Crime & Corruption

Taskforce finds S Alam operates 18 shell firms in British Virgin Islands

TDS Desk Controversial Bangladeshi conglomerate S Alam Group has been found to hold substantial investments in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a well known tax haven and base for shell

Ex-PP Rahman placed on 5-day remand in Sirajganj

Staff Reporter A court in Sirajganj on Thursday placed advocate Abdur Rahman, also former Public Prosecutor (PP) of Sirajganj District and Sessions Judge Court, on a five-day remand in murder

2 held for killing businessman in Shahzadpur

Shahzadpur Correspondent The mystery of businessman Raich Uddin killing incident at Nalua village of Shahzadpur upazila in Sirajganj district has been uncovered by police. Meanwhile, police arrested two persons and

Barrister Suman shifted to Habiganj jail

Habiganj Correspondent Former independent lawmaker Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman has been shifted to Habiganj prison from Dhaka Central Jail. Superintendent of Habiganj Jail Md Mujibur Rahman confirmed the matter

Ex-MP Shahjahan Omar arrested

Jhalkathi Correspondent Police arrested former Jhalkathi-1 (Rajapur Kathalia) Constituency MP Shahjahan Omar. He was arrested from Rajapur in Jhalkathi on Wednesday. Shahjahan Omar was taken to the court around 1:15

Indian billionaire Adani charged in US with bribery; $30b in value wiped off

Reuters Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in a $265