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 […]
The Central Working Committee of the ruling Awami League expelled Jahangir Alam from the party on November 19, 2021 after an audio clip went viral. However, the ruling party announced amnesty for Jehangir Alam on January 21 this year after he appealed to the party high command. He again sought the party’s nomination for the […]
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against three officials of Dhaka Wasa for embezzling Taka 2.49 billion from the Program for Performance Improvement (PPI) project over 10 years, UNB reported. The accused are former WASA revenue inspector and PPI project co-chairman Miya Mohd Mizanur Rahman, former revenue inspector Mohd Habib Ullah Bhuyin, […]
According to the UNB report, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk) informed the High Court on Tuesday that 26,777 of the 30,000 documents missing from the server have been recovered. Rajuk’s counsel Imam Hasan presented the information before a division bench of the high court headed by Justice Azul Islam Talukdar. Imam told the court that those […]