BSEC officials go on strike
Officials and employees of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission have abstained from work on Thursday, demanding resignation of chairman Khandaker Rashed Maqsood and other commissioners...
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Court issues travel bans on 23 people, including ex- BB chief Atiur Rahman
A Dhaka court on Thursday issued travel bans on 23 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and former Janata bank chairman Abdul Barkat and former managing director Abdul Salam Azad in connection with a corruption case...
ACC prosecutes ex-minister Dastagir, wife
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed two separate cases against former textile and jute minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, and his wife, Hasina Gazi, on charges of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and engaging in suspicious financial transactions...
UN to halve food budget for Rohingyas in Bangladesh camps
The United Nations is going to reduce its allocation for food for Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 a month per person from the next month...
BSEC officers threaten to go on strike
Officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday announced that they would go on strike if the chairman and three commissioners did not resign...
JULY UPRISING ABUSES: UN rights chief calls for justice
Presenting the fact-finding report in Geneva in Switzerland on human rights violations and abuses related to the protests of the July-August student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh, United Nations鈥� high commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T眉rk, on Wednesday said that accountability was absolutely the key...
Govt should put NID services transfer to discussions, debates
THE government and the Election Commission have been at variance with the national identity registration services, which involve the preparation, distribution and maintenance of identity cards and other related responsibilities. The government wants to set up an independent commission, the Civil Registration Commission, and put the national identity registration services...
Govt, EC at odds again over NID service
The government and the Election Commission are once again at odds over the responsibility for the NID service, as the interim government moves forward with plans to transfer the service to an independent institution, removing it from the jurisdiction of the EC.
Govt, EC at odds again over NID service
The government and the Election Commission are once again at odds over the responsibility for the NID service, as the interim government moves forward with plans to transfer the service to an independent institution, removing it from the jurisdiction of the EC.
ACC sues 2 ex-VCs over JUST graft
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against four people, including two former vice-chancellors of the Jashore University of Science & Technology, on charges of irregularities and corruption in recruitment at the university...
MONEY LAUNDERING: SC verdict on Tarique, Mamun鈥檚 sentence tomorrow
The Anti-Corruption Commission鈥檚 lawyer on Tuesday conceded to the arguments presented before the Appellate Division by businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun鈥檚 lawyer seeking Mamun鈥檚 acquittal in a Tk 20-crore money laundering case...
Govt decides to hire 2,000 more doctors: adviser
The government has decided to recruit an additional 2,000 doctors through the ongoing recruitment process of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission...
ACC sues聽 former MP Akhtaruzzaman, ex-councillor Aksah, wife
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against former member of parliament from the Khulna-6 constituency Md Akhtaruzzaman on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽3.47 crore.
ACC seizes assets worth聽Tk 18,607cr in 7 months
The Anti-Corruption Commission seized movable and immovable assets worth around Tk 18,607 crore from corruption suspects in the past seven months between August 2024 and February this year.
ACC prosecutes ex-MP Tanveer, family over illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed three separate cases against former lawmaker from Sirajganj-4 constituency Tanveer Imam, his wife Mahin Imam and their daughter Maniza Ismat Imam on charges of amassing assets beyond their known sources of income.
7 new PSC members take oath
The newly appointed seven members of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission took oath Sunday morning...
EC not working to implement anyone鈥檚 agenda, CEC says
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said the election commission was not working to implement anyone else鈥檚 agenda.
Tk 2.45cr seized from ex-DGFI chief Saiful home
The Anti-Corruption Commission has recovered Tk 2.45 crore from the residence of retired Lieutenant General Md Saiful Alam, a former director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.
European commissioner Hadja Lahbib now visiting Bangladesh
European commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management Hadja Lahbib is now visiting Bangladesh...
Consensus commission to seek political party feedback on reform proposals
The National Consensus Commission is set to gather feedback from political parties on which reform proposals are agreed, partially agreed, and not agreed.
UGC holds meeting on SBC
The second meeting of the Programme Management and Coordination Committee on conducting research on social and behaviour change and building the capacity of university teachers was held at the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday.
ACC sues ex-minister Abdur Rahman
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed five separate cases against five people, including former fisheries and livestock minister Abdur Rahman and home ministry鈥檚 former joint secretary Dhananjoy Kumar Das, on charges of amassing illegal wealth...
UNHCR urges global focus on Rohingya crisis
Visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi hoped that the international community would renew its focus to resolve the Rohingya crisis...
Stakeholders鈥� support will drive telecom sector reforms: BTRC
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will move forward with telecommunication sector reforms based on the support of the majority of stakeholders, ensuring affordability and service quality, said BTRC chairman Md Emdad-ul-Bari...
HC resumes hearing on petition for Betar, BTV autonomy after 16 years
The High Court on Wednesday resumed the hearing of a long-pending writ petition seeking the implementation of recommendations by the Radio-TV Autonomy Commission for framing rules and regulations ensuring the autonomy of the two state-owned media organisations...
PUBLIC HEARING ON GAS PRICE HIKE: BERC blasted by consumers
Frequent booing and screams of the word 鈥榮hame鈥� filled the air inside the indoor venue in Dhaka where the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday held its public hearing on the gas price hike proposal of up to 152 per cent...
Competition Commission fines farm for egg price manipulation
The Bangladesh Competition Commission has fined People's Poultry and Hatchery Ltd Tk 7,202,973 for conspiratorial collusion, limiting or controlling the production, supply, and market system, and abnormally determining the purchase or sale price of eggs...
CALL FOR UN ENGAGEMENT: Investigating violence against minoritised communities
WHEN the chief advisor professor Muhammad Yunus extended an official invitation to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct an independent fact-finding into human rights violations committed during the July mass uprising, it was highly commended by rights organisations and civil society alike, except for those sections of...
AD stays anticipatory bail to SK Sur's wife, daughter
The Appellate Division on Monday stayed the anticipatory bail granted by the High Court to Suparna Sur Chowdhury, wife of former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, and their daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for failing to submit an asset statement within the stipulated time...
INDEPENDENT POLICE COMMISSION: A bleak prospect
THE establishment of an independent police commission as an oversight body in Bangladesh is crucial for ensuring accountability, transparency, and efficiency in law enforcement. While the police play a vital role in maintaining law and order, allegations of corruption, political influence, and human rights violations have raised serious concerns about their role in...