Housewife Jissan Mirza reportedly owns immovable and movable assets worth approximately Tk 11.5 crore.
Commission remained hostage to partisan political and bureaucratic influence, which made it dysfunctional, says chief of ACC Reform Commission
Chairman and two commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission resigned yesterday.
Not only did the ministers, state ministers and lawmakers amass huge amount of wealth during the Awami League’s four terms in power, their personal secretaries and assistant personal secretaries managed to stumble into fortune as well.
Corruption, grabbing minority lands to build resorts and using excessive force to crush dissent -- the name of Benazir Ahmed, once one of the most powerful figures in the country’s law enforcement, has long been synonymous with deceit or fraud.
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.
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.
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
Former police chief Benazir Ahmed is unlikely to appear before the Anti-Corruption Commission tomorrow because he has yet to respond to its summons, according to sources.
An Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation team is now making a list of police officials, land officials, politicians, and others who aided and abetted former inspector general of police, Benazir Ahmed, in committing corruption.
Former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and his family withdrew at least Tk 70-80 crore within a month from their 33 bank accounts before they were frozen.
Though the authorities remain tightlipped about the whereabouts of former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and his family members, several sources say they have left the country.
The Local Government Division has instructed Dhaka South City Corporation to utilise the central server of the Registrar General’s Office for issuing birth and death certificates to residents within their jurisdiction, over its own.
Md Altaf, a grocery shop owner in the Gandaria area under Dhaka South City Corporation, applied for a new trade licence some time back to start a new shop in the area.
From 10 Downing Street, the UK equivalent of the US’s White House, to the Gono Bhaban, the official residence of the prime minister of Bangladesh -- the head of state in every democracy has iconic residences and palaces provided to them by the state during their tenure.
Dhaka North City Corporation has recently got the government’s permission to reimport a pesticide directly from the mother company in Singapore in a bid to curb the spread of dengue fever.
Dhaka North Mayor Atiqul Islam talks to The Daily Star about his achievements and failures during the four years of his mayorship.
DSCC Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh talks about his achievements as well as failures, the challenges he faced, and his visions for the future.
