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The allegation is part of a wider investigation by Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) into Siddiq's aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who was deposed as prime minister of the country in August.
A court in Bangladesh sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son and heir apparent on Wednesday to nine years in prison after finding the opposition leader guilty in a corruption case filed ...
A Labour minister has been embroiled in a Bangladeshi corruption probe after the country’s government accused her of helping her aunt embezzle billions of pounds.. City minister Tulip Siddiq ...
The Commission filed cases against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia regarding graft at the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust. [19]The Commission filed cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others on 7 May 2008 for awarding a gas exploration and extraction deal to Niko Resources through corruption and abuse of power.
[6] [7] The Anti Corruption Commission chairman has admitted that corruption is rampant in Bangladesh. [8] Like many other developing and emerging countries, corruption is a part of life in Bangladesh. Regular citizens routinely pay bribes for basic services and to skip queues, and officials rely on bribes to make a living.
Rozina Islam is known for her investigative news reporting on official corruption and misconduct. [2] Several news stories published by her previously have a claim to have exposed the alleged corruption of the Ministry of Health and others and have drawn attention to the alleged graft of millions of dollars that were spent on health equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others were indicted by a Bangladesh court on Wednesday on charges of embezzlement of 252.2 million taka ($2 million) from the workers' welfare fund of his ...
Barapukuria coal scam is a sensational corruption scandal of Bangladesh concerning the misappropriation of around 1.42 hundred thousand tons of coal, worth over BDT 227 billion by officials of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) from the coal mine of Barapukuria, Dinajpur District, in northern Bangladesh.