Crime & Corruption

Widespread jatka fishing with illegal bamboo traps in Faridpur’s Padma threaten hilsa stocks

Faridpur Correspondent: Illegal bamboo traps built across the Padma River in Faridpur’s Sadar upazila are being used for indiscriminate jatka fishing, raising fresh concerns over the sustainability of the country’s

Sheikh Hasina, other AL leaders being named as accused in Pilkhana murder case

TDS Desk: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mirza Azam along with several other influential ministers and Members of

Extortion rose by up to 50% during interim govt

TDS Desk: Extortion surged by up to 50 percent following the fall of the Awami League government in the 2024 mass uprising, while corruption in public offices persisted throughout the

17,000 chickens die after medication in Tangail, farmer files case

Tangail Correspondent: A poultry farmer in Basail upazila of Tangail district has alleged that around 17,000 chickens died after being administered medicines prescribed by veterinary doctors linked to a pharmaceutical

One held with 3. 90-kg heroin in Sirajganj

TDS Desk: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug trader with 3.90 kilograms of heroin during a special anti-drug operation in the district. The arrested individual was

‘If extortion on roads is acceptable, where does it stop?’ TIB asks

Calls on PM to reject transport minister’s defence of road extortion and ensure accountability TDS Desk: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday called upon the prime minister to fix