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Rise in culex population: Mosquito menace grips Dhaka

Abdullah Abbas, a resident of Dilu Road, uses mosquito repellents daily in a desperate attempt to protect his family from the worsening mosquito situation in Dhaka.
9 May 2025, 20:12 PM

S Alam, associates laundered money thru shell firms

Mohammed Saiful Alam and his family have acquired vast wealth at home and abroad, using money siphoned off through loans taken in the name of front companies
7 May 2025, 19:37 PM

Tribute to July uprising: Drone show lights up Dhaka's sky

In 12 vivid motifs, the July uprising came alive, tracing the heroism of Abu Sayed and the stirring role of women in the movement
14 April 2025, 13:43 PM

Welcoming Bangla New Year 1432 in the spirit of ‘Swadesh’

The programme commenced at Dhanmondi's Rabindra Sarobar at 6:00am with a performance by artists from Bengal Parampara Sangeetalay
14 April 2025, 02:27 AM

451 cases filed in 2024, highest in 5 years

Following the ouster of the Awami League government on August 5, the Anti-Corruption Commission has significantly increased its activities, as the number of cases filed, charge sheets approved, and complaints investigated in 2024 surpassed those of the past five years, according to the commission’s draft annual report.
11 April 2025, 20:15 PM

Tk 10cr for a food court, Tk 1cr for toilet!

The Dhaka South City Corporation has undertaken a nearly Tk 900 crore project to restore, renovate, and beautify four canals -- Shyampur, Jirani, Manda, and Kalunagar -- to mitigate waterlogging in Dhaka.
4 April 2025, 21:17 PM

Ex-EC secy Helal under scrutiny for Rohingya NID scam

The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into financial transactions that allegedly enabled 55,310 displaced Rohingyas to obtain Bangladesh’s national identity cards and irregularities in the 2018 parliamentary elections.
3 April 2025, 23:08 PM

Families flock to Dhaka’s Eid fair for shopping and fun

Since morning, the fair has drawn large crowds, with families enjoying shopping, capturing moments through photos, and soaking in the festive spirit
1 April 2025, 11:21 AM

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

ACC chairman, 2 commissioners quit their jobs

Chairman and two commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission resigned yesterday.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dhaka city corporations: Waterlogging forever?

Despite many initiatives and spending over Tk 730 crore over the past four years, Dhaka city corporations have failed to make any visible progress in mitigating the waterlogging problem.
13 July 2024, 18:00 PM

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