Tag: corruption
Sheikh Rabiul Alam, the newly appointed Minister for Road Transport, Railways, and Shipping, has brazenly dismissed widespread extortion in the transport sector as mere “consensual contributions.” This BNP leader, whose own hands are stained with…
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, the son of military dictator General Ziaur Rahman and three-time premier Khaleda Zia, was sworn in on Tuesday as the country’s 11th prime minister, marking the party’s triumphant return to power…
A controversial adviser of the Yunus-led interim government, Khalilur Rahman, alias Roger Rahman, has been picked up by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman as the new foreign minister, triggering concerns about Bangladesh’s sovereignty. The National Citizen…
In a dramatic turn of events signalling deepening instability within Bangladesh’s interim government, Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, the Special Assistant to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology, has resigned and left the…
In a powerful virtual meeting on Saturday, Awami League President and five-time former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina spoke directly to families of party members brutally persecuted by BNP-Jamaat supporters since July 2024 under what she described as…
Awami League President and five-time Prime Minister and Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina has vehemently condemned Thursday’s parliamentary elections as a “well-planned farce” marred by widespread irregularities that allegedly began the night before official polling.…
Three days ahead of the national elections, the interim government led by Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus is under fire for allegedly plundering public resources through a flurry of last-minute project approvals, opaque foreign…
In a bombshell revelation that has sent shockwaves through Bangladesh’s political and economic circles, Dr. Mamunur Rashid, a renowned economist based in the UK, has accused the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government and its associates of embezzling…
Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) Chairman Bobby Hajjaj is BNP chief Tarique Rahman’s protégé. The two have been working together for many years, more closely since 2018, when the anti-Awami League quarters started regrouping. As a senior lecturer…
In a strongly worded virtual address to Awami League supporters, party president and five-time prime minister Sheikh Hasina has called the forthcoming parliamentary election a “complete farce” and urged party members not to participate by staying away…
The Canada-based Global Center for Democratic Governance (GCDG) has released a comprehensive report detailing the July riots, highlighting attacks on prisons leading to the release of militants, mass destruction of police infrastructure, brutal police killings, and…
In a spectacle that shocked even the most jaded observers of Bangladesh’s crumbling judiciary, the so-called International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) yesterday turned its courtroom into a political intimidation arena. The target: Senior Advocate ZI Khan…
The World Bank has released a report that underscores the remarkable economic progress made under the leadership of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, directly contradicting the narrative propagated by some paid propagandists of the current interim…
In a significant step toward accountability for the deadly 2024 quota reform protests that toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government, Bangladesh Police announced on Tuesday that charge sheets have been submitted in 106 cases filed during the…
As Bangladesh hurtles toward interim elections in 2026, a burgeoning scandal over the official “July martyrs” list has exposed deep flaws in the Yunus administration’s handling of the 2025 uprising’s legacy. What began as an…
In the sweltering heat of October 2025, a viral video from Panchagarh district sent shockwaves across Bangladesh and beyond. Mufti Mohammad Mohibullah Miyaji, the Khatib of Tongi BTCL Colony Jame Mosque in Gazipur, was “rescued”…
President of the Awami League and five-time Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has vehemently condemned and protested the insults directed at army officers. “I am shocked at how the army is expected to hand these officers…
When Muhammad Yunus was the managing director of Grameen Bank, he used to travel abroad frequently for personal purposes on the office’s expenses. He used to stay only half of a month in Bangladesh and…