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Court orders seizure of property of ex-DB chief Harun

A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate one flat and three plots of former Detective Branch chief Harun-or-Rashid. Dhaka Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Deputy Di

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Court orders seizure of property of ex-DB chief Harun
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Published :
Apr 24, 2025 16:55
Updated :
Apr 24, 2025 16:55

A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate one flat and three plots of former Detective Branch chief Harun-or-Rashid.

Dhaka Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Deputy Director of ACC Mohammad Joynal Abedin filed a petition seeking an order to confiscate the property of Harun.

According to the petition, an investigation is underway against former DB chief Harun for amassing assets worth billions of taka both in the country and abroad through abuse of power and corruption.

During the investigation, it was found that he is attempting to sell or transfer these assets.

Earlier, on February 19, the court ordered the seizure of 100 bighas of land, five buildings and two apartments owned by Harun.

At the same time, the court also ordered the authorities concerned to freeze Tk 12.6 million in ten bank accounts under his name.

Besides, the court also ordered the seizure of 30 bighas of land belonging to his brother ABM Shahriar, as well as the freezing of 11 bank accounts and shares in three companies.​

 

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One police official withdrawn, two suspended over Abdul Hamid’s departure

An additional deputy commissioner of the Immigration Police has been withdrawn for his alleged negligence in performing duty in connection with the departure of former President Abdul Hamid for Thailand. Besides, the investigating officer of cases filed with Kishoreganj Sadar police station agains

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One police official withdrawn, two suspended over Abdul Hamid’s departure
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Published :
May 08, 2025 21:17
Updated :
May 08, 2025 21:17

An additional deputy commissioner of the Immigration Police has been withdrawn for his alleged negligence in performing duty in connection with the departure of former President Abdul Hamid for Thailand.

Besides, the investigating officer of cases filed with Kishoreganj Sadar police station against the former President and an officer of Special Branch of the district were suspended on the same ground, said a statement sent form police headquarters on Thursday night.

However, the identities of the police officials have not been disclosed yet, reports UNB.

Early Thursday, the former president left the country for Thailand through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.​

 

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ACC summons Tulip over accepting Gulshan flat as ‘bribe’

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned British MP Tulip Siddiq, the niece of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to question her in a case that alleges she unlawfully received a flat from Eastern Housing Limited in Dhaka’s Gulshan area. The anti-graft watchdog asked her to appea

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ACC summons Tulip over accepting Gulshan flat as ‘bribe’
Published :
May 08, 2025 22:52
Updated :
May 08, 2025 22:52

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned British MP Tulip Siddiq, the niece of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to question her in a case that alleges she unlawfully received a flat from Eastern Housing Limited in Dhaka’s Gulshan area.

The anti-graft watchdog asked her to appear at the ACC headquarters at 10am on May 14 in a case that the commission filed on Apr 15, reports bdnews24.com.

ACC spokesperson Akhtarul Islam said notices were sent to Tulip's addresses in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi and Gulshan-2 on May 6.

According to the ACC, the accused colluded in a “criminal conspiracy, corruption, misconduct and abuse of power” to unlawfully occupy an Eastern Housing Ltd flat in Gulshan without paying any money, according to the ACC. The flat was later registered in Tulip's name.

The case also alleges she was assisted in taking ownership through the registry.

On Thursday, the ACC said it is “necessary to hear and receive” Tulip’s statement in the interest of a fair investigation.

“If you [Tulip] do not appear, it will be deemed that you have no statement in this regard,” it added.

ACC Assistant Director Monirul Islam filed the case naming two RAJUK officials, besides Tulip -- assistant legal advisors, Shah Md Khosruzzaman and Sardar Mosharraf Hossain, as co-accused.

On Apr 13, a Dhaka court issued arrest warrants for 53 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Rehana’s son Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her daughters -- British MP Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq Ruponti -- in cases related to "abuse of power" involving the allocation of six 0.2-hectare plots in Dhaka’s Purbachal New Town Project.

Tulip is the MP for the Hampstead and Highgate constituency in the UK capital, London.

She stepped down from her post as minister of state for the UK's finance ministry in January amid criticism after allegations of irregularities and corruption against her surfaced in Bangladesh and the UK.

However, her lawyer dismissed the ACC’s allegations against her as “entirely false” and politically motivated.

On Apr 14, she told UK journalists: “There is no evidence that I have done anything wrong.”

She claimed to be a “victim of politically motivated propaganda” by the Bangladesh government.

When bdnews24.com reached out for Tulip’s comment on the matter, a spokesman on her behalf said: “If this is a serious process and not a political smear campaign, why won’t the ACC engage with Tulip’s lawyers who have written to them twice over the last few weeks?

“She is a UK citizen, born and living in London and representing her constituents in the British Parliament.

“She is yet to hear anything officially, but they know where to reach her – and that’s clearly not in Dhaka.”​

 

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Hamid's departure: Committee formed, Kishoreganj SP withdrawn
Published :
May 08, 2025 22:45
Updated :
May 08, 2025 22:45

A three-member inquiry committee headed by the Additional IG (Administration) has been formed in connection with the departure of former President Abdul Hamid to Thailand.

The Superintendent of Kishoreganj Police has also been withdrawn in the incident, said Faisal Hossain, public relations officer of Home Ministry on Thursday evening.

Earlier, an additional deputy commissioner of the Immigration Police withdrew and two other police officers suspended on the same grounds, according to UNB.

Meanwhile, Home Affairs Adviser Lt. Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury vowed to step down if he fails to bring those who collaborated with the former president to leave the country to book.

Warning of strict actions, adviser Jahangir said no one will be spared who facilitated the former president's departure.

The former president left the country for Thailand through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Thursday.​

 

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Probe report on Hasina over July uprising atrocities due Monday, Chief Prosecutor says

The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal is set to submit its report on Monday in a case against deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, involving allegations of crimes against humanity, including genocide, during last year’s July uprising. Chief Prosecutor Mohammad

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Probe report on Hasina over July uprising atrocities due Monday, Chief Prosecutor says
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Published :
May 09, 2025 21:45
Updated :
May 09, 2025 21:49

The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal is set to submit its report on Monday in a case against deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, involving allegations of crimes against humanity, including genocide, during last year’s July uprising.

Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam said in a Facebook post on Friday that he expects to receive the report on Monday. “Following this, formal charges will be submitted and the trial will begin,” he wrote.

Under the tribunal’s procedures, the investigation report is first submitted to the chief prosecutor’s office. After review, the chief prosecutor formally places the charges before the tribunal.

The tribunal was reconstituted following the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August, when the uprising reached its peak.

The case against Sheikh Hasina -- centred on alleged crimes committed during the uprising between 15 July and 5 August -- was the first to be filed with the newly formed tribunal.

Two additional cases against her remain pending with the tribunal.

Of them, one involves allegations of murder and enforced disappearances during the Awami League tenure, and the other concerns deaths during a Hefazat-e-Islam rally at Shapla Chattar in Dhaka’s Motijheel.​

 

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Ex-Narayanganj mayor Ivy lands in Kashimpur Women’s Jail

Former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Selina Hayat Ivy was sent to Kashimpur Women’s Jail in Gazipur on Friday in connection with the killing of a garment worker during the July uprising. She was brought to the jail around 2 pm, Senior Jail Superintendent Kawalin Nahar confirmed. Early

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Ex-Narayanganj mayor Ivy lands in Kashimpur Women’s Jail
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Published :
May 09, 2025 19:01
Updated :
May 09, 2025 19:01

Former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Selina Hayat Ivy was sent to Kashimpur Women’s Jail in Gazipur on Friday in connection with the killing of a garment worker during the July uprising.

She was brought to the jail around 2 pm, Senior Jail Superintendent Kawalin Nahar confirmed.

Early in the morning, Ivy was arrested in a case linked to the death of garment worker Minarul Islam on 20 July last year.

Later, around 10am, police produced her before the Narayanganj Judicial Magistrate’s Court, which held a hearing and ordered her to be sent to jail.

The court has set May 26 for the next hearing.​

 

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High-powered committee formed to investigate Abdul Hamid’s departure

A three-member high-powered committee, headed by Education Adviser Professor CR Abrar, has been formed to investigate the departure of former President Md Abdul Hamid from the country. Other members of the probe body are Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizw

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High-powered committee formed to investigate Abdul Hamid’s departure
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Published :
May 11, 2025 20:41
Updated :
May 11, 2025 20:41

A three-member high-powered committee, headed by Education Adviser Professor CR Abrar, has been formed to investigate the departure of former President Md Abdul Hamid from the country.

Other members of the probe body are Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, and Shipping and Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (Retd.) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain.

The committee will submit its report within the next 15 days, according to a press release issued by the Chief Adviser's press wing on Sunday.

The committee will investigate how former President Md Abdul Hamid traveled abroad through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in May. It will determine whether there was any deviation from duty or negligence on the part of the authorities concerned.

The committee has also been asked to recommend possible actions that can be taken in this regard.

To conduct the investigation, the committee will have access to all necessary documents, equipment, and evidence, and will be able to interview relevant individuals.

All organizations have been instructed to comply with the committee's directives and are required to extend all necessary cooperation, the release added.

The committee may co-opt additional members if necessary.

The Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs will provide secretarial support to the committee.​

 

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Ex-AL MP, 6 others arrested in Dhaka

Detectives have arrested seven people including a former MP of Awami League during a drive in the capital in 24 hours till 6 am on Sunday morning. The arrestees are Shamima Akhter Khanom alias Shamima Shahriar, former AL MP from a reserved seat in Sunamganj district, Md Imran Mati, general secreta

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Ex-AL MP, 6 others arrested in Dhaka
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Published :
May 11, 2025 16:09
Updated :
May 11, 2025 16:09

Detectives have arrested seven people including a former MP of Awami League during a drive in the capital in 24 hours till 6 am on Sunday morning.

The arrestees are Shamima Akhter Khanom alias Shamima Shahriar, former AL MP from a reserved seat in Sunamganj district, Md Imran Mati, general secretary of Darussalam Thana Swechchhasebak League; Md Ashraf Siddiqui alias Bitu 44, director of the Centre for Research and Information (CRI) and assistant press secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina; Md Nesar Ahmed alias Nesar Uddin Hawlader 35, former organising secretary of Cumilla District Chhatra League, Md Robiul Islam, vice president of Darussalam Thana Swechchhasebak League; Md Mosharraf Hossain Sarkar, former organising secretary of Nabinagar Upazila units of Awami League, Jubo League and Chhatra League; and Mohidul Islam Biplob , general secretary of South Badda Bazar Unit Awami League.

DB sources said all the arrestees were involved in attempting to destabilise the country and create panic among the public.

Multiple cases were filed against them at different police stations.​