Symposium on spectrum management begins at BTRC
A three-day international symposium on spectrum management under the auspices of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission began on Tuesday...
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2 ex-governors, 53 other BB officials under ACC scanner
The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched probes into corruption allegations against Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 25 former and serving officials, including former governor Abdur Rouf Talukder.
TIB concerned over graft accused appointment as ACC director
Transparency International Bangladesh has expressed concern over the government鈥檚 decision to appoint Amin Al Parvez, an accused in a graft case, as a director of the Anti-Corruption Commission....
Ex-MP Ranjit, family sued for illegal assets of Tk15cr
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed four separate cases against former lawmaker Ranjit Kumar Roy, his wife Niyoti Rani Roy, and their two sons over allegations of accumulating illegal assets worth Tk 15.5 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk 218 crore....
DCs recommend increased BGB deployment along borders
Deputy Commissioners on Tuesday recommended deployment of Border Guard Bangladesh personnel in a greater number in the country鈥檚 frontier areas to bolster national security in addition to enhanced security measures for waterways....
UGC seeks name for new university merging 7 colleges
The University Grants Commission sought the name from the teachers, students, and stakeholders for the proposed full pledged accredited university to be set up merging seven government colleges in Dhaka on Tuesday...
DCs should be accountable to elected representatives
THE deputy commissioners鈥� seeking more powers, as they have already proposed during their annual conference in Dhaka, in discharging their responsibilities comes with concerns in a number of areas. The deputy commissioners, who also work as district magistrates, have sought to be further empowered regarding law enforcement, the judiciary, local government and...
175 appointed at Bangla Academy without due process: ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday said that 175 people were secretly given appointment letters by Bangla Academy ahead of more deserving candidates based on the written, practical and oral examinations.
DCs want more power
The deputy commissioners on the concluding day of their annual conference will ask for more power in disposing of their roles and responsibilities in relation to law enforcement agencies, judiciary, local government and public administration, among other arenas.
UGC calls for simplifying patent registration
Member of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Professor Masuma Habib at a workshop in Khulna on Monday said that the patent registration process needed to be simplified to protect intellectual property...
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM COMMISSION: Contradictions in justifying the removal of secularism
THE interim government formed a 7-member Constitutional Reform Commission on October 7, 2024, led by Professor Ali Riaz, to review and evaluate the existing constitution of Bangladesh and to recommend necessary amendments. This commission submitted its recommendations to the chief adviser, professor Muhammad Yunus, on January 15, 2025. The full...
DCs asked to help tax base expansion
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday said that deputy commissioners had been directed to help the National Board of Revenue identify taxpayers outside Dhaka and Chattogram...
TikTok, BTRC host digital safety summit
TikTok, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, on Monday hosted 鈥楧igital Safety Summit Bangladesh 2025鈥� in the capital Dhaka, said a press release...
ACC summons ex-Islami Bank chair, 11 others over alleged laundering of $1b by S Alam
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday summoned Islami Bank Bangladesh鈥檚 12 former and servicing officials, including its former chairman Ahsanul Alam, to appear at the commission for interrogation in connection with...
NASSA chair sued for Tk 781cr in illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed cases against four people, including NASSA Group chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder and former Awami League lawmaker retired major general Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan...
JUDICIARY INDEPENDENCE: Commissions for reform of constitution
The Judicial Reform Commission, in its full report, has recommended amendments, modifications, and additions to 32 articles of the constitution to enhance the judiciary鈥檚 institutional, financial, and functional independence.
DCs urged to help to ensure fair election
The deputy commissioners on Sunday, the opening day of their three-day annual conference, were urged to help hold the forthcoming national polls in a fair manner.
JRC recommends appointment of retired judges to dispose of pending cases
The Judiciary Reforms Commission has suggested the government to appoint retired judges to dispose of under trial cases pilled in district courts, official sources said on Saturday.
DCs for framing code of conduct for MPs
The three-day annual conference of the deputy commissioners begins today in Dhaka city where the district administrators are set to propose framing a code of conduct for lawmakers and other public representatives and...
Five reform commissions set to miss deadline
Five reform commissions on health, women affairs, mass media, labour and local government are going to ask for more time as they are set to miss the deadline for submitting their reports to the interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus today.
Nat鈥檒 Consensus Commission鈥檚 first meeting with political parties Saturday
The first meeting of the National Consensus Commission with the political parties will begin Saturday....
ACC prosecutes ex-minister Mustafa Kamal, family over illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed four separate cases against former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and his family members on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk 165.55 crore and unusual transactions worth Tk 850 crore...
Autocracy Resistance Day today
Different student organisations will observe Autocracy Resistance Day today recalling the student uprising in 1983 that forced the then government to cancel Mazid Khan Education Commission report and forged unity among political, social and student organisations against the then military rule of Hussein Muhammad Ershad...
ACC scrutinises info of 24 journalists鈥� transactions聽of Tk 1,268cr
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started the scrutiny of allegations of suspicious transactions in bank accounts of 24 journalists, including the Daily Bhorer Kagoj editor Shaymal Dutta.
Only trial of July-Aug crimes can make reparations
THE findings of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report on the student protests and consequent mass uprising in July鈥揂ugust 2024 that it was the prime minister Sheikh Hasina, deposed on August 5 that year, ordered security forces to kill protesters and hide their bodies point to heinous crimes. The report, released in Geneva on February 12, also...
ILLEGAL DETENTION, DISAPPEARANCE: Commissions advise preventive measures
The reform commissions, recently formed by the interim government, have recommended measures to curb extrajudicial detention, enforced disappearances, and torture and cruelty in police custody, identifying these crimes as...
Constitution reform possible before elections: Ali Riaz
The head of the Constitution Reform Commission, Professor Ali Riaz, said that several issues of the constitution can be amended before the elections.
Ex-CMP commissioner held for student鈥檚 murder during uprising
A Chattogram court on Wednesday granted permission for a three-day jail gate interrogation of former Chattogram Metropolitan Police Commissioner Saiful Islam in the murder case of Hridoy Chandra Tarua, a university student killed during the student-led mass uprising...
Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina ordered protesters鈥� killing, body hiding: UN
The ousted prime minister and Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, herself ordered security forces to kill protesters and hide their bodies to quell the student-led protests in July 2024 in Bangladesh, according to a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
EC prepares for polls in December
Election commissioner retired Brigadier General Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Tuesday said that the national election was their priority and the commission was preparing to hold the polls this December.
