Administration cadre officials and other cadres are now facing off over the public administration reforms aimed at freeing the civil service from political influence and inter-cadre discrimination and making it more service-oriented.
Calling all members of the Public Administration Reform Commission 鈥榗ontroversial,鈥� BCS (Admin) Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd general secretary Mashiur Rahman has demanded the resignation of the commission.
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments on Tuesday presented an 11-point reform proposal, including increasing penalties for labour law violations and mandating labour licences...
Political interference, inefficiency, corruption and a lack of independence have eroded the judiciary and a comprehensive overhaul of the judiciary is needed to improve the situation, experts said at a dialogue on Monday.
The law ministry is set to hold a meeting on Saturday with experts to discuss three drafts concerning the much-debated Supreme Court Judges Appointment law, according to law adviser Asif Nazrul...
The six reform commissions initially formed would submit draft recommendations, instead of final reports, to the interim government chief adviser by the deadlines.
Health Sector Reform Commission head Professor AK Azad Khan has termed the practice of doctors receiving commissions from pharmaceutical companies as 鈥榰nethical and illegal鈥�. He said that...
Officials of the health and education cadres are planning to make louder their protests against the public administration reform commission鈥檚 proposals, including separating the health and education sectors from the Bangladesh Civil Service, in the coming weeks...
Administrative service officials and government college teachers have strongly criticised the public administration reform commission鈥檚 proposals that the commission has finalised for submitting to the interim government...
A COUPLE of recommendations that the commission on public administration reforms, instituted in mid-September, says would make are a welcome move. The commission has said that it would recommend the separation of the health and the education cadre from other cadres the way the judicial cadre has been separated from the...
Rights campaigners at a meeting with the labour reform commission on Tuesday highlighted the importance of maternity leave for women workers, sufficient day-care facilities for working women and strict measures against sexual harassment...
Ambassador and head of delegation of the European Union in Bangladesh, Michael Miller, on Tuesday said that the EU fully supported the ongoing reform processes in Bangladesh...
The public administration reform commission would recommend that the government separate the health and education sectors from the cadre services and merge the remaining cadre services into five clusters.
The public reform commission would recommend the abolition of police verification for government job recruitment and other processes.
The Public Administration Reform Commission is set to recommend that no one be promoted to the positions of deputy secretary and joint secretary in the civil service without undergoing an examination, said commission chairman Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury.
Rights activists at a discussion on Sunday demanded that labour sector reforms should take into account migrant workers鈥� rights to protect the foreign exchange earners from vulnerabilities...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairperson Tarique Rahman on Sunday said that people had the right to know how many more months would be needed for the interim government to reform the state.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party in a series of recommendations to the public administration reform commission has sought action against party-biased and corrupt officials working in the administration in the past 16 years...
Nearly 92 per cent respondents of an opinion poll, carried out by Police Reform Commission, have sought reforms of the interrogation in police custody, criticising the existing practice of tortures during grilling that often lead to suspects death.
Reforming food systems is feasible, but highly complex due to the multitude of stakeholders involved, said Johan Swinnen, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, on Tuesday...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party recommended the abolition of the Rapid Action Battalion, citing allegations of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday called for adopting the latest technology in the task to update the voter list, instead of the traditional door-to-door campaigning ahead of the 12th national parliament election...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has urged judicial officers across the country to share their insights and suggestions for proposed judiciary reforms by December 12...
Reiterating that required reforms should be accomplished before holding the next national election, chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday hinted that they could come up with a kind of announcement that month on the reform and election process...
The local government reform commission would start exchanging views with ministry officials this week. The next phase of the meeting would cover officials of the local government-related institutions.聽聽
Leaders of Islami Andolan Bangladesh on Friday demanded comprehensive reforms before the next national election.
Several thousand citizens through an opinion platform have said that they expect reforms in the police force that will transform it to an apolitical, corruption-free and accountable force that would not repress citizens by abuse of power.聽
BNP on Thursday submitted its recommendations to the police administration reform commission...
An exchange of views was held between the newly-formed Election Commission and the Electoral Reform Commission on Wednesday where both parties highlighted the major deficits, including lack of voters鈥� trust on the electoral system...
Bangladesh can reduce its subsidy burden by Tk聽138 billion by making four power sector reforms, said a report released on Wednesday by the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis...