The Anti-Corruption Commission has written to the Election Commission and the home ministry urging action against 24 former ministers and lawmakers who held foreign citizenship while serving in office.
Acute manpower shortages, underutilised facilities, and the plights of patients -- these are the things this correspondent observed while visiting all three hospitals under Dhaka South City Corporation.
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.
By 12:00pm yesterday, a crowd had slowly gathered at Gurudwara Nanakshahi’s doors. Far from being confined to adherents of Sikhism, the premises welcomed people from all religions, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and Christians, in line with the Guru Nanakshahi’s message -- the door is open for all.
The month long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela is set to begin in time from the first day of February next year. The book fair will also mark the golden jubilee of the nation’s independence and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Shakhari Bazar’s Jatin and Co wasn’t always where it is today. We’re talking about 111 years ago, from its early days at Old Dhaka’s Ampotti and Patuatuli. It’s only recently that the legendary music instrument shop came to its current home.
At first glance, it doesn’t look much different from any other table. In fact, you or someone you know may own one bearing the very same design.
Every inch of Suhrawardy Udyan bears the history of Bangladesh’s ascension. From Bangabandhu’s reception after he was freed from jail to the Pakistan Army’s surrender there on December 16, the park is inseparable from the country’s origin story.
There’s this historical relationship between train travel and literature. For a journey that requires long hours of sitting still, travellers had always found companions in books. Until, of course, smartphones and the internet arrived.
If you visit Old Dhaka’s Loharpool area, you’ll come across a structure that’s quite hard to miss. Its sign reads in bold -- “Zahir Raihan Cultural Center”. In the quest to accommodate the cultural practices of the citizens of Old Dhaka, the centre was established in 2008.
Today is November 22. On this day in 1971, 10 members of the Harijan community were picked up and killed by the Pakistan forces.
Tunnelling out of Gulistan’s hustle and bustle, one arrives at Nababpur Road. At the Sri Sri Radhashyam Jew Thakur Mandir there, there’s a 97-year-old tradition of feeding the poor and destitute, all in exchange of nothing.
By Monday morning, it was two whole days of anxiety for Riya. On Saturday, her pet cat -- who’s a few months pregnant -- had gone missing. Thankfully, the cat eventually returned on Monday, but not without some nasty bruises on her head.
