EC approves draft delimitation of parliamentary constituencies
The Election Commission has approved the draft delimitation of parliamentary constituencies ahead of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election...
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Women rights activists demand direct elections to reserved seats in parliament
Women鈥檚 rights activists on Saturday demanded direct elections to the reserved seats for women in the Jatiya Sangsad, urging political parties to ensure meaningful representation and end the system of nomination that often sidelines women鈥檚 leadership...
Body formed to investigate allegations over JS polls聽
The government has formed a five-member committee, headed by justice Shamim Hasnain, former judge of the High Court Division, to investigate the allegations raised over the last three Jatiya Sangsad elections and to make recommendations to hold fair election in the future...
EC okays draft JS election code
The Election Commission on Thursday approved the draft of the Jatiya Sangsad election code of conduct, introducing key changes, including a ban on posters in election campaigns, stipulating the announcement of manifestos by candidates...
BSP opposes bicameral JS
The Bangladesh Socialist Party disagreed to the proposed bicameral parliament while the Alliance of 12 Parties, though supporting the two-chamber parliament, recommended that the decision on it be taken by the next Jatiya Sangsad...
JS polls by Dec demanded
Leaders of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) on Saturday called for holding the Jatiya Sangsad elections by December this year, after a prompt political consensus and the implementation of minimum reforms through ordinances where necessary...
Differences among parties risk consensus
Differences among political parties over some reform proposals risk building a consensus on a national charter, potentially delaying the next Jatiya Sangsad elections...
BNP suggests charter on consensus
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said on Sunday that while his party supports implementing major reforms through the parliament, a signed consensus-based national charter would...
Ex-chief whip Noor-E-Alam, wife sued over illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against former Jatiya Sangsad chief whip Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury and his wife Jinat Parven Chowdhury on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽71 crore...
BNP holds extended committee meeting today
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will hold an extended committee meeting today at the LD Hall premises of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban...
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.
ACC summons five former minister, MPs today
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday summoned former chief whip of Jatiya Sangsad Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury and four others over allegations of amassing illegal assets through corruption and abuse of power...
Questions cloud Shakib鈥檚 future
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan鈥檚 future in the Bangladesh national team is foggy at the moment following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina from the role of prime minister and the president dissolving the Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday...
Protesters term SC verdict unclear, demand law
The Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, a platform of students demanding quota reform in government jobs, on Sunday demanded to enact a law by calling a special session of Jatiya Sangsad within a week, terming the day鈥檚 Supreme Court verdict 鈥榰nclear鈥�...
MPs censure govt for banking, financial sector corruption
Three lawmakers on Tuesday in Jatiya Sangsad blasted the government for the sorry state of the banking and financial sector...
Trade and Tariff Commission Bill passed in JS amid criticism
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (Amendment) Bill 2024 was passed in Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday with a view to further amending Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission Act 1992...
MPs censure edn sector corruption
The Jatiya Party and independent lawmakers said on Sunday in Jatiya Sangsad that the country鈥檚 education sector was beset with widespread irregularities, corruption, and...
Commission for Bangladesh鈥檚 religious minorities demanded in JS
Independent lawmaker elected from Barishal-4, Pankaj Nath, on Sunday demanded the formation of a commission to protect the rights of Hindus, Buddhists and Christians....
Lawmakers blast Bangladesh鈥檚 education sector corruption in JS
The Jatiya Party and independent lawmakers said on Sunday in Jatiya Sangsad that Bangladesh鈥檚 education sector was beset with widespread irregularities, corruption, and discrimination....
Unfit vehicles, factory smoke, brick kilns main causes of air pollution in Bangladesh: minister
Local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Tajul Islam told Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday that one of the main causes of air pollution was unfit vehicles, black smoke emitted from factories and brick kilns, besides dust pollution caused by urbanisation...
JS passes budget for FY 2024-25
The Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday passed the Tk 7,97,000 crore national budget for FY25 setting a goal for achieving 6.75 per cent gross domestic product growth and...
New budget to take Bangladesh one step forward: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the proposed national budget for the FY 2024-25 was not an ambitious one, vowing to take Bangladesh one step forward through the implementation of the new budget....
Solving economic problems by spreading corruption in economy unrealistic, says GM Quader
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammad Quader on Sunday told Jatiya Sangsad that it was unrealistic to think of solving economic problems by spreading corruption and irregularities in the economy...
Campaign against corrupt people part of conspiracy: AL MP
Ruling Awami League lawmaker and former minister Kamrul Islam told Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday that there was sudden propaganda against some corrupt officials as part of a national and international conspiracy...
Corruption tarnishes govt image: AL MP
The ruling Awami League's joint general secretary and lawmaker Mahbubul Alam Hanif told Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday that corruption had tarnished the image of the government despite its achievements...
Indians take away $50m
Indian citizens living in Bangladesh remitted $ 50.60 million to their country in the first ten months of the 2023-24 financial year, finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali told the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday...
BB working to make list of top loan defaulters: Fin Min
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Monday told the Jatiya Sangsad that Bangladesh Bank is in the process of preparing the list of top loan defaulter persons and organisations...
AL MP for regional security council
Ruling Awami League lawmaker and whip Shaimum Sarwar Kamal told Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday that had there not been a cantonment, the Cox鈥檚 Bazar area would have been occupied by the Arakan Army...
Over 50.17 lakh people working in garment sector in Bangladesh: state minister
There are over 50.17 lakh workers working in garment factories in the country and 55.57 per cent of them are women, state minister for labour and employment Nazrul Islam Chowdhury told Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday...