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Even though the authorities concerned made a major decision to relocate city’s three inter-district bus terminals to new areas outside Dhaka, the fate of the project hangs in the balance as it has remained stalled for nearly 10 months.Under the project taken up at an estimated cost of Tk 11,20...
National,Front Page
With only two days Left for Eid-ul-Azha, cattle markets are going Momentum across Dhaka, including Gabtoli, as buyers and traders gather for the annual ritual of Qurbani. Yet despite the influx of sacrificial animals, sales remain sluggish.Traders at the capital’s largest cattle markets report...
National,Back Page
Ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is facing allegations of irregularities and political favoritism in the leasing process of its temporary cattle markets. Despite a call for open tenders, complaints have emerged that many of the leases were awarded to contractors alleged...
A senior station officer of Directorate of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) has travelled abroad using fake documents and without formal approval from the authorities concerned. An internal probe has confirmed that Senior Station Officer Md Saidul Alam Chowdhury (PN-2193) used a fake memo ...
The official lease process is still pending, nevertheless sacrificial animals have already begun arriving at several makeshift cattle markets in Dhaka city ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, creating confusion and hardship for traders and farmers as well.Though the cattle trading is officially permitted for only...
Despite all necessary arrangements made by the vendors, the digitization project of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) still remains non-functional for reasons best known to the ACC.According to official sources, the project titled “Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the ACC” was ...
Sk Md Kudrot-E-Khuda, Chief Arboriculturist at Arboriculture Division under Public Works Department (PWD), is facing allegations of massive corruption and irregularities. Kudrot-E-Khuda, who has been holding the post of chief arboriculturist for about 12 years, allegedly embezzled public funds,...
Allegations have recently been lodged to the Anti-Corruption Commission stating that a mighty syndicate led by Sheikh Golam Mahbub, the former Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, dominated Dhaka’s civil and criminal courts, engaging in unethical lobbying...
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has long been facing widespread allegations of unethical practices like taking bribes from service seekers, but there appears to be none to look into the matter.There are six metro circles of BRTA working under Dhaka division and almost all of them are ...
Some retired employees of the Bangladesh Department of Cooperatives are facing difficulties in receiving their pensions, despite the majority of their colleagues have withdrawn their pension benefits.Out of 133 employees, all, who were transferred from development projects to the revenue sector, rec...
Dipti Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd, a Mirpur-based non-governmental organisation, has disappeared allegedly after embezzling Tk 12 crore from more than 500 low income depositors. The cooperative society has swindled rickshaw-pullers, domestic workers and even beggars out of their deposi...
Director General of Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) Brigadier General Md Main Uddin faces allegations of massive corruption and irregularities. He has pocketed about Tk 70 crore in bribes through illegal recruitment over the last two years, according to a complaint filed wit...
An assistant engineer at Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) has amassed a fortune through alleged corruption, bribery and misuse of power. He is said to have acquired properties worth crores of taka both in Dhaka and Natore.Engineer Rafiqul Islam (Implementation-6, Uttara Expanded Project) is alle...
Former Managing Director of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) Engineer Bikash Dewan has come under ACC scrutiny allegedly for laundering Tk 1,500 crore. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into the allegations of various irregularities, corruption, a...
Allegations of massive irregularities and corruption are rife against Muhammad Galib Khan, a former Dhaka District Cooperatives officer. He allegedly made crores of taka by providing jobs to 24 people in exchange of money. It is alleged that Galib Khan gave jobs to around 24 people, including h...
Md Faizul Kabir Shihab, a class-III employee at Public Works Department (PWD) in Dhaka, has come under scrutiny after it was revealed that he owns four flats with a total market value of approximately Tk 3 crore.Shihab, who works as personal assistant to Additional Chief Engineer (Establishment and ...
Shahin Alam, an Inspector of the Postagola Fire Service Station in the capital, has become the owner of an eight-storey building just in eight years.He took only 24 months to complete the construction work of the building. It is learnt that Shahin Alam and his wife Morzina Alam, also a policewoman, ...
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