Bangladesh

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury (SK Sur Chowdhury), his wife Suporna Sur Chowdhury and daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury. The case was lodged on Sunday (December 22), the ACC deputy director Md Aktarul Islam confirmed this on Monday. For not submitting the detail information of his moveable and ...

The Election Commission (EC) has terminated its contract with the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) for National Identification (NID) data verification services due to a breach of terms. Along with severing ties, the organisation has been instructed to settle all outstanding dues to the EC within 15 days of receiving the notice. ASM Humayun Kabir, director general of the National Identity ...

The newly-built railway bridge over the river Jamuna has been renamed “Jamuna Railway Bridge” changing its previous name. The bridge was originally named as ‘Bangabandhu Railway Bridge’ after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangladesh Railways director general Md Afzal Hossain stated it on Sunday (December 22). He said, “The new railway bridge built on the river Jamuna will no longer be known ...

A Gazipur court on Sunday placed Mufti Muaz bin Noor, a follower of Maulana Saad Kandlavi, on a three-day remand in a case over the violent clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi over control of the venue. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Alamgir Al Mamun of Gazipur Metropolitan Court passed the order. Earlier ...

National mourning day will be observed on Monday (December 23) in honour of AF Hassan Ariff, Adviser to the Ministry of Land and the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. He died of cardiac arrest on Friday. The cabinet division issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday. The national flag will be flown at half-mast at all government, ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started probe against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and his son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on charge of laundering money $300 million to New York and London. The anti-graft body disclosed the information on Sunday morning. Earlier, the ACC formed a five-member team to investigate allegations that Sheikh Hasina, Joy, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and Rehana’s ...

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam has observed that pervasive corruption in the road and transport sector has not stopped, rather it has remained as usual. “A political party indulged in corruption of the transport sector earlier, creating a total anarchy in the sector. Now another political party becomes involved in corruption. A political influence is interconnected with the ...

The Mass Uprising Special Cell (MUSC) has published its first phase draft list of 858 martyred and 11,551 injured during the July-August student led mass uprising. It released the list on its website at https://musc.portal.gov.bd/ on Saturday (December 21). A press release, signed by Assistant Secretary Khandaker Jahirul Islam, confirmed the matter on Saturday. Two separate first phase draft lists ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali on Saturday said that the list of extortionists in Dhaka city is being prepared and law enforcers will begin their drives within two to three days. He shared the information at a view-exchange meeting with police, students and residents of Ramna area at Institution of Diploma Engineers in Dhaka on Saturday. The ...

Former social welfare secretary Ismail Hossain has been placed on two-day remand on Saturday. Earlier, Ismail was arrested from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday night. Ershad Ahmed, officer-in-charge of the Airport Police Station, said that Ismail was arrested as a suspect from the airport terminal at around 10PM on Friday while he was attempting to travel to ...