Khaleda Zia, 7 others acquitted in Niko graft case
The Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 court on Wednesday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia and seven others in the Niko corruption case...
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Govt needs to afford ACC more teeth to fight corruption
A SHARP decline in the conviction rate in corruption cases to a worrying 47 per cent in 2024, the lowest in eight years, down from 57.18 per cent in 2023, does not only question the effectiveness of the Anti-Corruption Commission in its fight against corruption but also, perhaps, brings to the fore some inadequacies that the commission is faced with. This...
Court acquits Khaleda Zia, two others in Gatco corruption case
A Dhaka court has acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia, along with the BNP standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in the long-standing Gatco corruption case.
Kejriwal quits after release from jail
A top political opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi quit as chief minister of the capital Delhi on Tuesday, days after being released on bail in a corruption case...
PK Halder鈥檚 two aides land in jail
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday sent Bashudeb Banerjee, an associate of PK Halder and the then director of International Leasing and Financial Services, and his wife Paipa Banerjee, also a director of the ILFS, to jail in connection with 15 corruption cases...
Imran Khan gets bail in corruption case but can鈥檛 leave jail
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was granted bail in Islamabad on Wednesday on land corruption charges but will have to stay in jail to serve time in two other cases, his lawyer said, reports NDTV...