graft

Tk 2,000cr laundering: Fresh CID probe finds 30 involved

The Criminal Investigation Department has found involvement of at least 30 people in laundering Tk 2,000 crore while investigating a case filed against two Faridpur brothers Sajjad Hossain Barkat and Imtiaz Hasan Rubel. 

TIB survey on Dhaka Wasa: Rampant graft, poor service

Nearly 45 percent service seekers in the capital don’t get the desired amount of water from Dhaka Wasa, Transparency International Bangladesh said yesterday citing its survey.

CJ faces 11 charges including ‘graft, money laundering’

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha is facing 11 charges including “graft and money laundering”, the Supreme Court says in a press statement.

140 sued in Sunamganj for graft in haors

A total of 140 people including government officials, local council representatives and contractors have been sued in Sunamganj for

Money laundering: Destiny MD, 50 others indicted

A Dhaka court frames charges against 51 people including Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin in connection with two money laundering cases.

People think ACC doesn’t work against graft: ACC chief

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud says people do not want to believe that his organisation works against corruption.

Barapukuria graft: Khaleda, 10 others asked to appear before court July 24

A Dhaka court asks BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others to appear before it on July 24 in connection with the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case.

Full text of Barapukuria graft verdict released

The High Court has released its full judgement that cleared the way for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s trial in Barapukuria coalmine corruption case.

ACC to sue ex-ADG of DIP for graft

The Anti-Corruption Commission is going to file a case against Rafiqul Islam, former additional director general of Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP), for acquiring money from unauthorised sources.

April 17, 2016
April 17, 2016

Graft case: Court bins 2 pleas of Khaleda

A Dhaka court rejects two petitions of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia -- one for re-cross examination of the investigation officer of Zia Charitable Trust graft case while another for scrutinising the case dairy.

April 7, 2016
April 7, 2016

Graft case: SC upholds 3-yr jail for Alamgir’s son

The Supreme Court upholds the three-year jail sentence of former Awami League lawmaker Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir’s son Joy Alamgir in a corruption case.

April 6, 2016
April 6, 2016

Khaleda ‘won’t appear’ for graft hearing tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to appear before court tomorrow in connection with Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.

March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016

SC stays Mirza Abbas’ release from jail

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas’ bail in a graft case has been stayed for a week by the Supreme Court, thereby halting his release from prison.

January 29, 2016
January 29, 2016

Institutional corruption at Rajuk

The recently held public hearing by Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (Rajuk) has opened up a can of worms on the systemic graft that exists in the institution.

January 27, 2016
January 27, 2016

Bangladesh 13th most corrupt country: TI

Bangladesh slips one place to rank as the 13th most corrupt country in the world, Transparency International reveals in its global graft index. In South Asia, Bangladesh stands as the second most graft affected country.

January 25, 2016
January 25, 2016

Noman’s graft trial to continue, SC rules

The appellate division upholds a High Court verdict that cleared way for a lower court to run trial against BNP leader Abdullah Al Noman in a graft case.

December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015

ACC sues Biman DGM for graft

Anti Corruption Commission files a case against Deputy General Manager of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Emdad Hossain for allegedly accumulating illegal wealth.

October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015

Khaleda to return to Dhaka by Nov 7

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return home from London before November 7, her lawyers said during a graft case hearing.

October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015

Bribe-taking govt official Shahidul suspended

Md Shahidul Haque, a government high official who was filmed taking bribes from service seekers, has been suspended more than a week after his removal from the office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports.