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Dipan Nandy

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A midday in ‘FIFA Goli’

4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
I had to pause for a moment and take the phone out of my pocket. Right beside me were Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. On the other side stood legends Pelé and Diego Maradona. Hamza Choudhury of Bangladesh, with his distinctive curly hair, was there too.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Ad Din hospital newborn deaths investigation update

‘Ad-din has no valid fire safety licence’

2 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Ad-din Medical College Hospital, which came under scrutiny following the deaths of six newborns last week, had not renewed its fire safety licence since 2023 and had no fire-safety plan in place, fire service officials said.
2 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Eid waste cleared after initial delay

1 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Although authorities promised a swift cleanup of sacrificial waste during Eid-ul-Azha, many Dhaka residents faced significant inconvenience before the capital was eventually cleaned.
1 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Eid animal waste cleanup in Dhaka

Animal waste, stench still linger on Dhaka streets

30 May 2026, 00:00 AM
On Eid day, State Minister for LGRD Mir Shah Alam said all sacrificial waste across the capital would be removed by yesterday 2:00am.
30 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Eid waste lingers in Dhaka’s backstreets despite cleanup assurances

29 May 2026, 19:33 PM
Residents question city corporations’ claims as workers continue removal efforts
29 May 2026, 19:33 PM
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DNCC, DSCC gear up for animal waste removal

26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka’s two city corporations have chalked out special preparations for swift removal of sacrificial animal wastes from the capital during Eid-ul-Azha.
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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ACC leadership vacuum drags on

23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The search committee to form a new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is unlikely to be constituted before the Eid holidays.
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Tajuddin Park or Central Park?

16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Confusion has emerged over the identity of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Memorial Park in Gulshan, Dhaka, after five new signboards reading “Gulshan Central Park and Sports Complex” were installed there.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Graft allegations against Benazir Ahmed

ACC sues Benazir, wife, two daughters

Housewife Jissan Mirza reportedly owns immovable and movable assets worth approximately Tk 11.5 crore.
15 December 2024, 18:00 PM
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Under Awami League, ACC became a political weapon

Commission remained hostage to partisan political and bureaucratic influence, which made it dysfunctional, says chief of ACC Reform Commission
8 December 2024, 18:28 PM
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ACC chairman, 2 commissioners quit their jobs

Chairman and two commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission resigned yesterday.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM
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The ministers’ men who made millions

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.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM
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A new addition to Benazir’s legacy of deceit

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.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Durga Puja festival in Bangladesh

Durga Puja, a festival of faith and togetherness

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.
11 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi, a former chairman of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd

How 11,000 bhori gold embezzled from Samabaya Bank

Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi, a former chairman of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd, embezzled over 11,000 bhori (each bhori is 11.66 grammes) of mortgaged gold from 2,316 customers prior to 2021.
1 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Asaduzzaman Mia, wife concealed assets in tax returns

Mia, wife concealed assets in tax returns

When Asaduzzaman Mia retired as the longest-serving Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner in 2019, by his own admission, he went home with about Tk 1.75 crore in service benefits. But that does not give a true picture of his wealth accumulation. Fact is, the career cop and his family became muc
15 September 2024, 01:00 AM
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ACC to work with FBI to bring back laundered money

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US to bring back money siphoned off abroad.
9 September 2024, 18:00 PM
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Ex-bureaucrats to be under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission has recently decided in principle to investigate corruption allegations against those former top bureaucrats who served during the Awami League rule over the last 15 years.
6 September 2024, 18:00 PM
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Seizing black money: ACC to start special drive next week

The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to launch a special drive next week against corrupt individuals and black money.
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Wasa Managing Director Taqsem A Khan

ACC restarts probe against Taqsem

The Anti-Corruption Commission has reinitiated an investigation against Taqsem A Khan, former managing director of Dhaka Wasa, on charges of corruption.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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High-ranking cops concerned as ACC probe looms

The high-ranking police officials loyal to the previous Awami League regime, are now passing days amid fear of losing their jobs, lawsuits, arrests and public wrath.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Corruption allegations: ACC to investigate 41 ex-ministers, MPs

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to initiate probes into allegations of graft against 41 who had been ministers, state ministers, and lawmakers of the Awami League between 2009 and 2024.
19 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Disruption of services leave residents in limbo

Mohammad Atique, a resident of Gandaria, has been visiting the local councillor’s office for the last several days as he needs a citizenship certificate for his son.
14 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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At least 259 cops took treatment there

For over a week, three-year-old Namira and one-year-old Nadira have had their smiles wiped off their faces.
29 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Graft allegations against Benazir Ahmed

Benazir, Family: ACC fails to estimate value of some assets

The Anti-Corruption Commission could not determine the value of some of the properties amassed by former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, his wife, and two daughters.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Our daughters still await his return

Even two days ago, Farzana Popy had been living a life full of love and happiness with her husband and two daughters.
24 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Patients with bullet, pellet wounds: Dhaka hospitals stretched to the limit

Some of them are teens, some in early 20s  and many are middle-aged men. The one thing common between all of them is that they have been shot either by shotgun pellets or bullets, as police and BGB opened fire at protesters and alleged infiltrators during the recent unrest centring the quota protests.
23 July 2024, 18:00 PM

DMCH morgue never been thicker with grief

The air at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue was never this thick with grief before yesterday.
20 July 2024, 18:00 PM

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