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Tulip accused of using fake notary in property transfer

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has accused former UK City Minister Tulip Siddiq of using a falsified notary document to transfer a property to her sister. This allegation forms part of a wider investigation into the alleged unlawful allocation of state-owned land. The ACC contends that Siddiq, the niece of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leveraged her political influence to secure government plots in Dhaka’s Purbachal New Town project for herself and her family, benefiting from an allegedly improper allocation of state land.

UN chief vows to prevent Rohingya suffering as aid cuts loom

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, vowed to do everything in his power to prevent further hardship as drastic aid cuts threaten food supplies and other critical relief efforts. UN aid efforts are in jeopardy following funding reductions announced by major donors, including the United States and several European nations.

Mr. Guterres described Cox’s Bazar as “ground zero” for the impact o...

Former DU VC Prof Arefin Siddique dies

Former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University (DU), Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique passed away at a hospital in the city tonight. He was 72. "He (Arefin)breathed his last at 10:45pm while undergoing treatment at the Neurosurgery Department of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital," his brother Saifullah Siddique told media.

Saifullah said, “On March 6, Prof Siddique withdrew cash from a bank booth before heading to Dhaka Club in Ramna. While conversing with others, he suddenly...

CA, UN chief arrive in Cox’s Bazar

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Cox’s Bazar today to visit the Rohingya camp. A Biman flight carrying Prof Yunus and Guterres landed at Cox’s Bazar Airport at around 12:48 pm.
[caption id="attachment_32703" align="alignleft" width="553"] Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus and UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Cox's Bazar this afternoon to visit Rohingya refugee camps. Photo: Chief Adviser GOB[/caption]

BPDB’s 41 solar tenders fail to attract bidders

Between December and January, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) issued tenders for 41 solar power projects. However, not a single bid has been submitted, prompting the state-owned utility to extend the submission deadlines multiple times. The proposed solar plants, with capacities varying from 10 MW to 100 MW, are projected to deliver a total of 2.633 GW of electricity.

The BPDB’s initial tender, released ...

FIFA lifts financial restrictions on Bangladesh Football Federation

After six years of financial restrictions, FIFA has finally given the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) full access to its funds, lifting the controls that had been in place since 2018. The decision, confirmed in a letter from FIFA on March 7, means the BFF will now receive grants in standard instalments and be eligible for a wider range of FIFA development programmes.

The restrictions were originally imposed due to concerns over the BFF’s financial manag...

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