corruption

Panic grips NBR officials

ACC opens investigations into five more officials over alleged graft

How extortion is strangling businesses

The scourge of chandabaji has been eating away at business profits and also depleting the take-home wages of workers.

UK freezes assets worth £90m of Salman’s son, nephew

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen nearly £90 million worth of luxury London property owned by two individuals linked to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, according to the British daily The Guardian.

Court orders ACC to freeze 38 bank accounts of ex-air chief, family

The ACC stated in its petition that the accused were allegedly attempting to transfer funds, which could hinder the investigation

Analysis / Value for taxpayers’ money: Why it matters

If you visit the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), you will find it difficult to make your way through the crowded corridors between the wards. Patients lie on narrow, makeshift beds along both sides, while doctors, hospital staff, visitors, and treatment seekers shuffle through the chaos.

Our propensity for violence and the elements that foster it

With crumbling institutions built on fragile principles, power has been co-opted.

Fahmi Gulandaz Babel: the ‘arrogant’ political heir

Babel and his men have controlled construction and sand businesses in Mymensingh's Gafargaon upazila for last 15 years

Plot allocation: ACC files case against Hasina, Joy

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed separate cases against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

‘Illegal’ plot allocation: Court seeks probe report by April 10

On January 12, ACC Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya filed the case with its Dhaka Integrated District Office against Hasina, Saima Wazed and 14 others

December 23, 2024
December 23, 2024

ACC to probe Hasina, Joy over laundering of $300m to US

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to launch an investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on allegations of laundering $300 million to the United States.

December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024

Third terminal: A breeding ground of mega corruption

Corruption was the trademark of the ousted government.

December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024

Govt detects anomalies in TCB card distribution

There was corruption in the distribution of family cards for subsidised commodity sales by the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), according to Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin.

December 2, 2024
December 2, 2024

$234 billion siphoned off during AL rule

A total of $234 billion was siphoned off from Bangladesh between 2009 and 2023, according to the white paper on the state of the economy.

November 21, 2024
November 21, 2024

Bangladesh’s credit system needs to change

The central bank must recognise that the existing CIB laws are outdated and ineffective.

November 18, 2024
November 18, 2024

Graft biggest obstacle to doing business

More than 16 percent of Bangladeshi businesses identified corruption as the biggest obstacle to their operations, according to a survey conducted between April and July of this year.

November 17, 2024
November 17, 2024

Corruption a significant obstacle to doing business in Bangladesh: CPD 

Around 17% of businesses identified corruption as biggest challenge, according to a CPD survey 

November 12, 2024
November 12, 2024

Widespread graft was the norm, not exception

The Awami League regime's economic strategy was not always based on equity.

November 6, 2024
November 6, 2024

IT parks drained away hefty funds

The former ICT state minister, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, had boasted in 2016 that sprawling IT park in Kaliakoir would employ up to a million people over 10 years.

November 4, 2024
November 4, 2024

Graft was biggest hurdle in drawing FDI over last 15yrs

Says Ashik Chowdhury, head of government’s key investment promotion agencies BIDA, BEZA