THE recent release of the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission鈥檚 report has reignited the debate around women鈥檚 rights in Bangladesh. Several religious political parties have united in protest against the Commission鈥檚 proposal for gender-equal inheritance and other reforms, demanding its outright rejection. Ironically, the July uprising 鈥� once a platform for...
THE July uprising exposed harsh truth. One of the most painful aspects was that the police, once seen as protectors, become a symbol of repression. The realisation pushed police reforms into the national spotlight, prompting the interim government to establish the police reforms commission, one of the six set up in the early phase of the interim goverment. The recently...
The interim government has taken a move to form a national commission and a tribunal for ensuring justice for the victims of enforced disappearance and their families to make the International Convention for the Protection of All Enforced Disappearance effective.
Bangladesh University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz has said that the Japan International Cooperation Agency has expressed its interest in helping to improve the quality of engineering and technology education in the country.
A group of jobseekers on Thursday staged a protest march demanding immediate implementation of their eight-point charter of demands for Public Service Commission reform.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two cases against former lawmaker from Noakhali-3 constituency Md Mamunur Rashid Kiron and his wife Jasmin Aktar on charges of amassing Tk聽51 crore beyond known sources of income and suspicious transactions of Tk聽211 crore in his bank accounts...
The Election Commission has suspended the National Identity Card verification services for the paramilitary force Ansar and Village Defence Party and BRAC Bank after detecting evidence of data leaks...
Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six political parties, on Wednesday at a rally in Dhaka called on the interim government to take immediate steps to stop opposing women affairs commission report by some quarters...
University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz has urged the European Union to expand higher education opportunities in various universities in Europe, including scholarships and joint research, for Bangladeshi students...
National Consensus Commission on Wednesday held talks with Nagorik Oikya as part of its ongoing discussions with political parties to build a consensus on reform proposals of various commissions.
The chairman of Bangladesh University Grants Commission Professor SMA Faiz on Tuesday said that the UGC was working as a supporting organisation of the country鈥檚 higher education institutions to fulfil the expectations of the young generation of the new Bangladesh.
THE recommendations of the health reforms commission, formed on November 18, 2024, in a report submitted to the government on May 5 after missing out its extended deadline of April 30, appear good steps towards ensuring health care as a fundamental right and improving the health services that have so far been in a deplorable condition. The prime among the...
Fifteen citizens, including activists, academics, lawyers and journalists on Tuesday expressed their concern over some Islamist groups and parties鈥� demand to cancel the Women Affairs Reform Commission and called on the government to clarify its position immediately.
The scientists and staff of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission held a mass gathering at its head office at Agargaon in Dhaka on Sunday to press home their 11-point demand, including restoring autonomy of the commission.聽
The youth-led National Citizen Party on Tuesday, in a meeting with the National Consensus Commission, placed a framework for the basic reforms and announced that it would accept national elections by December or 鈥榓nytime鈥� if...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday initiated an inquiry over the allegations of corruption including amassing illegal wealth and abuse of power against Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah, the former principal secretary to the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against former youth and sports minister Nazmul Hasan Papon and his wife Ruksana Hasan on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth...
Reiterating Election Commission鈥檚 commitment to organising a free, fair, neutral and peaceful election, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said, 鈥楾here is no possibility of taking place day鈥檚 vote at night.鈥�
The Health Sector Reform Commission on Monday recommended reforming the constitution to recognise primary healthcare as a fundamental right of the citizens, urging the interim government to ensure free primary healthcare...
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...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started an inquiry into corruption allegations against a former assistant private secretary to the youth and sports adviser and a former and a serving personal officers to the health adviser...
National minority communities on Saturday once again reiterated their demand for recognition of national minority people as 鈥榠ndigenous people鈥� in the country鈥檚 constitution and forming a separate land commission for them living in plain land...
In October 2024, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission undertook a significant step by establishing a taskforce tasked with rejuvenating the country鈥檚 ailing capital market. The taskforce was entrusted with the responsibility of proposing reforms to address the structural inefficiencies and governance issues that have long plagued the market, persisting since...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has recently pressed the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner to ensure accommodation of 1.13 lakh more Rohingyas amid uncertainty of repatriation...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 75.46 crore shares, worth Tk 1,458 crore, of 22 companies of the Bashundhara Group in connection with graft allegations...
The labour sector needs comprehensive reforms to ensure worker rights and welfare. The interim government has, however, received recommendations from the labour reforms commission...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday conducted a drive at the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education鈥檚 Rajshahi zone office on charges of taking bribes from the teachers for approving and forwarding teachers鈥� MPO and pay arrears...
The Association of ICX Operators of Bangladesh on Wednesday urged the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to modernise the Interconnection Exchange system instead of eliminating it...
The Election Commission has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against the inclusion of Rohingyas in the national voter list, announcing that any person to be identified as Rohingya will be removed immediately.
The Election Commission published a gazette notification declaring BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation to implement a court verdict as no opinion was received from the law ministry within the stipulated timeframe, election commissioner Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah said on Wednesday...