Prince Harry settled on Wednesday a hotly-disputed lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch鈥檚 UK tabloid publisher, which apologised for hacking the British royal鈥檚 phone and agreed to pay him 鈥榮ubstantial damages鈥�...
THE relationship between the police and the public has for long been marred by mistrust and conflict, rooted in colonial history and exacerbated by systemic abuse. The events of the student-led uprising in July-August 2024, when excessive police force, mass shooting and enforced disappearances took place, marked a low point in this strained relationship...
BEFORE 2024, such unprecedented public protests against the Awami League government would hardly have occurred. However, people have taken to the streets, and a key reason for this, I think, is the deteriorating economy. A worsening dollar crisis and liquidity crunch pushed Bangladesh to seek early financial assistance from the...
The government of Bangladesh and the ministry of land, infrastructure and transport of the Republic of Korea on Sunday signed deals to strengthen the operational capacity of Bangladesh Railways by providing consultancy services, supplying essential equipment and delivering training programs...
Speakers at a seminar held in Dhaka on Saturday condemned arbitrary suspension of officials from education, health, fisheries and livestock cadres, and the public administration reform commission鈥檚 negligence in listening to the voice of those protesting against inter-cadre discrimination...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found that a section of public servants have secretly acquired dual citizenship and foreign passports to conceal their illegal wealth and launder money abroad.聽
Bangladesh Public Service Commission held a workshop titled Bangladesh Public Service Commission: Stakeholders鈥� Perspective at the Auditorium 71 of the commission in Dhaka on Thursday.
The recent decision of the interim government to expand the VAT net and hike VAT rates at the behest of the International Monetary Fund has justifiably attracted harsh criticisms from all quarters. This is the worst decision of the interim government since its inception following the overthrow of the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina and is hence bound...
The government has cancelled the appointment of six members of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission...
Bangladesh government has constituted three high-level committees to provide recommendations on recruitment, transfers, and discipline of senior officials under the ministry of public administration, including field administration, as well as senior officials in the police and ministry of foreign affairs....
Voices for the central student union elections at major public universities in the country are getting louder, with the students raising the demand to the university authorities for holding the long due elections in the changed political scenario after the fall of authoritarian Awami League regime...
The Health Sector Reform Commission in 50 days of its formation is still gathering information and opinions on several focal areas such as service improvement while public health campaigners and medical practitioners demand free healthcare at all public health facilities...
Sonali Bank PLC signed an agreement with the Ministry of Housing and Public Works to collect fees through Sonali Payment Gateway on Wednesday, said a press release...
Public health campaigners, researchers and activists at a dialogue on Tuesday demanded increased taxes on tobacco to increase revenue and protect public health....
Iran in 2024 executed at least 31 women, an NGO said on Monday, warning that female prisoners were increasingly being caught in a surge in the use of capital punishment in the Islamic republic.
ACCESSING government and public services in Bangladesh is fraught with challenges, severely limiting citizens鈥� ability to obtain essential support in a timely and efficient manner. Despite its extensive reach, the public service delivery system remains marred by entrenched issues such as corruption, inefficiency and a lack of transparency, resulting...
THE failure of the authorities to enforce the ban that they imposed on fireworks, crackers and sky lanterns in New Year celebrations is unacceptable. The city police on December 31 issued 10 instructions to keep law and order and ensure public safety in Dhaka on New Year鈥檚 Eve and in New Year鈥檚 celebrations. The instructions included a prohibition on the use...
The government has appointed six new members to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission...
The public administration ministry on Thursday announced that it would re-evaluate applications from candidates excluded from the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service recruitment process amid protests...
Candidates excluded from previous gazette of the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service have demanded a fresh gazette by January 5 to facilitate their joining by January 15.
DURING the previous regime of 15 years, the people of the country faced deep-rooted grievances and deprivation, aggravated by pervasive and systematic repression. Misgovernance, rampant corruption, unchecked arbitrariness, and the abuse of power fuelled widespread anger and antagonism among the populace. Amid this...
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 education ministry on Monday directed the country鈥檚 public universities to hold admission tests under the cluster-based system this academic year to keep order in the sector and avoid confusions.
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...
Class XII student at Birshreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College Tasfia Tahsin Purnatha campaigned at different points of Sundarban from December 12 to 14 to increase awareness about saving the forest.
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...
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.