The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed five separate cases against 34 individuals, including Beximco Group Chairman and former Prime Ministers Adviser on Private Industry and Investment Salman F Rahman and Vice Chairman Ahmed Sohail Fasihur Rahman, over allegations of large-scale stock market manipulation, loan fraud, and money laundering. ACC Director General (Prevention) Md Akhter Hossain briefed reporters about the development at the commissions headquarters today. According to the case documents, the accused allegedly siphoned off US$ 215.5 million (Tk 28,801 million) in...

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast that rain or thunder showers are likely to occur at a few places over Chattogram division and at one or two places over Barishal and Sylhet divisions, beginning at 9:00 am today. According to a weather bulletin issued this morning, the weather may remain mainly dry with a temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere across the country. The bulletin further said that night temperatures may fall slightly, while day temperatures are expected to rise slightly. On Sunday, the highest temperature in the country was recorded at 35.5...

A defamation case has been filed against National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary for allegedly making defamatory remarks against leaders of the Jubo Dal, the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The case was lodged by Kazi Mukituzzaman, a member of the convening committee of Dhaka South Jubo Dal, with the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain on 2 November. The complaint accuses Nasiruddin Patwary of making inflammatory and defamatory statements targeting Rabiul Islam Nayon, the member secretary of Dhaka South...

A Dhaka court today ordered the seizure of tax files belonging to former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, his wife Kashmiri Kamal, and their daughters Kashfi Kamal and Nafisa Kamal. Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order after accepting four separate applications submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). According to the ACC, Mustafa Kamal, also known as Lotus Kamal, is under investigation for allegedly abusing his authority to acquire assets disproportionate to his known income, keeping those assets under his control, and conducting suspicious financial...

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chatra Dal (JCD) has announced a series of programmes to mark Jatiya Biplob O Songhoti Dibos (National Revolution and Solidarity Day) on November 8. The programmes include wreath-laying and Fateha recitation at the shrine of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman at 10 am, followed by a photography exhibition at 11 am on the Dhaka University campus, and a rally in Nayapaltan, Dhaka, organized under the initiative of BNP. Discussions will also be held in universities, metropolitan cities, and districts across the country to commemorate the day. Chatra Dal will...