ACC

ACC sued 97 people in Mar

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approved filing of 34 cases against 97 people including government officials, public representatives and businessmen in March this year.
21 April 2016

ACC to sue ex-ADG of DIP for graft

The Anti-Corruption Commission is going to file a case against Rafiqul Islam, former additional director general of Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP), for acquiring money from unauthorised sources.
20 April 2016

ACC arrests Ex-engr of Wasa, 6 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission today arrests seven people including a former engineer of Wasa from different parts of the country in connection with various graft cases.
20 April 2016

ACC nets 13 over different scams

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests 13 persons from different parts of the country for misappropriating over Tk 9.5 crore and grabbing lands.
19 April 2016

ACC nets 8 over different scams

In 2013, five employees of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) drew two months' salary of 265 teachers and employees.
18 April 2016

ACC arrests 8 over different scams

The Anti-Corruption Commission arrests eight persons from different parts of the country on charges of fraudulence and misappropriating money.
18 April 2016

Engineer, ex-civil surgeon among 4 held

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests four persons including an engineer, a banker and a former civil surgeon in three separate cases filed for misappropriating about Tk 11.26 crore at different times.
13 April 2016

Panama leaks: Body formed to find out Bangladeshis’ name

Anti-Corruption Commission forms a three-member body to find whether there is mention in hacked Panama Papers of any Bangladeshis having offshore accounts.
7 April 2016

Bribery case against Tarique to go ahead

The High Court clears the way for trial court to run the trial proceedings against BNP leader Tarique Rahman and three others in a case filed on charge of bribery.
16 March 2016

SC stays Mirza Abbas’ release from jail

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas’ bail in a graft case has been stayed for a week by the Supreme Court, thereby halting his release from prison.
14 March 2016

Iqbal Mahmud new head of ACC

Iqbal Mahmud, former senior secretary of public administration ministry, was appointed chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday.
10 March 2016

Moosa sued for false info

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday sued controversial businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher for allegedly giving false information in his wealth statement.
10 March 2016

Ex-secy Iqbal Mahmud new ACC chairman

Former secretary of public administration ministry Iqbal Mahmud has been appointed as the new chairman of the anti-graft body Anti-Corruption Commission.
10 March 2016

ACC relieves ex-Rajuk chairman of corruption allegation

The Anti-Corruption Commission has relieved former Rajuk chairman Md Nurul Huda of corruption allegation after primary enquiry, say official sources at the ACC.
1 March 2016

Janata Bank GM among 5 sued by ACC

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) files a case against five bank officials, including a General Manager of Janata Bank Limited, and four others for allegedly swindling over Tk 250 crore from the bank through opening letters of credit (LCs) to a fake company.
18 February 2016

Padma bridge conspirators to be tried

Conspirators who wanted to stall the Padma Bridge project would be tried under the country's existing law, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament yesterday. “The Anti-Corruption Commission has already carried out investigations against those involved in conspiracy to obstruct the Padma Bridge project at that time,” the prime minister said in reply to lawmakers' queries.
10 February 2016

HC asks for probe reports on BASIC Bank loan scam

The High Court directs the Anti-Corruption Commission and Bangladesh Bank to submit probe reports on BASIC Bank loan scam.
9 February 2016

CORRUPTION HURTS

After experiencing many ups and downs over the last four plus decades, the economy of Bangladesh has transformed into a promising one on many accounts.
31 January 2016

ACC slated for failure to find Bacchu's role

A parliamentary watchdog yesterday blasted the Anti-Corruption Commission for failing to expose corruption committed by former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu.
28 January 2016

Rajuk can’t shrug off responsibility of rampant commercialisation: Minister

The housing minister says Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) cannot shrug off the responsibility of rampant commercialisation in Dhaka’s residential areas.
27 January 2016