Crime & Corruption

1/11 govt seized Tk1,232 crore from 40 individuals and organisations unlawfully

TDS Desk During the caretaker government period, businesses and individuals were unlawfully forced to pay Tk1,232 crore, which remains frozen in Bangladesh Bank. Despite seeking redress from the country’s higher

Robbers hack bkash agent, rob ‘Tk10 lakh’ in Gazipur

A Correspondent, Gazipur: Robbers hacked a bkash agent and hurled crude bombs before they escaped with a bag full of money in Kaliakair upazila in Gazipur. The victim, Saiful Islam,

Tk trillions embezzled from stock market alone: White Paper

UNB The White Paper on Bangladesh’s economy has revealed that trillions of takas were embezzled from the stock market through fraud, manipulation and deceit, particularly in placement shares and IPO

Dipu Moni, Inu, Menon shown arrested in different cases

TDS Desk A Dhaka court has showed former minister Dr Dipu Moni, Hasanul Haque Inu and Rashed Khan Menon arrested in different cases filed with three police stations in the

$16b siphoned off annually during Hasina regime: Panel

TDS Desk A staggering US$16 billion, on average, was siphoned out of Bangladesh every year during Sheikh Hasina’s “corrupt autocracy”, leaving the country in a “state of plunder” when she

Corruption ravages Bangladesh’s key sectors, reveals White Paper

UNB, Dhaka The White Paper on Bangladesh’s economy reveals extensive corruption across public and private sectors, stifling growth, with annual illicit outflows averaging USD 16 billion—over double the combined foreign