On February 1, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a charge sheet in the court against 14 persons, including Dr. Yunus, accusing him of misappropriating Tk 252.2 million (Tk 25 crore 22 lakh) of Grameen Telecom employees' dividends. Apart from Dr Yunus, the names of Grameen Telecom's managing director Mohammad Nazmul Islam, its director and former managing […]
It said former National Bank executive vice-chairman Mahfuzur Rahman, former managing directors Shah Abdul Bari and Choudhary Moshtaq Ahmed, former additional managing director A Wadud and ASM Bulbul helped Ron in the laundering. Meanwhile, the ACC accused Rick Haq of spending Tk 26.3 million over the limit using credit cards abroad from 2017 to 2021.
A Dhaka court on Tuesday remarked that the Hallmark Group scam is an extraordinary incident in the history of the country. In observing the verdict, the court also said that those who undermine the country's banking system, economy and people's deposits deserve the death penalty. However, the death penalty in the relevant law is life […]
On October 30, 2022, Barrister Saeedul Haq Suman filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking investigation into corruption allegations against the BFF official. According to the writ petition, the house located at Gulshan-2 was listed as an abandoned house under the Gazette in 1986. But Murshedi is living there after capturing it. Three […]
Should we feel pride or guilt over this incident, asked Dr Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank. He said, “How did we give birth to such a child? Or why did we make such a child such a criminal? We have no respite from these questions.” Dr Muhammad Yunus, who currently serves as the chairman […]
Later, speaking to Prothom Alo, Mohammed Saeed Ahmed said that despite being a US citizen, Parveen Haq Sikdar fraudulently retained the MP post by hiding information from the state. According to the Constitution this is a crime. This is also a criminal offence. Despite being disqualified, he enjoyed facilities like duty-free cars, honorarium etc. as […]
Responding to another question on BNP general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s comment on continuing the movement to “restore voting rights”, Anisul Haq said, “You have seen the elections, as well as spontaneous participation of the people. “I think people are now paying attention to the development work being done by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. […]
On May 30 this year, a case was registered against 13 people, including Dr Yunus, at the ACC’s coordinated district office Dhaka-1 on charges of misappropriation and laundering of Tk 252.2 million. The other accused are – Grameen Telecom’s managing director Md Nazmul Islam, director and former managing director Md Ashraful Hasan, director Parvin Mahmud, […]
A Dhaka court on Sunday allowed a former US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officer and two members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to testify against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Niko corruption case. BNP president’s lawyer Masud Ahmed Talukdar said that Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge Court 9 (Temporary), […]
The embezzlement of more than 6.1 million taka has been alleged in the case. Besides Abdus Sattar, the other accused are Abdur Rauf, deputy director (planning and development) of the university and Mohd Kamal Uddin, former Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Islamic University. As per the 2009 recruitment circular, Abdur Rauf had applied for the post […]
RAB arrested Shahed on 15 July 2020 from the border area of Satkhira. They also recovered a pistol, some bullets and foreign currency from his possession. Law enforcers raided the Mirpur and Uttara branches of Regent Hospital on July 6 for allegedly issuing fake COVID-19 certificates and charging exorbitant fees from admitted patients. Later several […]
According to the report, Mohammad Saiful Alam, the owner of the S Alam Group, has built a business empire in Singapore worth at least US$1 billion, or about 108 billion taka, though Bangladesh Bank is required to invest or transfer any funds by him. There is no record of taking permission from Foreign. “Until January […]
The High Court (HC) has directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to probe allegations against S Alam Group of investing or transferring money abroad without approval. The High Court has set a time limit of two months to submit the inquiry report to the ACC. The High Court bench of Justice Mohammad Nazrul Islam Talukdar and […]
A Dhaka court has sentenced BNP acting chairman Tariq Rahman to nine years in jail and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three years in a corruption case for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. Mohammad Asaduzzaman, Senior Special Judge, Dhaka Metropolitan, pronounced the verdict on Wednesday. *more to follow…
A press conference was held at his house in Chhoydana area of Ghazipur at around 11 pm in protest against the attack and vandalism on his convoy during the election campaign in Purba Baubazar area of Tongi, Ghazipur on Saturday afternoon. Jahangir Alam, son of Zaida Khatoon, who is the former mayor of the Municipal […]