The Anti-Corruption Commission on Saturday conducted a fresh raid on the Bangladesh Cricket Board headquarters in Mirpur, just a month after a similar operation, as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged irregularities and corruption...
THE health reforms commission in May put forth a set of proposals to transform the healthcare landscape. Major recommendations include the establishment of a permanent, independent health commission, the recognition of primary...
Socialist Party of Bangladesh leaders on Thursday called for a two-term limit on top governance positions, including president, prime minister, parliament members, mayors and chairs of upazila and union councils...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 16 people, including Saad Musa Group proprietor Mohammad Mohsin and former National Bank Limited managing director Chowdhury Moshtaq Ahmed, on charges of embezzling Tk聽404 crore from the government-declared Covid stimulus package and laundering the fund...
THE ongoing debate surrounding the Women鈥檚 Affairs Reform Commission in Bangladesh has largely centered around a handful of its 433 recommendations, particularly those deemed controversial by Islamist groups, rather than the full scope of reforms proposed. Much of the coverage 鈥� whether in news reports or opinion pieces 鈥� has focused less on what the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain鈥檚 former assistant private secretary Moazzem Hossain and health adviser Nurjahan Begum鈥檚 former personal officer Tuhin Farabi and...
WHILE the National Consensus Commission has dominated headlines with its efforts to forge consensus on critical constitutional issues, the ministry of finance has proposed a seismic shift in the country鈥檚 revenue sector: dismantling the National Board of Revenue and the Internal Resource Division to create two new divisions under direct ministerial control. This move...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has dismissed allegations of share trading against its Commissioner Md Mohsin Chowdhury, asserting that the claims are baseless and misleading...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against former lawmaker Syeda Rubina Akter Meera and her husband Md Mosharraf Hossain Raja allegedly for amassing illegal assets and laundering money...
National identity card services, which remained suspended in the country for most of Tuesday due to a technical glitch, were restored in the evening.
The Communist Party of Bangladesh on Tuesday urged the National Consensus Commission to advance only crucial reforms needed for credible elections so that the next parliament could fulfill the aspirations underlying the July 2024 uprising...
Bangladesh Nezame Islam Party leaders on Monday recommended the abolition of all municipal bodies and union parishads across the country and adjunct the wards under those bodies directly with upazila parishads concerned...
Bangladesh University Grants Commission chairman Professor SMA Faiz has said that a decision will be taken soon on launching PhD programmes in private universities in the country...
The Election Commission on Monday suspended the registration of Bangladesh Awami League after the government issued a gazette notification banning all activities of the party and its affiliated, associate, and like-minded organisations.
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Monday said that the Election Commission would make a decision regarding the reported ban on the Awami League鈥檚 political activities only after receiving official documentation...
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said that the election commission would take appropriate steps once it received the official gazette or paper over the ban of all activities of the Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act...
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