Secretariat employees suspend Wednesday鈥檚 protests
Bangladesh Secretariat employees who have been demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 suspended their Wednesday鈥檚 protest following a meeting with three secretaries.
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Stakeholder engagement essential for effective reform
THE ongoing spate of protests by officials and employees, along with the resulting disruption in services and administrative activities across various government offices, is a cause for concern. These protests highlight fundamental issues with the government鈥檚 approach to implementing reforms and amending existing laws. On May 25, government officials and political...
Protests disrupt work at secretariat, NBR, DSCC
Services and administrative activities at the Bangladesh Secretariat, the National Board of Revenue headquarters and the Dhaka South City Corporation鈥檚 head office in the capital Dhaka were severely disrupted on Sunday, as officials and political activists...
Public service ordinance issued amid protests at secretariat
The government on Sunday promulgated the 鈥楪overnment Service (amendment) Ordinance 2025鈥� in a gazette, introducing stricter disciplinary measures for government employees.
ONE Bank to collect pension installments
ONE Bank PLC signed an agreement with the National Pension Authority on at the finance division of the Ministry of Finance at Bangladesh Secretariat recently...
Secretariat employees hold sit-in, demand special ration
Employees from various departments of Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday staged a sit-in programme in front of finance ministry building.
Railway hospitals now open to public
All hospitals operated by Bangladesh Railway will now be open to the general public, in addition to railway staffs and passengers.
Cabinet body decision on Beximco Industrial Park today
According to a statement from the labour and employment ministry, the advisory council committee for reviewing the Beximco Industrial Park鈥檚 labour and business situation will give a briefing at noon today at the Bangladesh Secretariat...
SKOP leaders demand implementation of their demands
Leaders of Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad, a combine of 16 labour rights bodies, on Tuesday handed over a memorandum to the labour adviser of the interim government at the Bangladesh Secretariat for implementation of their nine-point demand...
Police disperse MATS students鈥� long-march to secretariat
Police on Sunday afternoon dispersed students of Medical Assistant Training School during their long march to the Bangladesh Secretariat in front of Shikkha Bhaban in the capital Dhaka...
Police foils sacked trainee SIs fast unto death programme spraying water
The Police foiled sacked trainee police sub-inspectors fast unto death programme by spraying water in front of the secretariat, the country鈥檚 administrative headquarters, in Dhaka early Wednesday.
FPCCI team meets commerce adviser
A delegation of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, led by its president Atif Ikram Sheikh, met commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin at the commerce ministry conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday...
Police charge baton on Prime Asia Univ students near secretariat
The police charged batons on a group of students of Prime Asia University in front of the Bangladesh Secretariat, following an altercation and chase and counter-chase between the two sides on Tuesday afternoon...
Sacked trainee SIs rally for reinstatement
A large group of dismissed trainee sub-inspectors of the Bangladesh Police demonstrated for the second day on Monday in front of the Bangladesh Secretariat, the country鈥檚 administrative headquarters, demanding reinstatement in their jobs...
SECRETARIAT FIRE: Affected ministry committees start assessing damage
Committees formed by different affected ministries to probe the December 26 fire at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital Dhaka started to assess the damage caused by the fire on Monday, 11 days after the incident...
Fire-hit secretariat building repairable
The fire-affected building聽7 at the Bangladesh Secretariat is repairable according to a primary assessment of the Public Works Department while the committee formed to investigate the fire on...
Probe committee to submit preliminary report Tuesday
Home affairs ministry senior secretary Nasimul Gani on Monday said that they were hoping that the committee, formed on December 26 to probe into the fire incident in the Bangladesh Secretariat on the same day, would submit a preliminary report to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday.
Preliminary report on Bangladesh Secretariat fire due Monday
The high-powered committee, formed to probe the fire incident in Bangladesh Secretariat, will submit a preliminary report to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday, said chief adviser鈥檚 deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said on Sunday.
Secretariat fire: Probe begins, no clues yet
A high-powered Cabinet Division committee on Friday started its investigation into the fire incident at the Bangladesh Secretariat that gutted one of its buildings housing offices of five ministries, destroying and damaging numerous documents.
Secretariat fire incident sabotage or accident still not known: Fire service DG
The director general of Fire Service and Civil Defence, Muhammad Jahed Kamal, said on Friday that the cause of the devastating fire at Building No 7 of the Bangladesh Secretariat still remains unknown.
Fire ravages secretariat building, documents
A devastating fire broke out at a building of the Bangladesh Secretariat, the administrative headquarters of the government, in the capital Dhaka, gutting offices and documents of five ministries on early Thursday.
Massive fire breaks out at Bangladesh Secretariat
A devastating fire broke out in Building No. 7 of the Bangladesh Secretariat, the administrative headquarters of the government, located in the capital's Segunbagicha area, early Thursday.
Employees to stage demo at secretariat Wednesday demanding pay scale reforms
The employees of Bangladesh Secretariat have announced of organising a demonstration inside the secretariat next Wednesday to press a nine-point demand, including pay scale adjustments, removal of inequalities and improved benefits.
Full-time administrators for local govt bodies soon: adviser Ariff
Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, AF Hassan Ariff, announced on Tuesday that the government plans to appoint 鈥榝ull-time administrators鈥� for city corporations, municipalities, and upazila parishads to ease the challenges faced by service seekers...
Export target set at $57.5b for FY25
The government has set the country鈥檚 export earnings target at $57.50 billion with 12.59 per cent growth for the financial year 2024-25...
40 injured as聽students, Ansars clash at secretariat
Thousands of Ansar personnel on Sunday kept all the entrances of the Bangladesh Secretariat blocked even after the office hours pressing for nationalisation of their jobs and...
People hold demos for job assurance, admission, madrassah nationalisation
People in different groups on Thursday gathered in front of the Bangladesh Secretariat to press home their demands including assurance of employment, continuation of the migration system in cluster admission tests and nationalisation of ibtedayi madrassahs...
BB governor, BSEC chairman to be appointed soon, Salehuddin says
The finance and planning adviser, Salehuddin Ahmed, said on Sunday that the new governor of the Bangladesh Bank and the new chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission would be appointed soon following the resignations of top brasses of the two key government entities.
Finance adviser for rule-based performance by secretaries聽聽
Salehuddin Ahmed, the finance and planning adviser to the newly formed interim government, on Saturday asked the officials concerned to perform duties as per rules and regulations to help resuming full-fledged economic activities...
Activities at secretariat start on limited scale
Activities in the country鈥檚 administrative hub Bangladesh Secretariat remained quite limited for the second day on Thursday after the student-led mass protests ousted Sheikh Hasina from power on Monday...