bribes

Bus operators pay Tk 1,059cr a year in bribes

A section of unscrupulous BRTA officials and staffers, policemen, transport associations, staffers of city corporations and municipalities, and people affiliated with political parties get shares of the bribes and extorted money

Bribe taken at minister’s house now in DB custody

A representative of Zakir Hossain, state minister for primary education, has returned Tk 9.5 lakh allegedly taken in bribes from a man seeking to be a primary school teacher.

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect

A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.

Opinion: arresting for traffic rules violation is a crazy idea

In a country where corrupt practices dominate traffic rules and laws, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has prepared a draft law under which police would not require any warrant to arrest anyone for violation of traffic rules. Police lodge around 70,000 cases a month and there is a huge backlog of cases. Will this new law, if passed, help the situation?

2 Dhaka cops suspended over 'bribe taking'

Two police officials of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in Dhaka are suspended for allegedly detaining three employees of a recruiting agency and forcing them to pay bribes.

Fifa arrests: Two Fifa vice-presidents detained at Zurich hotel

Two Fifa vice-presidents are arrested in a dawn raid at a Swiss hotel on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars of bribes.

Women pay more bribes than men in land offices: TIB

Women are paying more bribes than men for availing services at land offices, a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report says.

Fifa crisis: Jack Warner 'to reveal all despite fears'

Former Fifa vice president Jack Warner has said in a TV address that he will reveal all he knows about corruption at the world football body.

March 6, 2024
March 6, 2024

Bus operators pay Tk 1,059cr a year in bribes

A section of unscrupulous BRTA officials and staffers, policemen, transport associations, staffers of city corporations and municipalities, and people affiliated with political parties get shares of the bribes and extorted money

December 11, 2023
December 11, 2023

Bribe taken at minister’s house now in DB custody

A representative of Zakir Hossain, state minister for primary education, has returned Tk 9.5 lakh allegedly taken in bribes from a man seeking to be a primary school teacher.

March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect

A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.

April 23, 2016
April 23, 2016

Opinion: arresting for traffic rules violation is a crazy idea

In a country where corrupt practices dominate traffic rules and laws, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has prepared a draft law under which police would not require any warrant to arrest anyone for violation of traffic rules. Police lodge around 70,000 cases a month and there is a huge backlog of cases. Will this new law, if passed, help the situation?

March 26, 2016
March 26, 2016

2 Dhaka cops suspended over 'bribe taking'

Two police officials of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in Dhaka are suspended for allegedly detaining three employees of a recruiting agency and forcing them to pay bribes.

December 3, 2015
December 3, 2015

Fifa arrests: Two Fifa vice-presidents detained at Zurich hotel

Two Fifa vice-presidents are arrested in a dawn raid at a Swiss hotel on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars of bribes.

August 23, 2015
August 23, 2015

Women pay more bribes than men in land offices: TIB

Women are paying more bribes than men for availing services at land offices, a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report says.

June 4, 2015
June 4, 2015

Fifa crisis: Jack Warner 'to reveal all despite fears'

Former Fifa vice president Jack Warner has said in a TV address that he will reveal all he knows about corruption at the world football body.