Acquittal order for Mamun's wife scrapped

The Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a High Court judgment that had acquitted businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun's wife Shahina Yeasmin of a corruption case.
2 November 2015

TIB website opens for corruption complaints

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) opened a new option in its website, allowing people to inform the anti-corruption watchdog of corruption in health, education, local government, land and climate financing sectors.
2 November 2015

Analysis: Distasteful comments

Should we call them unthinking or distasteful or outcome of politics overpowering ethics, tastes and values? Yes, we are talking about what the politicians and ministers are saying about the recent attacks on publishers and freethinkers.
2 November 2015

SC scraps acquital of Mamun

The Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a High Court judgment that had acquitted businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun of a corruption case.
1 November 2015

Apologise or face lawsuit

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday lambasted Transparency International Bangladesh for its derogatory remarks on Parliament and asked the organisation to apologise before the nation.
29 October 2015

BSTI sues 14 Ctg factories

Bangladesh Standards Testing Institution (BSTI) filed 14 cases against fourteen steel rod producing factories yesterday for producing rods without properly following BSTI rules, and renewing their licenses.
28 October 2015

Tavella killing: 'Target was any white man'

Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder suspects confess to being hired for killing “a white man” to create anarchy in the country, according to chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
26 October 2015

Tk 11.43 lakh stolen from Ctg airport cargo shed

A total of Tk 11.43 lakh was stolen from a steel locker at the manager's office in the cargo shed of Chittagong's Shah Amanat
25 October 2015

Annisul for respecting each other to enrich Bangladesh

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq yesterday said Bangladesh would reach a dignified position if its people respect each other.
25 October 2015

TIB announces anti-graft photo contest

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has announced an anti-corruption photo contest, marking the
21 October 2015

Youth held with VoIP equipment worth Tk 2cr in capital

Armed Police Battalion yesterday arrested a man with five VoIP equipment worth Tk 2 crore in a building in the capital's Azimpur.
18 October 2015

‘Ctg JMB organiser’ held in Tangail

Detectives arrest an alleged organiser of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Chittagong unit.
17 October 2015

Developed countries must sign legally binding deal: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday demanded that developed countries sign a legally binding
15 October 2015

4 return from Indian jail

Four Bangladeshi teenage girls returned home through Benapole check post on Wednesday after serving three years in
15 October 2015

Tavella’s body handed over

Body of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella, who was killed in Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone, has been handed over to the country’s local mission.
14 October 2015

Bodi again fails to get HC stay order

Ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi has further failed to get any stay order from the High Court on the trial proceedings of a corruption case against him.
7 October 2015

ACC sues ex-FDC managing director Pijush for 'embezzling over Tk 3.46cr'

Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday sued former managing director of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (FDC) Pijush Bandyopadhyay and three
7 October 2015

500-yr-old Sardarbari coming back to life soon

The Boro Sardarbari is one of the most significant structures in the 800 plus years old Panam Nagar, situated at Sonargaon of Narayanganj around 40 kilometres off the capital, Dhaka.
4 October 2015

3,080kg hilsa seized, 168 fishermen jailed in Ctg

Bangladesh Coast Guard seize 3,080kg hilsa and detain 168 fishermen for netting the fish defying a government ban on hilsa fishing from September 25 to October 9 to protect the fish during the breeding time.
2 October 2015

Schoolgirl drowns in pond

A schoolgirl drowned in a pond at Khaliya village in Mohammadpur upazila of the district on Sunday.
28 September 2015