Farmers block Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Puthia over fertiliser shortage, alleged overpricing
7 September 2026
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Corruption
ACC approves case against Hasina, Rehana over alleged Tk 276cr CSR fund embezzlement
3 September 2026
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Corruption
ACC seeks Youth and Sports Ministry records in probe involving Asif Mahmud
3 September 2026
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Corruption
ACC decides to investigate corruption allegations against Asif Mahmud
2 September 2026
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Corruption
ACC summons former army chief Shafiuddin Ahmed
30 August 2026
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Corruption
1,890 sacks of fertiliser seized in Dinajpur over excess stock
28 August 2026
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Corruption
Supra, Civic and Miata seized as customs probes how they entered Bangladesh
28 August 2026
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Corruption
HC gives ACC 30 days to decide on probe into Shawkat Ali’s alleged $25m laundering
25 August 2026
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Corruption
Ex-Bangladesh Bank governor Rouf gets bail in case over alleged $185m loan pressure
23 August 2026
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Corruption
New ACC commission’s first case targets alleged Tk 2cr Padma Bank fraud
23 August 2026
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Corruption
Turkish flag carrier fined Tk 3 lakh
A mobile court at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport fined Turkish Airlines Tk 3 lakh for carrying three passengers without Covid-19 negative certificates.
15 January 2021
PK Halder’s aide Abantika arrested
A Dhaka court yesterday placed Abantika Boral, an aide to PK Halder, on three-day remand in connection with a graft case.
13 January 2021
Coal Scam Case: All 22 accused denied bail, land in jail
A Dinajpur court yesterday rejected bail applications of 22 Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) officials, including its six former managing directors, and sent them to jail in a case over the disappearance of 1.45 lakh tonnes of coal from the mine.
13 January 2021
PK Halder’s cohort took Tk 3,520cr loans with fake papers
With fake documents, a close accomplice of Proshanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, alone managed to get loans of about Tk 3,520 crore from three non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) between 2015 and 2019.
12 January 2021
Forging Documents: Bangladeshis arrested in Malaysia
Two Bangladeshi men, believed to be involved in selling fake immigration documents, have been arrested in Malaysia.
12 January 2021
3 BR officials suspended over graft
Railways Ministry has suspended three railways officials -- two mid-level and one junior -- for their direct involvement in irregularities and corruption while purchasing materials for the Bangladesh Railway (BR).
7 January 2021
4 describe to court grief caused by PK Halder
Four depositors of People’s Leasing and Financial Service (PLFS), a non-banking financial institution, yesterday described their plights and sufferings before the High Court for not getting back their money from PLFS.
3 January 2021
Relief ‘embezzler’ wins award for service to poor
A local Awami League leader widely criticised for misappropriating rice meant for poor people has won an award for making “special contributions to social service”.
3 January 2021
Banker turns racketeer
He drives a Nissan X-Trail and lives in a duplex with foreign fittings in Keshorhat village of Rajshahi’s Mohanpur, where such luxuries raise quite a few eyebrows.
31 December 2020
Tk 2,000Cr Laundering: Faridpur AL leader lands in jail
Faridpur town Awami League’s organising secretary Jafar Iqbal Harun Mondal was yesterday shown arrested in a Tk 2,000 crore money laundering case.
31 December 2020
Raise voice against corruption: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) calls upon the young generation to raise their voice against corruption upholding human values.
15 December 2016
Rajuk office corrupt from top to bottom: ACC chief
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) acting chairman Nasiruddin Ahmed describes the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) office as “corrupt from top to bottom”.
14 December 2016
Graft trial against Destiny officials to continue
The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that cleared way for the lower court to continue trial proceedings against Destiny group officials in two money laundering cases involving Tk 4,200 crore.
14 December 2016
Corruption with Tk 10 rice for poor
Corruption and irregularities in distribution of rice to the poor at Tk 10 per kg have been alleged in different areas of Sylhet division.
5 December 2016
Graft case: ACC challenges AL MP Bodi’s acquittal
The Anti Corruption Commission files an appeal with the High Court challenging a portion of a lower court verdict that had acquitted Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi of the charge in a corruption case.
17 November 2016
No bar to probe graft allegation against 8 Narayanganj land officials
The Supreme Court clears the way for the Anti-Corruption Commission to resume an investigation into a corruption case against eight land officers in Narayanganj.
13 November 2016
2 Destiny officials asked to pay Tk 2500cr for bail
The Supreme Court grants conditional bail to Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd Chairman Mohammad Hossain in two money laundering cases. According to the conditional bail order, they have to pay Tk 2500 crore to the government in six weeks.
13 November 2016
ACC arrests 2 UP members, dealer for graft
Anti Corruption Commission arrests two Union Parishad members and a dealer of Bhaluka upazila in Mymensingh in two separate cases filed for irregularities in distributing rice at Tk 10 per kg under a government scheme.
2 November 2016
ACC arrests Hallmark chairman Jasmine
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests Hallmark group Chairman Jasmine Islam on charge of misappropriating Tk 85.87 crore from Janata Bank’s Motijheel branch between June 2011 and June 2015.
1 November 2016
2,194 solvent men made to return special cards
Illegal recipients have returned to the authorities at least 2,194 special cards, meant for providing cheap rate rice for the ultra-poor people, in 21 unions under Thakurgaon Sadar upazila till Tuesday.
26 October 2016