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Troubled NBL offers cash to journalists in snacks box

After the press conference, the bank officials offered packets with snacks to journalists. However, after taking the packet, journalists noticed that it contained an envelope with Tk 5,000 inside
6 May 2024, 17:00 PM

Tk 2,000cr laundering: Fresh CID probe finds 30 involved

The Criminal Investigation Department has found involvement of at least 30 people in laundering Tk 2,000 crore while investigating a case filed against two Faridpur brothers Sajjad Hossain Barkat and Imtiaz Hasan Rubel. 
6 February 2023, 01:35 AM

The unjust and discriminatory face of corruption

The cost of grand corruption in Bangladesh is only continuing to go up.
11 September 2022, 16:00 PM

ACC detains factory inspection official for taking bribe in Dinajpur

The Anti-Corruption Commission today detained a deputy inspector general of Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment (DIFE) for taking bribe from a food company in Dinajpur.
25 May 2022, 11:11 AM

LGED engineer caught red-handed with bribe in N'ganj

An engineer of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is arrested red-handed while taking bribe in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.
16 August 2018, 15:07 PM

No job for China Harbour in future

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said China Harbour Engineering Company Limited has been blacklisted for offering bribes to government officials and would not get any contracts in the future.
16 January 2018, 18:00 PM

CID official suspended for 'taking Tk 45 lakh bribe'

An allegation has surfaced that a CID sub-inspector has taken Tk 45 lakh as bribe from the co-owner of a recruiting and travel agency
26 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Gafargaon education officer caught red-handed while taking bribe

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) claims to have caught an education official red-handed while taking bribe in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh.
7 August 2017, 13:37 PM

Shipping dept chief engineer suspended over bribe

Department of Shipping suspends its chief engineer AKM Fakhrul Islam, who was caught red-handed while taking bribe at his Motijheel office.
2 August 2017, 10:23 AM

Govt official caught red-handed in Natore while taking bribe

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) catches a government official red-handed while taking bribe from a pensioner in Lalpur upazila of Natore.
7 June 2017, 14:08 PM

FIFA proposes fine in 2006 WC bid probe

FIFA's ethics committee has recommended former German FA secretary general Helmut Sandrock be fined 50,000 Swiss francs
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM

FIFA chief slams 'enemies' painting him as 'greedy'

FIFA's new chief Gianni Infantino accuses "enemies" of trying to paint him as greedy, and voices surprise at revelations that his disgraced predecessor and his deputies awarded themselves millions in dubious bonuses.
5 June 2016, 10:08 AM

‘Bribe taking’: 2 UGC officials sent to forced leave

The University Grants Commission (UGC) sends two of its officials on forced leave after a written complaint from Khulna University (KU) vice-chancellor stating that they demanded a bribe of Tk 10 lakh from him, says a press release.
3 May 2016, 11:55 AM

Shafik, Mahmudur's names came up in the US, says Bangladesh PM Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a conspiracy to abduct and kill her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy was unearthed in the United States, and the names of Shafik Rehman and Mahmudur Rahman came up in this connection in a US court.
18 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Framed Bangladesh Bank official recalls 'cop brutality'

SI Masud, who was posted at Mohammadpur Police Station, and some of his associates forcibly pick up Rabby on a police van and demand Tk 5 lakh as bribe for his release, the victim recalls.
11 January 2016, 12:07 PM

Bribe-taking govt official Shahidul suspended

Md Shahidul Haque, a government high official who was filmed taking bribes from service seekers, has been suspended more than a week after his removal from the office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports.
20 October 2015, 08:29 AM

Kejriwal sacks minister over 'bribe'

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal sacks one of his ministers for alleged bribe-taking after months of criticism over multiple scandals engulfing his party.
9 October 2015, 14:44 PM

India woman 'set on fire by police' in Uttar Pradesh

A woman in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dies after alleging that she was set on fire by two policemen inside a police station after she refused to pay a bribe.
7 July 2015, 08:22 AM

Sepp Blatter: Fifa president says he did not resign

Sepp Blatter says he has not resigned as Fifa president, but put himself in the hands of the Fifa congress.
26 June 2015, 14:42 PM

Fifa corruption: Swiss banks 'reported account suspicions'

Swiss banks report suspicious activity around accounts of football's world governing body Fifa, says the Swiss attorney general.
17 June 2015, 09:11 AM