Anti Corruption Commission

Tk 8.61cr Embezzlement: ACC sues 5 doctors, 4 staffers at RMCH

The Anti-Corruption Commission has sued 13 people, including nine doctors and employees of Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH), for embezzling Tk 8.61 crore of the hospital's fund and awarding a tender of Tk 9.54 crore without proper procedures.
Sub-Registrars' Offices: Service seekers face harassment

Service seekers at a mass hearing organised by the Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday said they faced nothing short of harassment at sub-registrar offices.
BASIC Bank Scam Probe: HC raps ACC

The High Court yesterday expressed utmost dissatisfaction and disappointment with the Anti-Corruption Commission for the long delay in completing investigations in the cases over BASIC Bank loan scams.
ACC’s assist director sacked

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sacks its Assistant Director SM Shamim Iqbal for his negligence in discharging duties and misuse of power for his own benefit.
Basic Scams: Bacchu out to make the probe drag on

Former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu has been delaying an ongoing enquiry into allegations that he was involved in loan scams amounting to Tk 4,500 crore between 2010 and 2013, Anti-Corruption Commission officials say.
Khaleda's Niko graft case charge framing hearing May 13

A Dhaka court fixes May 13 for holding hearing on framing charges against BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia in the Niko graft case.
ACC questions Whip Atiur Rahman

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed ruling Awami League lawmaker and Jatiya Sangsad Whip Atiur Rahman Atik on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
ACC should bag all involved

ACC, the anti-graft body, filed a police case against a former land acquisition officer at the deputy commissioner's office on January 17 for the embezzlement of Tk 5 crore. The ACC recovered Tk 92 lakh by raiding one of the accused's accomplices but this is only a fraction of the full amount.
ACC to go after big shots

The Anti-Corruption Commission will catch some big names in corruption, said its Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday.
Question leaks failure of state machinery

During their academic life, teenagers are introduced to perhaps their first form of corruption through question paper leaks. This is a failure of the state machinery, graft watchdog Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), said.
Making money so easy!

Bank balance of a customs department assistant commissioner has raised eyebrows at Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Tk 89.65cr Graft Case: ACC arrests suspect at Dhaka airport

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday arrested an accused of a case filed over Tk 89.65 crore misappropriation from Pubali Bank
BASIC Bank Scam: SC displeased as ACC didn't name Bacchu, others in case

The Supreme Court yesterday expressed discontent at the Anti-Corruption Commission for not naming former BASIC Bank chairman
SC dissatisfied as BASIC Bank ex-chairman not implicated in cases

The Supreme Court expresses discontent at the Anti Corruption Commission as it did not implicated the then chairman of BASIC Bank Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu and its former board members in two loan scam cases involving Tk 75 crore.
ACC hotline awash with complaints

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has received more than one lakh complaints in its hotline in last nine days and sent around
Munir Chy new ACC DG

Muhammad Munir Chowdhury, company secretary of Dhaka Power Distribution Co Ltd, is appointed as new director general of Anti Corruption Commission.
ACC arrests 25 in graft cases

Anti-Corruption Commission arrests twenty five people from different parts of the country in separate graft cases.
ACC quizzes 5 more Janata Bank officials as witnesses

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday interrogated five more senior officials of Janata Bank as witnesses in a graft case filed over Tk 250 crore loan scam.
ACC sues Khoka for illegally allocate shops

Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) files a case against former Dhaka City Corporation Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka for allocating 138 shops of 10 markets illegally.
2 businessmen held over BASIC Bank loan scam

The Anti-Corruption Commission arrests two businessmen in a case filed over Basic Bank's Tk 76 crore loan scam.
Pakistan dismisses 12 army officers from service over 'corruption'

In an unprecedented move, Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif dismisses 12 army officers, including a three-star general, from service over alleged corruption today.
Moosa sued for false info

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday sued controversial businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher for allegedly giving false information in his wealth statement.
Janata Bank GM among 5 sued by ACC

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) files a case against five bank officials, including a General Manager of Janata Bank Limited, and four others for allegedly swindling over Tk 250 crore from the bank through opening letters of credit (LCs) to a fake company.
Padma bridge conspirators to be tried

Conspirators who wanted to stall the Padma Bridge project would be tried under the country's existing law, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament yesterday. “The Anti-Corruption Commission has already carried out investigations against those involved in conspiracy to obstruct the Padma Bridge project at that time,” the prime minister said in reply to lawmakers' queries.
ACC slated for failure to find Bacchu's role

A parliamentary watchdog yesterday blasted the Anti-Corruption Commission for failing to expose corruption committed by former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu.
We can do better

According to the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015 released by Transparency International (TI) on January 27, 2016, Bangladesh has scored 25 in a scale of 100, same as last year and two points less than 2013.
ACC presses charge against Tarique’s mother-in-law

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has pressed charge against Syeda Iqbalmand Banu, mother-in-law of BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, in a case filed for not submitting her wealth statement.
ACC asks Moosa to appear before it on Jan 28

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) asks controversial business tycoon and DATCO Group chairman Moosa Bin Shamsher to appear before it on January 28.
Moosa Bin Shamsher suffering from ‘death phobia’

Citing his “fear of death” and health issues, controversial business tycoon Moosa Bin Shamsher seeks to postpone his interrogation by the Anti-Corruption Commission for two to three months.
Kejriwal sacks minister over 'bribe'

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal sacks one of his ministers for alleged bribe-taking after months of criticism over multiple scandals engulfing his party.