Govt nods for UN rights office
The interim government on Thursday approved a proposal to establish an office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bangladesh -- initially for three years...
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Parties seek safeguard from emergency-time rights abuse
Political parties at the National Consensus Commission鈥檚 dialogue session on Thursday recommended replacing the term 鈥榠nternal disturbance鈥� with 鈥榮ecurity threats to the state鈥檚 sovereignty and territorial integrity鈥� in the constitution鈥檚 article 141A that relates to the proclamation of emergency...
SETTING UP COVID HOSPITAL:聽ACC sues ex-DGHS director, another for graft
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against two people including a former director of the Directorate General of Health Services for their alleged involvement in irregularities in setting up the DNCC Dedicated Covid-19 Hospital in the capital鈥檚 Mohakhali area under a World Bank-funded project...
No EVM in future polls in Bangladesh
The Election Commission on Thursday decided that electronic voting machines would not be used in any future elections...
Five reform reports put on back burner
Key reforms in local government, health, labour, women鈥檚 affairs, and the media have become uncertain as the issues are neither being discussed in the ongoing political consensus-building process nor the interim government has made any progress in reforming those vital areas...
EC must exercise greater caution in election observer accreditation
THE Election Commission鈥檚 decision to deny access to foreign observers who previously endorsed Bangladesh鈥檚 three latest national elections as credible is welcome. The observers played a pivotal role in legitimising the rigged, stage-managed and manipulated 10th, 11th and 12th national elections in 2014, 2018 and 2024, thus helping the Awami League to cling to power...
EC gets approval for voter registration in five countries
The Election Commission has received approval to begin the voter registration process and issue national identity cards in five countries, including the United States.
HC orders ACC to reinstate Sharif Uddin within 30 days
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to reinstate its former deputy assistant director Sharif Uddin within 30 days...
ACC begins investigating ex-MP Azad, businessman Iftekhar
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday initiated an inquiry into corruption allegations, including amassing illegal wealth, against former lawmaker of Comilla-4 constituency Abul Kalam Azad and High Speed Group of Companies director Iftekhar Ahmed Masud...
Public admin reform commission likely to fail: 25 cadres officials
Officers from 25 cadres outside the administration cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service on Tuesday alleged that the present Public Administration聽Reform Commission was likely to fail and would end up existing only on paper, just as it happened in the past...
Foreign observers certifying past 3 elections as credible won鈥檛 be allowed: CEC
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said that foreign observers who had certified the past three elections as credible would not be allowed to observe the forthcoming parliamentary election...
BTRC sets Aug 15 deadline to cap SIM ownership at 10 per user
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has decided to reduce the maximum number of SIM cards a user can register under their name to 10...
No ACC probe halted thru letter to chairman: Faiz Ahmad Tayyab
The chief adviser鈥檚 special assistant on posts, telecommunications, and information technology Faiz Ahmad Tayyab defended his recent letter to the Anti-Corruption Commission chairman, seeking assistance to keep a telecom project running...
ACC gets over 12,000 corruption allegations in 11 months
The Anti-Corruption Commission got a total of 12,827 corruption allegations in the past 11 months since the fall of the Awami League regime in August 2024, amid a student-led mass uprising...
ACC asked to freeze bank accounts of ex-DGFI chief Hamidul
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze four bank accounts of former director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Major General (retired) Hamidul Hoque over allegations of corruption...
Parties agree on courts at upazilas
All the political parties on Monday agreed to set up civil and criminal courts at the upazila level in phases...
Govt may not spare rod to stop corruption in public servants
THIS is worrying that public servants, who handle governance issues, have topped the list of people, as Anti-Corruption Commission data show, engaged in corruption such as illegal wealth, bribery, power abuse and illicit financial flows. The public servants are followed by people in private service, businesspeople, politicians and elected representatives. And, the situation keeps...
Public servants top ACC cases
The involvement of government officials and employees in various forms of corruption, including amassing illegal wealth, bribery, abuse of power, and money laundering, has increased manifold in recent years in Bangladesh.
Divisions appear to challenge consensus
Differing positions of major political parties on proportional representation in Jatiya Sangsad and the appointment of chief adviser to the election-time caretaker government are expected to stay as challenges in the upcoming dialogue sessions of the National Consensus Commission.
Public service, not power platform
THE Bangladesh Public Service Commission has recently announced the recommended list for the 44th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service. This time, more than 2.7 lakh people applied for 1,710 positions across several cadres. Once notified, nearly 2,000...
Police disperse protesters blocking Shahbagh for PSC reforms
Police on Friday afternoon dispersed a group of students and jobseekers who blocked the Shahbagh crossing in the capital demanding reforms in the Public Service Commission and measures against the masterminds of government job recruitment...
ACC sues 9 officials of BMET, recruiting agencies
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against nine people, including senior officials of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training and several manpower agency executives, on charges of document forgery and facilitating the illegal trafficking of women abroad...
ACC starts investigating ex-BCC mayor, 18 others
The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation against former Barishal city mayor Abul Khair Abdullah and 18 others of the local government body, confirmed the ACC Barishal divisional office on Thursday...
16 NBR officials brought under ACC scrutiny
Sixteen senior National Board of Revenue officials were brought under the Anti-Corruption Commission scrutiny in the past five days in the aftermath of protests by NBR officials over the ongoing revenue sector reforms...
Decentralisation of HC, clemency board agreed
Representatives from 30 political parties on Thursday reached consensus on the establishment of a legally defined clemency board under article 49 of the constitution and the decentralisation of the High Court...
EC issues gazette reinstating Jamaat鈥檚 registration, election symbol
The Election Commission has reinstated the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami with its electoral symbol of the 鈥楽cales鈥� (Daripalla).
Five more NBR officials under ACC scanner over graft charge
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday initiated inquiry against five more officials of the National Board of Revenue over allegations of amassing illegal wealth through corruption...
12kg LPG price cut by Tk 39 for July
The price of a 12kg liquefied petroleum gas cylinder has been reduced by Tk 39, bringing the new retail price down to Tk 1,364 for the month of July, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission announced on Wednesday...
ACC sues S Alam Group chair, PK Halder, 11 others
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed three cases against 15 people, including S Alam Group chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam and Reliance Finance Limited former managing director Prashanta Kumar Halder, on charges of embezzling Tk 270 crore through fraudulent loans and money laundering...
EC resolves 9 lakh NID corrections in 6 months
The election commission has disposed of 907,662 National Identity Card correction applications in the first half of 2025 under its special 鈥楥rash Programme鈥�...
