Dipan Nandy

Despite many initiatives and spending over Tk 730 crore over the past four years, Dhaka city corporations have failed to make any visible progress in mitigating the waterlogging problem.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has found illegal assets worth Tk 43.5 crore belonging to former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, his wife, and two daughters.

In just eight years, Customs Commissioner Mohammad Enamul Haque bought properties that, on paper, cost him over Tk 6.43 crore.

“When you rise, lift others [read in-laws in this case] with you”-- even if it means bending a few rules along the way.

Faisal, his relatives undervalued their properties in official documents, claims ACC

Controversial taxman Quazi Abu Mahmud Faisal had purchased family savings certificates worth Tk 1.45 crore for himself and his relatives in three months, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has completed a thorough analysis of documents and field-level investigations regarding former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, as its two-month-long inquiry reaches its final stages.

Former police chief Benazir Ahmed has recently written to Dhaka Boat Club, stating that he is out of the country and cannot serve as its president during his “temporary absence”.

The Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation have announced comprehensive plans to ensure timely and efficient removal of sacrificial animal waste during Eid-ul-Azha.

If Benazir and his family do not comply with the notice like their summons earlier, a case will be filed against them, say ACC sources

Former police chief Benazir Ahmed is unlikely to appear before the Anti-Corruption Commission tomorrow because he has yet to respond to its summons, according to sources.

An Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation team is now making a list of police officials, land officials, politicians, and others who aided and abetted former inspector general of police, Benazir Ahmed, in committing corruption.

Former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and his family withdrew at least Tk 70-80 crore within a month from their 33 bank accounts before they were frozen.

Though the authorities remain tightlipped about the whereabouts of former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and his family members, several sources say they have left the country.

The Local Government Division has instructed Dhaka South City Corporation to utilise the central server of the Registrar General’s Office for issuing birth and death certificates to residents within their jurisdiction, over its own.

Md Altaf, a grocery shop owner in the Gandaria area under Dhaka South City Corporation, applied for a new trade licence some time back to start a new shop in the area.

From 10 Downing Street, the UK equivalent of the US’s White House, to the Gono Bhaban, the official residence of the prime minister of Bangladesh -- the head of state in every democracy has iconic residences and palaces provided to them by the state during their tenure.

Dhaka North City Corporation has recently got the government’s permission to reimport a pesticide directly from the mother company in Singapore in a bid to curb the spread of dengue fever.

Dhaka North Mayor Atiqul Islam talks to The Daily Star about his achievements and failures during the four years of his mayorship.

DSCC Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh talks about his achievements as well as failures, the challenges he faced, and his visions for the future.