The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 11 people, including former IFIC Bank chairman Salman Fazlur Rahman and his son, Ahmed Sayan Fazlur Rahman, on charges of embezzling Tk聽33.64 crore and laundering Tk聽76 crore...
Speakers at a discussion in Dhaka on Thursday called upon the authorities concerned to reclaim the river lands and disclose the name of encroachers in a bid to protect the water bodies as the rivers were living entities...
BANGLADESH, a country born out of war and bloodshed, now finds itself at another critical juncture. Once, in the 1980s and 1990s, the military and foreign service attracted the sharpest minds 鈥� men and women who saw these institutions not merely as jobs, but as the last line of defence for a fragile state. But time has not been kind to these pillars of national security...
Speakers at a workshop on Thursday stressed the importance of completing the mandatory birth and death registration by the specified time as the certificates are essential for accessing various services, including school admission...
Officials and employees of the Election Commission on Thursday formed human chains under the banner of Stand for NID, demanding the cancellation of the move to transfer NID operation to a separate registration entity...
Major political parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, are set to miss the deadline for submitting their feedback to the National Consensus Commission鈥檚 multiple-choice questionnaire on key reforms...
The country鈥檚 internet penetration rate has continued to decline gradually in the past three months...
THE Election Commission is mulling over the introduction of proxy voting in the 13th parliamentary elections. The commission thinks that proxy voting would be the most practical solution for it to implement within the time frame left before the elections. In the process, Bangladeshi expatriates could cast their vote through an authorised individual back in Bangladesh. An...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed two separate cases against former state minister for industries Md Omor Faruk Chowdhury and his wife, Nigar Sultana Chowdhury, on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk聽16 crore...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday 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 Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 54 kathas of land worth Tk 9.70 crore owned by Summit Group chairman Muhammad Aziz Khan鈥檚 wife Anjuman Aziz Khan...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed 12 cases against former planning and finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and his family members, among 32 people, on charges of embezzling Tk 1,128 crore by extracting unlawful amounts for fees from migrant workers.
THE interim government of Bangladesh formed an 11-member Administrative Reform Commission in October 2024, led by Abdul Muid Chowdhury, to recommend ways to make public administration more people-centric, accountable, efficient, and impartial. On February 15, the Commission submitted its recommendations, key among which is transitioning Bangladesh...
The Election Commission is considering the introduction of proxy voting for expatriate Bangladeshis in the 13th parliamentary elections as the commission thinks that this system would be the most practical solution to the issue within the timeframe available for the polls...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 124 bank accounts and assets of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and their family members and...
British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday said that the United Kingdom was supportive of the consensus building and reform process to help create a condition for 鈥榝ree, fair and inclusive鈥� elections in Bangladesh...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 31 bank accounts of Orion Group chairman Mohammad Obaidul Karim and eight of his family members in connection with corruption allegations...
The Election Commission has called for applications from political parties seeking registration ahead of the forthcoming general elections...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved charge sheets against 29 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, in six cases filed on charges of corruption in allotting...
The National Consensus Commission on Monday said that reforms in various sectors would depend on the outcomes of dialogues with political parties and citizens regarding the recommendations made by six reform commissions.
Stakeholders of the capital market on Sunday called for a swift resolution to the ongoing crisis at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, expressing concerns that the recent incidents at the commission had caused frustration and anxiety among investors at home and abroad...
IS BANGLADESH ready for a federal system? Emerging聽from the recommendation of the Administrative Reforms Commission, the issue has generated considerable discussion. Although federalism has been acknowledged for its capacity to distribute power and solve regional problems elsewhere in the world, its viability in Bangladesh is yet unknown. Examining this...
THE Rohingya influx into Bangladesh keeps taking place slowly as they flee violence and a fearful situation in their native place of Rakhine, which is reported for long to have been caught in conflicts. The Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner says that 53,948 Rohingyas were given registration by the office at hand and the Office of the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two separate cases against former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and his wife Irena Malabika Munshi on charges of acquiring illegal assets worth around Tk 10 crore...
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said that they would strongly urge the government to keep the national identity services under the election commission鈥檚 control...
Experts on Thursday urged to establish the Information Commission Bangladesh as an independent constitutional body to ensure its independence in strengthening democracy and accountability...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found suspicious transactions involving Tk 25,160 crore through bank accounts of Brahammandi union parishad chairman Md Luck Mia, his wife and one of his staff at Araihazar in Narayanganj.
The National Consensus Commission has sent a questionnaire to different political parties to gather their opinions on key reform proposals.
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...
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...