land grabbing

A quiet violence in Bangladesh’s chars

There are plentiful cases of land-grabbing and violence for control over new char or khas land in the country.

An ex-MP’s abuse of power

How did he get away with it for so long?

Tk 2,000cr laundering: Fresh CID probe finds 30 involved

The Criminal Investigation Department has found involvement of at least 30 people in laundering Tk 2,000 crore while investigating a case filed against two Faridpur brothers Sajjad Hossain Barkat and Imtiaz Hasan Rubel. 

Mosharraf’s free fall in AL continues

Former LGRD minister and Awami League MP Khandker Mosharraf Hossain’s fall from grace continued yesterday as he was removed from the post of chief of the parliamentary standing committee on the LGRD ministry.

Can ruling party affiliates just grab government land?

Authorities must investigate the allegations and take stern actions

Protect Munda community from land grabbers

Legal action must be taken against all involved in recent attacks

The lucrative enterprise of grabbing

One must recognise the fact that grabbers in Bangladesh have taken the enterprise to the highest level of creativity and perfection.

Rakhine land grabbed in Barguna

Around 70 acres of agricultural land of some 20 Rakhine people have allegedly been grabbed by a private company for setting up a coal-fired power plant in Barguna’s Taltali upazila.

29.60 acres of Dhaleshwari River grabbed: survey

A survey report by Manikganj district administration revealed that a total of 29.60 acres of the Dhaleshwari River in the district have been encroached by land grabbers.

February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024

A quiet violence in Bangladesh’s chars

There are plentiful cases of land-grabbing and violence for control over new char or khas land in the country.

June 18, 2023
June 18, 2023

An ex-MP’s abuse of power

How did he get away with it for so long?

February 6, 2023
February 6, 2023

Tk 2,000cr laundering: Fresh CID probe finds 30 involved

The Criminal Investigation Department has found involvement of at least 30 people in laundering Tk 2,000 crore while investigating a case filed against two Faridpur brothers Sajjad Hossain Barkat and Imtiaz Hasan Rubel. 

January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023

Mosharraf’s free fall in AL continues

Former LGRD minister and Awami League MP Khandker Mosharraf Hossain’s fall from grace continued yesterday as he was removed from the post of chief of the parliamentary standing committee on the LGRD ministry.

December 31, 2022
December 31, 2022

Can ruling party affiliates just grab government land?

Authorities must investigate the allegations and take stern actions

September 9, 2022
September 9, 2022

Protect Munda community from land grabbers

Legal action must be taken against all involved in recent attacks

July 5, 2022
July 5, 2022

The lucrative enterprise of grabbing

One must recognise the fact that grabbers in Bangladesh have taken the enterprise to the highest level of creativity and perfection.

April 26, 2019
April 26, 2019

Rakhine land grabbed in Barguna

Around 70 acres of agricultural land of some 20 Rakhine people have allegedly been grabbed by a private company for setting up a coal-fired power plant in Barguna’s Taltali upazila.

February 19, 2019
February 19, 2019

29.60 acres of Dhaleshwari River grabbed: survey

A survey report by Manikganj district administration revealed that a total of 29.60 acres of the Dhaleshwari River in the district have been encroached by land grabbers.

February 10, 2019
February 10, 2019

Eviction drive on, so is grabbing

Even as the authorities are removing illegal structures along roads and highways, illegal occupants continue to set up new ones.

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