Tag: corruption
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she did not allow the US to set up a base in Bangladesh to uphold the country’s sovereignty amid geopolitical tensions, like the Iran war. “Today, just…
At fifteen, Shanto Kumar Saha should have been navigating the mundane anxieties of the classroom or the carefree competition of a cricket match. Instead, he spent his final moments sprinting through the darkness of a…
In a move that has sparked widespread alarm among economists, business leaders, and activists, Bangladesh’s recently signed reciprocal trade agreement with the United States is emerging as a discriminatory pact that disproportionately favors American interests…
Write For Rights, a newly formed Bangladesh-based human rights advocacy organization, has demanded a comprehensive, independent investigation into allegations of corruption, bribery, abuse of power, flawed trials, and procedural irregularities plaguing the International Crimes Tribunal…
A fresh scandal has rocked Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), exposing deep-rooted corruption within the prosecution team. Audio recordings obtained by Prothom Alo and Netra News reveal that prosecutor Md. Saimum Reza Talukdar demanded Tk1…
An investigative report by Ekattor TV has exposed misuse of authority by Adilur Rahman Khan, a former adviser in the Yunus-led interim government, who is accused of forcibly constructing a private access road to his…
Pakistan loyalist, greedy and treacherous Ziaur Rahman captured power by assassinating the founding father of Bangladesh and then indemnified the killers. He became the first military dictator of independent Bangladesh, killing thousands of armed forces…
President Mohammed Shahabuddin sparked widespread discussion and went viral on social media after concluding his speech at a government event with the slogan “Bangladesh Zindabad,” a trademark of the BNP. The remark, delivered on the…
A leading human rights organization has issued a stark warning about deepening lawlessness, mobocracy, and impunity for armed terrorists, militants, extortionists and rapists in Bangladesh, even after the February 12 national elections that brought the…
The BNP-Jamaat-Yunus clique has brazenly betrayed Bangladesh’s sovereignty and national interests through their reckless involvement in the discriminatory US reciprocal trade agreement signed on February 9, 2026, and their ongoing attempts to finalize a defense…
In the pursuit of political interests: a Tk304 crore loan, thousands of workers laid off, and the looting of state assets—Biman Bangladesh Airlines during the era of Dr. MA Momen and the illegal Muhammad Yunus.…
A diehard supporter of the Yunus-led illegal regime, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has strongly demanded the cancellation of the appointment of newly appointed Governor Md. Mostaqur Rahman, in the interest of maintaining the independence and…
Faruk Wasif, a top organizer of the meticulously designed July uprising in civil society, worked as the planning editor of the Daily Samakal before his reward appointment at the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) on…
Ever since the July conspirators took office in August 2024, they have withdrawn their cases and convictions in various cases, filed for corruption, the 10-truck arms smuggling and the August 21 terrorist attack of 2004.…
A former National Security Intelligence (NSI) officer, who was first temporarily and then permanently dismissed from service, has publicly defended his actions and pledged to disclose further details about alleged irregularities and corruption involving former…
A sharply worded opinion piece published in the Organiser magazine has accused certain media outlets of abandoning impartiality and transforming journalism into a form of moralistic judgment, particularly in their coverage of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…
In her latest impassioned address from exile—delivered as Bangladesh grapples with the aftermath of the February 12 parliamentary elections—former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unleashed a scathing indictment of the current political order. Speaking with…
Mufti Amir Hamza, the Jamaat-e-Islami MP for Kushtia-3 and an Islamic orator with a disgusting history of controversy, has elevated self-promotion to divine levels. On Thursday, after a meeting with officials at Kushtia Medical College, he…
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Mohsin Rashid, Jatiya Party General Secretary Barrister Shamim Haider Patwary, and media personality Dr. Abdun Noor Tushar have launched scathing criticism of former Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, accusing him of…
The recent killings of three Hindu individuals in separate incidents across Chattogram and Kurigram have deepened grave concerns over the persistent vulnerability of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority to extortion, targeted violence, and land-related aggression—even under the…
By Aminul Hoque Polash The recent removal of Muhammad Tajul Islam from the post of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) marks a long-overdue reckoning with one of the most egregious abuses of judicial…
By Akhtaruzzaman Azad Meet Md. Sarjis Alam—Panchagarh’s third Nawab, Chief Machado of the northern chapter of the National Citizen Party (NCP), former Chhatra League worker, son of Atwari Upazila Awami League labour secretary Akhtaruzzaman Saju, son-in-law of…
The BNP-led government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has once again shown its swift, decisive, and uncompromising approach to prioritising national interests and cleaning up institutions by immediately removing controversial Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Ahsan H.…
A harrowing photograph of a woman tumbling onto the street while desperately clinging to a moving TCB truck has gone viral, once again thrusting Bangladesh’s persistent economic hardships into the spotlight. The image, taken in…
Awami League President and five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has signalled renewed optimism and momentum for the Awami League by instructing party leaders to mentally and practically prepare to return to the country and actively…
On the very day Mohammad Tajul Islam was removed from his position as Chief Prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), fellow prosecutor B.M. Sultan Mahmud publicly levelled serious allegations of corruption, bribery, and procedural irregularities against…
In an exclusive interview conducted on February 20 at Bangabhaban by Kaler Kantho Executive Editor Haidar Ali and Special Correspondent Zainal Abedin, President Mohammed Shahabuddin spoke candidly about his one-and-a-half-year “confinement” under the interim government, expressing relief…
The BNP-led government has approved the withdrawal of an additional 1,006 cases against leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, as announced by Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Sunday. According to a message from Deputy Chief Information…
Renowned economist and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, has issued a compelling and timely demand: the new BNP-led government must immediately establish a robust transition team to conduct a…
The dubious visit by Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan—son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan—and former German footballer Mesut Özil to Dhaka University at an event of the Islami Chhatra Shibir-run DUCSU has sparked serious concerns. The…