Iftekharuzzaman, the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh and also the head of the anti-corruption reform commission, recently shared with The Daily Star updates on the commission’s activities.
The reform commission for the Anti-Corruption Commission is focused on amending the ACC structure and related laws to enhance its capacity, efficiency, and independence.
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.
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.
Before proceeding, let’s ask a question: what was the first library of the capital? Common knowledge would say it’s the Northbrook Hall Library, but it’s a little known fact that the Ram Mohon Roy Library was constructed 13 years before this establishment, way back in 1869.
In 1993, Postogola’s Shamshan Ghat finally got its own electric furnace to cremate the deceased. The then unified Dhaka City Corporation brought it in to help members of the Hindu community complete their burial rites in an environmentally-friendly way.
There are almost two lakh Dhaka dwellers belonging to the Christian faith and another 30,000 who practise Buddhism. Yet, despite repeated appeals to the government, there are no dedicated cemeteries and crematoriums in the city where the last rites of the deceased from these communities can be observed.
Since the early 20th century, Gendaria gained popularity in the city for hosting Sadhana Aushadhalaya -- the once-famed, now-fondly remembered ayurvedic pharmaceutical company.
It’s been 15 years since the Shegunbagicha Multipurpose Complex was completed. On the third floor of the five-storey building, it hosts the ward councillor’s office, while the first two are used as a kitchen market.
33, Revati Mohan Das Road, used to be known as the Sutrapur Zamindar Palace, with a history and legacy of hundred years attached to it.
