Drop professional journalist from murder case: DUJ
The Dhaka Union of Journalists on Friday demanded the interim government to drop the names of professional journalists from the list of accused in murder cases filed...
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Institutional reforms and their discontents
IN HIS first speech as the as the chief adviser of the interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus warned that he and his colleagues were in the middle of repairing the nation-wide...
Over 1000 people killed, 400 lost eyesight in movement, health adviser says
The interim government鈥檚 health adviser Nurjahan Begum said over 1,000 people had been killed and over 400 students lost their eyesight in the recent student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh.
Repeal of CSA demanded
Forum for Freedom of Expression Bangladesh on Thursday urged the interim government to repeal the Cyber Security Act immediately and enact democratic, humane...
Gano Forum factions become united
Leaders of the united Gano Forum on Thursday at a programme extended support to the interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus and expressed their support for implementing programmes of the government...
Bill approved to scrap special security for Mujib family
The council of advisers with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the chair on Thursday decided to amend the Special Security Force Act 2021, lifting special security for...
White Paper to enlighten reforms path: Debapriya
The probable report of White Paper Committee on the state of the country鈥檚 economy would enlighten the reforms pathway of the interim government and thus help to avert the deviations of the economy occurred over the years, said economist Debapriya Bhattacharya...
Govt committed to follow legal process in cases against Prof Yunus: AG
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman said on Thursday that the government intended to clear Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government, of the financial irregularities charges levelled against him during the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina regime, following due process...
ACC initiates inquiries against 3 former MPs, minister
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday decided to conduct inquiries against the ousted Awami League government鈥檚 four former lawmakers, including former fisheries and livestock minister Abdur Rahman, over allegations of amassing illegal wealth...
None to hold office of govt, party chiefs at a time: TIB
The Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday gave to the interim government a reform agenda containing a 55-point recommendation, including a provision that would bar an individual from serving as prime minister for more than two terms...
BNP asks people not to file wholesale cases
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday asked leaders and activists of the party not to file cases in a wholesale manner relating to the recent student-people uprising that ensured fall of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government...
Student movement leader Mahfuz Alam made special assistant to CA
Md Mahfuz Alam, a leader of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, has been appointed as special assistant to the interim government鈥檚 chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus with the status of a secretary on a contractual basis...
Govt should seek UNHRC resolution to investigate rights abuses: HRW
The Bangladesh interim government should seek a resolution in the forthcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish an independent mechanism to...
Salehuddin stresses on proper verification of export-import documents
Adviser to the interim government on the ministries of finance and commerce Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday asked the National Board of Revenue for proper verification of the necessary documents and expedite the export-import operations as well.
Review petition seeks caretaker govt restoration
Five eminent citizens on Tuesday filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking a review of its May 10, 2011 verdict that declared election-time non-party caretaker government system illegal.
Bangladesh govt forms commission to investigate enforced disappearances
The interim government on Tuesday constituted a five-member commission of inquiry to investigate into and identify the causes of enforced disappearances by the...
BNP urges govt to start dialogues with parties immediately
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday urged interim government chief Muhammad Yunus to immediately start dialogue with political parties to restore...
Yunus-led interim govt to do everything to ensure rule of law in Bangladesh: UN
The United Nations secretary-general鈥檚 spokesperson St茅phane Dujarric said that the UN had no doubt that Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus would do everything they could to ensure rule of law...
Portfolios of 5 advisers to Bangladesh interim govt redistributed
The interim government of Bangladesh has reshuffled the responsibilities of its five advisers....
Palli Bidyut Samity officials call off mass leave
Officers and employees of Palli Bidyut Samity called off their planned mass leave and mass resignation programme after discussion with the chairman of the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board and...
Jamaat chief for giving govt reasonable time to ensure level playing field
The Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, Shafiqur Rahman, on Tuesday said that the interim government should be given reasonable time to create a level playing field before the next general elections.
No time to pay attention to AL economic plans: adviser
Planning adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Monday said that the interim government had no time to give attention to plans and strategic papers of the just ousted political regime...
Call for scrapping rental power plants gets stronger
The immediate past Awami League government extended the lifetime of costly rental power plants three times their recommended efficient operational life, paying them around Tk 33,000 crore between 2009 and 2023...
Yunus administration should engage political stakeholders
DR MUHAMMAD Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government, which was sworn in office three days after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 in the face of a massive student-led mass uprising, finally addressed the nation on August 25 and revealed his government鈥檚 plans about reforms to state institutions...
SC allows filing of review petition
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday granted permission to file a review petition challenging its May 10, 2011 verdict that declared the election-time non-party caretaker government system illegal...
Govt won鈥檛 allow to generate black money: Salehuddin
Adviser to the interim government on the ministries of finance and commerce Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday categorically said that the government would not allow anyone for...
People can鈥檛 be forced to resign from edu instts: adviser
Education adviser to the interim government, Wahiduddin Mahmud, said on Sunday that no force could be used against anyone to make them resign from any posts in any educational institutions...
Mongla Port staff donate one-day salary for flood victims
All the officers and employees of Mongla Port Authority donated an amount equal to their one day鈥檚 basic salary in the relief and welfare fund of the chief adviser to the interim government...
Home adviser warns police against corruption
Adviser of the interim government on home affairs lieutenant general (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday urged the police officials to keep them above all corrupt practice saying none to be found in indulging would be spared...
Law, order situation improving: home adviser
Home adviser to the interim government, lieutenant general (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, stated on Sunday that the country鈥檚 law and order situation had been gradually improving...