The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested former director general of Bangladesh Coast Guard Shafiq-ur-Rahman in the city early Thursday in connection with a Tk7 crore fund embezzlement case.
An ACC team conducted a raid on the Mohakhali DOHS residence of Shafiq-ur-Rahman and arrested him in the dead of night for embezzling around Tk7 crore fund meant for purchasing 11,100 tonnes of wheat, said ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The case was filed against five people, including the ex-Bangladesh Coast Guard chief, with the Bureau of Anti-Corruption (Bac), now defunct, in 1998 for embezzling the Tk 7 crore fund.
People above 40 years will be eligible to take Covid booster shots as the government has lowered the minimum age limit for it, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday. “We’ve nine crores of Covid vaccine doses… 
Editor : M. Shamsur Rahman
Published by the Editor on behalf of Independent Publications Limited at Media Printers, 446/H, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1215.
Editorial, News & Commercial Offices : Beximco Media Complex, 149-150 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. GPO Box No. 934, Dhaka-1000.
Editor : M. Shamsur Rahman
Published by the Editor on behalf of Independent Publications Limited at Media Printers, 446/H, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1215.
Editorial, News & Commercial Offices : Beximco Media Complex, 149-150 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. GPO Box No. 934, Dhaka-1000.
|