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Extremism has no place in Bangladesh, Yunus tells US envoy

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday reaffirmed his government’s unwavering commitment to combating extremism, declaring that Bangladesh will not allow any extremist group to operate within its borders...

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Govt forms National Pay Commission 2025

The government on Sunday constituted the National Pay Commission 2025 to review the existing pay structure and recommend a time-befitting and suitable salary framework for public sector officials and employees.

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Inflation feared amid revenue shortfall, growing borrowings

The appointment of the national pay commission by the interim government to fix pay hikes for the public servants over the next six months has surprised economists amid chronic revenue shortfalls, growing government borrowings, and elevated inflation.

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Continued extrajudicial killing, custodial death disparaging

THE continuation of extrajudicial killing and custodial death during the tenure of the interim government, which was installed after a political changeover that promised meaningful changes in governance, is worrying. Right group Odhikar in its latest report, published on July 24, says that at least 29 people were extrajudicially killed between August 9, 2024 and this June 30...

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29 extrajudicial killings in 11 months

At least 29 people fell victim to extrajudicial killings from August 9, 2024, to June 30, 2025, under the interim government, with eight people encountering such killings between April and June.

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No more party symbols in local govt polls

The interim government council of advisers in a meeting on Thursday scrapped the provision of using party symbols in local elections, deciding that from now on these elections would be held with individual symbols.

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Yunus orders preparing list of people killed in AL attacks before mass uprising

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday ordered preparing a list of those killed in attacks by the Bangladesh Chhatra League and other affiliated bodies of Awami League, and also by state forces on the orders of the then government in the 15 years before the July mass uprising in 2024...

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Investigation to be finished in 60 days

The cabinet on Thursday approved a draft ordinance to majorly change the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, including a 60-day time frame for investigation and safeguards against arrest and remand.

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Pro-BNP lawyers oppose SC judge appointment council

Pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawyers on Wednesday demanded the abolition of the newly formed Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, calling it ‘controversial’, ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘motivated by the interim government’...

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Govt withdraws education secy

Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam on Tuesday said the education secretary Siddique Zobair has already been withdrawn.

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Interim govt not working for people’s aspirations: discussion

Leaders of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Monday alleged that the interim government was not working to fulfil the people’s aspirations rather showed its interest in signing foreign deals instead of restoring fully law and order in the country...

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BNP says govt biased, demands quick polls 

A senior leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday urged the interim government to stop being ‘partial’ and hold the next national election soon.

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Govt forms committee to probe Gopalganj violence

The Interim government has established a three-member committee to investigate Wednesday’s acts of violence and deaths that occurred in Gopalganj over the National Citizen Party’ rally in the district.

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BNP wants to join govt team in US tariff talks

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party would engage with the interim government to help advance the government’s ongoing tariff negotiations with the United States, as the discussions have expanded beyond trade to include broader security and strategic issues.

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World Bank VP meets CA, praises interim govt’s economic steps

Johannes Zutt, the newly appointed World Bank Vice President for South Asia, has expressed strong support for Bangladesh’s inclusive growth and appreciated Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus for the Interim Government’s reform agenda in the economic sector.

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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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18 judicial officers sent into retirement

Bangladesh interim government on Thursday sent 18 Bangladesh Judicial Service members, including 15 district judges, two additional district judges and one joint district judge, into retirement on completion of 25 years of service

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Five reform reports put on back burner

Key reforms in local government, health, labour, women’s 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...

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Yunus orders election preparations in Bangladesh by Dec

Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday instructed law enforcing agencies to take full preparations by December for the 13th national elections to be held in mid-February or April next year...