Rab arrested a union parishad chairman under Dhaka’s Dhamrai upazila early today on charge of embezzlement of relief rice.

Police seized 15 tonnes of government rice which were allegedly being smuggled from a local supply depot in Bogura’s Gabtali upazila this morning.

Local administration arrest a union parishad (UP) member along with 1.59 metric tons of relief rice meant for Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme at Kuchaipotti Union Parishad in Shariatpur's Goshairhat upazila.

Locals -- including people from low-income groups -- snatched VGF relief rice from a truck in Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet, citing irregularities in distribution.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against a Union Parishad chairman of Perli in Narail for misappropriating 2,550 kg of rice meant for relief.

Police recover 50 sacks of vulnerable group development (VGD) rice, weighing 1,500 kg, from an empty house in Gaibandha’s Sundarganj upazila.

A mobile court has sentenced a local Awami League leader and a businessman one-month jail each for misappropriating 1,440 kilogrammes of rice meant for relief in Singra upazila of Natore.