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Dipan Nandy

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Dhaka’s footbridges: Built to keep pedestrians safe, now driving them away

5 hour(s) ago
In the midst of heavy traffic, Ripa Rudra, along with her two-year-old son, was standing next to a footbridge at the Nabisco intersection in the capital’s Tejgaon around 8:00pm.
5 hour(s) ago
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Band-aid fixes won’t solve Dhaka’s waterlogging

14 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka’s persistent waterlogging is driven by fragmented management, the lack of an integrated master plan, unchecked urbanisation, and the steady disappearance of wetlands and canals, according to experts.
14 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka waterlogging

Downpour drowns Dhaka

13 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Hours of heavy rain yesterday left large parts of Dhaka submerged in ankle- to waist-deep water, crippling traffic, and stranding commuters on streets and people in their homes.
13 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka traffic disrupted by floodwater

A 3.4 km journey through floodwater took 90 mins in Dhaka today

12 July 2026, 18:06 PM
Commuters waded through chest-deep stretches as buses and other vehicles stalled along the route
12 July 2026, 18:06 PM
Dhaka waterlogging after heavy rain

Waterlogging in Dhaka: Fresh rain lays bare gaps in drainage system

10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Intermittent rains over the last few days once again left parts of Dhaka submerged, exposing the chronic weaknesses of the city’s drainage system.
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh Municipal Services Crisis

Municipal services falter amid staff, leadership gaps

4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Over the last few months, Subal Deb, a small trader from Jagannathpur municipality in Sunamganj, has been visiting the municipal office every week, seeking a solution to chronic waterlogging in his neighbourhood.
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Panam city where history still whispers

4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
On the way to Sonargaon in Narayanganj, time seems to move backwards.
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM

ACC working on draft law rolling back key reforms

23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The Anti-Corruption Commission is preparing a draft law that incorporates provisions from the ACC Act, 2004, and the unratified 2025 ordinance, while introducing several new proposals.
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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ACC offices, special courts in all districts

The Anti-Corruption Commission Reform Commission has proposed a nationwide expansion of the ACC’s activities to strengthen the anti-graft body’s operations.
23 January 2025, 18:00 PM
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Political parties: Elect leaders by secret ballot

Two reform commissions have proposed changing laws to ensure democracy within political parties and promote transparency and integrity in their financing, including election funding.
16 January 2025, 18:02 PM
Anti-Corruption Commission reform recommendations

Cut bureaucracy, boost autonomy

The commission proposed 47 recommendations focusing on institutional, financial, and operational reforms
16 January 2025, 18:00 PM
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Corruption in ACC: 238 officials punished over last 16 years

The Anti-Corruption Commission  has penalised 238 officials and staff members over the past 16 years for offences including extortion, fraud, bribery, and corruption. The disciplinary actions ranged from dismissals and forced retirements to demotions and salary reductions.
11 January 2025, 18:00 PM
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Where did Tk 10.77cr come from?

Around 83 percent of the declared income of Iqbalur Rahim, former whip of the National Parliament and ex-MP of the Dinajpur-3 constituency, remains untraceable, found an ACC investigation.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM
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Dual citizenship: ACC seeks info on govt employees

After former ministers and lawmakers, the Anti-Corruption Commission is now enquiring about government employees’ dual citizenship.
1 January 2025, 18:00 PM
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ACC to probe BB reserve heist

The Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh is set to initiate an inquiry into allegations of corruption linked to the 2016 cyber heist that stole $101 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account.
30 December 2024, 20:52 PM
Iftekharuzzaman Transparency International Bangladesh

ACC can’t deliver without changes in politics, bureaucracy

Iftekharuzzaman, the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh and also the head of the anti-corruption reform commission, recently shared with The Daily Star updates on the commission’s activities.
25 December 2024, 20:37 PM
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Reform commission: ACC overhaul, amendments to law to be proposed

The reform commission for the Anti-Corruption Commission is focused on amending the ACC structure and related laws to enhance its capacity, efficiency, and independence.
25 December 2024, 18:10 PM
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Dual citizenship: ACC for action against 24 ex- ministers, MPs

The Anti-Corruption Commission has written to the Election Commission and the home ministry urging action against 24 former ministers and lawmakers who held foreign citizenship while serving in office.
24 December 2024, 18:32 PM
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ALL three hospitals run by DSCC: Limping along due to shortage of manpower, limited resources

Acute manpower shortages, underutilised facilities, and the plights of patients -- these are the things this correspondent observed while visiting all three hospitals under Dhaka South City Corporation.
20 December 2024, 21:06 PM
Graft allegations against Benazir Ahmed

ACC sues Benazir, wife, two daughters

Housewife Jissan Mirza reportedly owns immovable and movable assets worth approximately Tk 11.5 crore.
15 December 2024, 18:00 PM
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Under Awami League, ACC became a political weapon

Commission remained hostage to partisan political and bureaucratic influence, which made it dysfunctional, says chief of ACC Reform Commission
8 December 2024, 18:28 PM
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ACC chairman, 2 commissioners quit their jobs

Chairman and two commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission resigned yesterday.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM
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The ministers’ men who made millions

Not only did the ministers, state ministers and lawmakers amass huge amount of wealth during the Awami League’s four terms in power, their personal secretaries and assistant personal secretaries managed to stumble into fortune as well.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM
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A new addition to Benazir’s legacy of deceit

Corruption, grabbing minority lands to build resorts and using excessive force to crush dissent -- the name of Benazir Ahmed, once one of the most powerful figures in the country’s law enforcement, has long been synonymous with deceit or fraud.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Durga Puja festival in Bangladesh

Durga Puja, a festival of faith and togetherness

As dawn breaks and the first rays of sunlight  streams through your window, you hear the rhythmic beat of drums and the joyful clanging of cymbals coming from a nearby temple.
11 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi, a former chairman of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd

How 11,000 bhori gold embezzled from Samabaya Bank

Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi, a former chairman of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd, embezzled over 11,000 bhori (each bhori is 11.66 grammes) of mortgaged gold from 2,316 customers prior to 2021.
1 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Asaduzzaman Mia, wife concealed assets in tax returns

Mia, wife concealed assets in tax returns

When Asaduzzaman Mia retired as the longest-serving Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner in 2019, by his own admission, he went home with about Tk 1.75 crore in service benefits. But that does not give a true picture of his wealth accumulation. Fact is, the career cop and his family became muc
15 September 2024, 01:00 AM
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ACC to work with FBI to bring back laundered money

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US to bring back money siphoned off abroad.
9 September 2024, 18:00 PM

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