Munira Khan becomes CGS chairperson
National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh former member Munira Khan has been appointed as chairperson of the Centre for Governance Studies, said a...
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Good governance: SMART way
THE rule of law, accountability, transparency, equality, social justice, etc are key elements of good governance. Previously, even democratically elected governments became unpopular due to a lack of accountability and transparency. However, the common people want the overall success of the interim government, which assumed office after the fall...
Political crisis must be solved by political leadership: dialogue
Politicians and rights activists on Saturday said that ongoing political crisis in the country must be solved by political leadership and the interim government should engage politicians in the process of the nation rebuilding...
Addressing norms for democratic governance
IN BANGLADESH, the forms of address used in official settings are not merely ceremonial but deeply rooted in the historical and socio-political fabric of the nation. These linguistic conventions, significantly shaped by the legacy of British colonial rule, uphold hierarchical structures and define the power dynamics between governing authorities and the public...
Institutional reforms and good governance
IN HIS third address to the nation on September 11, Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government, announced the formation of six commissions to effect...
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...
Authorities must ensure good governance in banking sector
The banking sector is one among many that has plunged into a sorry state during the 15 years of Awami League regime. The sector witnessed major financial scams and a record surge in non-performing loans. The Awami League government pushed the sector into a precarious state through approval for banks, the appointment of partisan people to...
CGS to hold dialogues to make recommendations for reforms
The Centre for Governance Studies is going to hold a series of dialogues at national and regional levels in the next five months...
Populist decisions can hardly improve education governance
THE education ministry has decided not to hold the remaining Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations deferred in the changed reality that had emerged in the middle of July out of the student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations. The examinations were scheduled to begin on June 30 and end on August 21...
Past 2 chairmen destroyed BSEC structure, good governance: DBA
The DSE Brokerage Association on Monday said that instead of stopping market manipulation and ensuring transparency, the two previous chairmen of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission participated in illegal activities...
Should governance be outsourced?
MORE than a decade back, we wrote in this paper that the idea of the state alone having the right to own and run governance institutions, particularly at the grass roots, was not practical and others could be used. I, in particular, suggested non-governmental organisations that had direct experience on both the grass roots and micro-governance...
Bad loans and failed governance
DATA recently published by the Bangladesh Bank demonstrate that our banking sector has a nagging problem of non-performing loans, which have reached a record high. According to the recent central bank data published on June 6, in the first quarter of 2024, the amount of non-performing loans was more than Tk 182,000 crore...
Experts for easily accessible system
Information technology experts and professionals on Monday in Dhaka said that the government needed to build up an efficient and easily accessible system as well as enhance the capability of the government employees to run the digital infrastructures properly for service seekers...
Govt approach to media governance is repressive
BANGLADESH Television, a state-owned national TV network that has already been suffering from a trust deficit for acting as a mouthpiece for governments that came into power, has been implementing a government decision that undermines principles of media freedom...
CPB blames lack of good governance for economic failure
Politicians, academics and professionals on Wednesday at a discussion said that lack of good governance was responsible for the economic failure of the country and the increase of dollar price and abnormal increase of prices of essential commodities were secondary causes...
Lecture on governance framework held at UIU
The School of Business and Economics of United International University organised a series programme titled 鈥楾he Bangladesh Constitution and its Governance Framework鈥� as a part of Bangladesh Corpus: Public Lecture Series-2024 at UIU Campus on Madani Avenue in Dhaka...
SIPG organises seminar on Indian election 2024 at NSU
A seminar titled 鈥業ndian General Election 2024: Voting Patterns and Diplomatic Paths鈥� was held on Sunday at North South University. It was organised by the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance of NSU...