THE involvement of Bangladesh Nationalist Party people in undemocratic and often illegal activities, a corrupt practice that they were fiercely critical of during the tenure of the toppled Awami League, is disconcerting. The son of a former BNP general secretary, along with a leader of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal, has claimed the position of the...
Japan鈥檚 next prime minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday outlined his ideas to reshape the nation鈥檚 miliary alliance with Washington, after winning the conservative ruling party鈥檚 leadership race.
Afghanistan鈥檚 embassy in London closed on Friday after Taliban authorities cut ties with diplomatic missions set up by the previous government in Kabul and fired its UK staff.
Bangladesh observed 鈥榃orld Tourism Day 2024鈥� under the initiative of civil aviation and tourism ministry in alignment with global celebrations on Friday.
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government is keen to join the BRICS economic forum, a spokesman said on Tuesday ahead of the group鈥檚 summit in Russia...
Indian-administered Kashmir voted on Wednesday to elect its first government since New Delhi scrapped the Himalayan territory鈥檚 semi-autonomous status, sparking widespread protest in a region wracked by a decades-long insurgency...
The government on Tuesday formed a one-member committee to investigate the allegation of Tk聽3 crore bribery through a cheque over posting of a deputy secretary as the deputy commissioner...
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh chairman air-vice-marshall Md Monjur Kabir Bhuiya on Monday paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism secretary Nasreen Jahan at the ministry in Dhaka...
Aiden Markram鈥檚 calm innings helped South Africa avoid suffering a series clean sweep by Afghanistan with a seven-wicket victory in the third one-day international in...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested two alleged extortionists in Khanjahan Ali area of Khulna recently...
Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit a superb century before leg-spin magician Rashid Khan marked his 26th birthday by taking five wickets as Afghanistan thrashed South Africa by 177 runs in the...
Iran summoned the acting head of Afghanistan鈥檚 embassy Friday after saying a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country鈥檚 national anthem by not standing, days after...
The Ministry of Public Administration on Thursday appointed Mahmud Hossain as commissioner of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
The Cabinet Division has sent a proposal on raising the age limit for entering government jobs to 35 years and the retirement age to 65 years to the public administration ministry...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a ban on importing pharmaceutical raw materials and selling foreign medicines without prior approval from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
Indian-administered Kashmir began voting Wednesday in the first local elections since the cancellation of its special semi-autonomous status sparked fury in the troubled Himalayan territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan...
Former US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday he plans to meet next week with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, who will be visiting the United States for several official events...
A top political opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi quit as chief minister of the capital Delhi on Tuesday, days after being released on bail in a corruption case...
FOLLOWING the fall of the authoritarian Awami League regime in August, one challenge Bangladesh faces as it moves forward is the sheer size and untenable budget of the Bangladesh Civil Service. The budget for the financial year 2023鈥�2024 reveals that 22 per cent of our national budget goes into public administration, which is a clear marker of the...
The Islamic Development Bank is likely to come up with an overall support of around $4 billion to $5 billion to Bangladesh in various sectors for the next three years under its Member Country Partnership Strategy (MCPS) for 2024-26.
As part of the ongoing reshuffle in police administration, the inspector general of police on Sunday posted 12 deputy inspector generals to their new assignments at the police headquarters...
New Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday that he will resign in two days, and will return to the post only after voters express their support for him, reports Scroll.in...
British prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden on Friday delayed a decision to let Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, a plan that sparked dire threats from Moscow of a war with NATO...
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said 鈥榯errorism is on its last legs鈥� in Kashmir while campaigning in the disputed territory on Saturday, a day after two soldiers were killed in a gunfight with suspected militants...
The interim government is struggling to streamline the civil administration apparently due to the tentativeness of the top level officers and hindrances in promoting mid-raking officers who endured...
Australia on Thursday moved to strip medals from Afghanistan war commanders whose units were involved in alleged war crimes and 鈥榰nlawful conduct鈥�.
Ace spinner Rashid Khan has been included in the Afghanistan squad for the three-match one-day series against South Africa this month, selectors said on Thursday.
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Thursday defended Bangladesh's interim government鈥檚 decision to form reform commissions, stressing that these measures are essential to safeguard constitutional institutions undermined during deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 15-year tenure.
The government has appointed Muhammad Syed Ali, deputy secretary of central digital cell of the commerce ministry, as administrator of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh...
The Ministry of Public Administration has canceled the appointments of eight newly appointed deputy commissioners out of a total of 59...