Dipan Nandy

The Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh is set to initiate an inquiry into allegations of corruption linked to the 2016 cyber heist that stole $101 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account.

Iftekharuzzaman, the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh and also the head of the anti-corruption reform commission, recently shared with The Daily Star updates on the commission’s activities.

The reform commission for the Anti-Corruption Commission is focused on amending the ACC structure and related laws to enhance its capacity, efficiency, and independence.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has written to the Election Commission and the home ministry urging action against 24 former ministers and lawmakers who held foreign citizenship while serving in office.

Acute manpower shortages, underutilised facilities, and the plights of patients -- these are the things this correspondent observed while visiting all three hospitals under Dhaka South City Corporation.

Housewife Jissan Mirza reportedly owns immovable and movable assets worth approximately Tk 11.5 crore.

Commission remained hostage to partisan political and bureaucratic influence, which made it dysfunctional, says chief of ACC Reform Commission

Chairman and two commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission resigned yesterday.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US to bring back money siphoned off abroad.

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.

The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to launch a special drive next week against corrupt individuals and black money.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has reinitiated an investigation against Taqsem A Khan, former managing director of Dhaka Wasa, on charges of corruption.

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.

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.

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.