Govt moves to fill 4,75,001 vacant posts
The ministry of public administration has directed the relevant ministries, departments, and organisations to take immediate steps to fill 4,75,001 vacant posts in government service...
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Trump II and the Middle East
IT IS too early to draw an outline of the Middle East policy of the incoming Trump administration. The cabinet and other senior positions are shaping up, while Democrats are doing their best to badger Arab-Americans for their vote against the Democratic Party...
Seoul hit by record Nov snowfall
South Korea鈥檚 capital was blanketed Wednesday by the heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago, the weather agency said...
鈥楾errible revolution鈥� if reforms fail: commission chief
Public Administration Reform Commission chief Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury on Tuesday warned that a terrible revolution might happen in future if reforms at every level of administration were not ensured...
Low-grade medical supplies shouldn鈥檛 enter hospitals
LOCAL markets having been flooded with substandard medical supplies, including surgical gloves, is gravely concerning as it poses severe risks to patients and healthcare professionals. Some quarters are alleged to be manufacturing and importing substandard and spurious surgical gloves and supplying them to hospitals and healthcare facilities...
Reforms without behavioural changes unsustainable: seminar
Academics of public administration discipline expressed their concerns over the implementation and sustainability of the state reform procedures without citizens鈥� behavioural change...
Railways secretary made OSD, positions of 3 more changed
The government on Wednesday made railways ministry secretary Abdul Baki an officer on special duty at the public administration ministry, while also changing the positions of a senior secretary and two more secretaries...
Pub admin reform commission鈥檚 questionnaire questioned
Citizens have criticised the survey questionnaire the public administration reform commission has put online seeking citizen opinion, saying the questions are too generic and...
Tourism restrictions lifted in Bandarban
The local administration has lifted restrictions on tourism in four upazilas of Bandarban district, signaling a cautious return to travel in the area.
Bangladesh鈥檚 public administration reform commission gets 3 more members
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government has reconstituted the public administration reform commission with the inclusion of three new members, raising the total number of commission members to 11.
Depoliticising the administration
THE public administration ministry is called the nucleus of the secretariat. The people working in public administration have, however, always created a kind of power circle. In most cases...
Secretary Mokhlesur terms report on bribery in DC appointment 鈥榖aseless鈥�
Bangladesh鈥檚 public administration ministry senior secretary Md Mokhlesur Rahman on Thursday dismissed the allegation of bribery related to deputy commissioner appointment as 鈥榖aseless鈥� and labelled a recent article published in a national daily as 鈥榝ake鈥�.
Bangladesh observes World Tourism Day 2024
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.
Govt forms committee to probe bribery allegation over DC posting
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...
Mahmud appointed as BTRC commissioner
The Ministry of Public Administration on Thursday appointed Mahmud Hossain as commissioner of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
Raising age limit for govt jobs proposed
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...
Overspending on civil administration
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...
12 DIGs, 22 SPs get new posting
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...
Interim govt still struggles to streamline civil admin
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...
Appointments of eight deputy commissioners cancelled
The Ministry of Public Administration has canceled the appointments of eight newly appointed deputy commissioners out of a total of 59...
AI in national security and reforms
ARTIFICIAL intelligence, with its transformation, is swiftly dominating the globe. It compels nations to reconsider forthcoming challenges in every sector. In fact, under the forward-thinking leadership of Dr Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 interim government, Bangladesh now stands at the crossroads through which AI can be utilised not only for the reinforcement of...
24th BCS admin adhoc committee formed
Public administration ministry deputy secretary Nurjahan Khanom and Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division, under planning ministry, director Saiful Islam have been elected as convener and joint convener respectively of the 24th BCS administration cadre service adhoc committee.
Reclaiming public trust in public administration
IN BANGLADESH, the state鈥檚 bureaucratic machinery, meant to function as the driving force of the nation, has frequently been regarded with suspicion and lack of trust by the citizens it is meant to serve. According to the public administration critics, this lack of faith is a result of various factors such as corruption, inefficiency and a lack of transparency...
Govt forms body for wealth report form
Public administration ministry on Monday formed a five-member committee to prepare an easy wealth declaration form for the government employees...
Bangladesh govt servants asked to submit wealth statement聽聽聽
The interim government on Sunday asked all government officers and employees of the country to submit wealth statements in line with the...
Civil service officials urged to build a corruption-free country
The National Museum of Science and Technology director general Muhammad Munir Chowdhury on Wednesday urged the civil service officials to build a corruption-free country...
Mokhlesur made MOPA senior secretary
The government has appointed Md Mokhlesur Rahman as senior secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration on contractual basis for next two years...
Businesses demand reforms in bank, revenue sectors
The country鈥檚 business leaders on Tuesday urged the government to maintain enhanced law and order situation and make reforms in the banking sector and tax administration to restore a favourable business environment...
Awami League鈥檚 fall: shaping future
FOLLOWING an unprecedented student-led movement that precipitated the dramatic collapse of the Sheikh Hasina administration, Bangladesh finds itself navigating uncharted waters in an effort to forge a future unlike anything experienced since its independence in 1971. This mass insurrection and its immediate triumph will be remembered as one of...
5 retired addl secretaries appointed as secretaries
Five retired additional secretaries have been brought back and appointed secretaries on a contractual basis.