investigation
ACC, NBR, CID teams to probe 10 corporate giants
A government taskforce will investigate the country’s 10 major business groups’ alleged money laundering and other misdeeds.
14 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Police probing whether traders' conflict was behind Bangabazar fire
Police are investigating whether Tuesday's fire at Bangabazar Shopping Complex was the result of a conflict between traders over construction of a multi-storeyed building at the complex
8 April 2023, 08:55 AM
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
Dumping bodies: Rivers their preferred site
River police on November 19 recovered from the Balu river the body of an unidentified man who was tied to a sack full of stone in the capital’s Khilgaon.
22 December 2022, 01:00 AM
BB sends observers to Islami Bank, FSIBL
Bangladesh Bank yesterday re-appointed an observer at Islami Bank and dispatched an observer for the first time at First Security Islami Bank (FSIBL) -- the two Shariah-based lenders where Chattogram-based business giant S Alam Group has significant stakes.
13 December 2022, 01:00 AM
Anti-corruption day: Cases filed, but no progress in probes
Several big loan scams in the banking and financial sectors came to the fore in the last decade and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has done its job by filing cases. But, no progress is apparent.
9 December 2022, 01:30 AM
"Ctg depot fire accident or sabotage, inquiry will tell"
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said inquiry will reveal whether Chattogram container depot fire is an accident or sabotage.
5 June 2022, 10:01 AM
India’s Enforcement Directorate starts interrogating PK Halder
Detectives of India’s Enforcement Directorate and other security agencies today began interrogating former NRB Global Bank MD PK Halder, a day after his arrest in connection with money laundering case against him.
15 May 2022, 07:41 AM
Toxic ships sail in on false papers
In 2018, aged just 43, Mazidul Haque developed severe breathing problems, consulted a doctor and was diagnosed with asbestosis, a potentially fatal respiratory disease which scars the lungs. After more than a decade working in the shipbreaking yards of Chattogram, he lost his job, and the means to support his family.
18 December 2020, 18:00 PM
RP Shaha Kidnap, Killing: The details 'untangled'
The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has found significant evidence that a Tangail man was involved in the
2 November 2017, 18:00 PM
CIA contractors likely source of latest WikiLeaks release: US officials
Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency's use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, US intelligence and law enforcement officials say.
9 March 2017, 10:51 AM
Philippines cancels license of remittance firm after BB heist probe
Philippine central bank says it revoked the license of a remittance company that anti-money laundering investigators said was used to transfer some of the $81 million hackers looted from the Bangladesh central bank.
2 June 2016, 05:25 AM
Prof Rezaul killing probe at final stage: Home minister
Investigation into Professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee killing case is now at the final stage and the killers could be arrested anytime, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
14 May 2016, 12:26 PM
Probe body formed over Karwan Bazar fire
Fire service has launched a four-member investigation panel into last night's blaze at Karwan Bazar that gutted over 180 shops in capital Dhaka’s largest retail kitchen market.
2 May 2016, 04:52 AM
Rehman held on specific charges: Ministers
Senior journalist Shafik Rehman has been arrested on specific allegation, ministers for law and information say. “The matter is now under investigation. If he is found innocent in the investigation, he will be released,” Law Minister Anisul Huq says.
17 April 2016, 07:36 AM
Trials stumble on outdated laws
Many of the country's laws have become obsolete and are of little effect in doing investigation and delivering justice in modern times, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha said yesterday.
2 April 2016, 18:00 PM
No headway in probe
A team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday visited the spot in the Comilla Cantonment area where college
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Exhumation of body ordered
A Comilla court yesterday ordered the exhumation of the body of college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu for a fresh autopsy.
28 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Voice for justice gets louder
With no visible progress in the investigation, protests continued across the country yesterday, demanding justice for Sohagi Jahan Tonu who was killed inside Comilla Cantonment area on March 20.
27 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Further probe in Pahela Baishakh sex assault: Court
A Dhaka court orders further investigation in a case filed over sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebration near TSC of Dhaka University last year.
23 February 2016, 10:16 AM