4.84 crore beyond the known source of income.

Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (SHUJAN), a platform for promoting good governance said that persistent corruption will continue in the country, if elected leaders do not have to beg for votes every five years.

Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies were the most corrupt in 2021, Transparency International Bangladesh said.

Railways Ministry has suspended a senior official of Bangladesh Railway (BR) after a Dhaka court has taken into cognizance the graft charges brought against him by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Satkhira Municipality Mayor Tazkin Ahmed Chisty has been suspended for irregularities and corruption of Tk 3 crore, according to a letter from the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will help the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in bringing back the money laundered to USA and Canada.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned Bangladesh Bank’s former deputy governor SK Sur and executive director Shah Alam for interrogation about the misappropriation of over Tk 2,500 crore of International Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (ILFSL).

Terminated assistant director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Sharif Uddin, has applied for reinstatement in the job.

Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed approved charge sheets in two separate cases against former Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) councillor AKM Mominul Haque Sayeed and former Bangladesh Cricket Board director Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan.

The country’s energy sector must come out of the shadows of wrong policies and corruption, speakers said at the Bapa-BEN (Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon and Bangladesh Environment Network) conference yesterday.

A Chattogram court today sent two customs officials to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over embezzlement of government revenue of Tk 24.33 lakh, in collaboration with each other, in a consignment imported from China.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today pressed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in a case filed over amassing of Tk 1.69 crore illegally and failure to submit a wealth statement.

The High Court yesterday directed the lower court concerned to expeditiously finish the trial proceedings of a corruption case against former Awami League lawmaker from Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency Abdur Rahman Bodi.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sued former chairman of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank (SBACB) and seven others for misappropriating a loan worth Tk 12 crore.