United News of Bangladesh

A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque and eight others in a case over the alleged illegal acquisition of a residential plot. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order following an application filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), court bench assistant Md Riaz Hossain said. The other accused are former RAJUK chairman Engineer Md Nurul Huda; RAJUK members AIM Golam Kibria (Finance and Estate), Md Abu Bakar Sikder, Md Anwarul Islam Sikder (Planning), Akhtar Hossain Bhuiyan (Estate), M Mahbubul Alam (Development), and Nazmul Hai (Administration and Land). Read More: ACC files cases against former Bhandaria Upazila chairman, his wife Earlier on Monday, ACC Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya filed the application seeking the travel ban. According to the ACC, a case was filed on August 6 last year against Khairul Haque and the others for allegedly obtaining a 10-katha plot by providing false information.

A Dhaka court on Sunday imposed a travel ban on Nazmul Hassan Papon, former President of the Bangladesh Cricket board (BCB) and five members of his family, in connection with a graft case. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain passed the order following a petition filed by deputy director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Saiduzzaman. The other members are—Roksana Hasan, wife of Papon, his daughter Suneya Rahman and Rushmila Rahman, his son Rafsan Hasan and son-in-law Rakin Al Mahmud. Papon offers only vague details of meeting with Tamim According to the petition, Papon, also a former minister and former Managing Director of Beximco Pharmaceutical Company and his family were found involved in accumulating illegal wealth through corruption and embezzling money. An investigation is going on over the allegations of property and wealth information of Papon and his family in Kishoreganj, Gazipur and Dhaka and USA and Canada.