Govt forms聽new pay commission
The interim government council of advisers in a meeting on Thursday formed a new pay commission for fixing pay hikes for public servants under the national pay scale.
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Consensus reached on EC selection body
Political parties on Wednesday reached a consensus to form the Election Commission through a constitutionally mandated selection committee, led by the speaker of parliament...
PBI seeks data on field officials from last 3 polls
Election commission has sought information of the returning officers, presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and polling officers, who served in the 10th, 11th and 12th parliamentary elections...
ACC seeks details of 鈥楳ujib Year鈥� expenses
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday sent letters to all 64 districts across the country, seeking detailed financial records related to the nationwide observance of 鈥楳ujib Borsho鈥� or 鈥楳ujib Year鈥� on the occasion of birth centenary of the country鈥檚 founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the construction of over 10,000 murals and sculptures during the period...
What Gopalganj violence teaches us?
THE Police Reform Commission once proposed a five-tier model for the use of force in crowd control. The first two stages emphasised non-contact measures 鈥� verbal communication, negotiation, and the use of barricades to maintain distance and prevent escalation. The third stage cautiously introduced physical force through non-lethal means: batons, gas sprays...
ACC approves charge sheet against Mannujan
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved the charge sheet of a case against former state minister Mannujan Sufian and a director of the labour directorate Mizanur Rahman in a corruption case...
Hasina鈥檚 close aides try to transfer assets in UK
Several Bangladeshis who are under the Anti-Corruption Commission scrutiny in Bangladesh appear to have either sold, transferred or refinanced property in the United Kingdom since the past year鈥檚 mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led authoritarian Awami League regime...
Parties near consensus on caretaker govt
Almost all parties attending the National Consensus Commission鈥檚 second-round dialogue on Sunday reached a consensus on the composition and formation process of the election-time caretaker government...
National Consensus Commission resumes talks with political parties
The 15th day of second-round reform talks between the National Consensus Commission and political parties began on Sunday morning to discuss several constitutional issues...
Ex-BB governor, ex-Biman chair added to ACC charge sheet
The Anti-Corruption Commission has submitted a supplementary charge sheet against 22 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Fazle Kabir and former chair of the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines retired...
96 observer groups lose registration
The Election Commission has revoked the registrations of 96 observer organisations under its newly issued guidelines, replacing those approved under the previous policy.
Tarique Siddique, wife, 2 daughters sued over Tk聽62cr illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed four separate cases against the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 security adviser, retired Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique, his wife Shaheen Siddique and their two daughters on...
ACC prosecutes Nafeez Sarafat, Mosharraf on graft charges
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed two cases against 11 people, including former housing and public works minister engineer Mosharraf Hossain and former Padma Bank chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat on charges of corruption and money laundering.
Any change in constitution must come through referendum
ALL parties engaged in reforms process at a meeting with the national consensus commission on July 15 agreed on a mandatory two-thirds majority support in the parliament for constitutional amendments and a national referendum to amend specific provisions of the constitution. The specific provisions that would require a national referendum include the...
AL鈥檚 boat out of EC web site, Jamaat鈥檚 scales in
The Election Commission removed Bangladesh Awami League鈥檚 electoral symbol 鈥榖oat鈥� from the commission鈥檚 web site on Wednesday, nine weeks after suspending the registration of the party.
Khaled Rahim made ACC secretary
The government on Wednesday appointed additional secretary Mohammad Khaled Rahim of the Cabinet Division the secretary of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
NCP, 143 parties fail to meet聽 registration requirements聽
The Election Commission has found information gaps or deficiencies in the applications of all 144 political parties, including the National Citizen Party, which applied for registration聽 ahead of the upcoming national election.
Fakhrul Islam nominated as Press Council member
Bangladesh University Grants Commission secretary Md Fakhrul has been nominated as a member of the Bangladesh Press Council...
Parties agree on referendum
Almost all of the political parties attending the National Consensus Commission dialogue session on Tuesday agreed on a mandatory two-thirds majority support in the parliament for constitutional amendments and on a referendum to amend...
Ex-AL MP Hanif, wife sued for Tk聽32cr illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against Awami League joint general secretary and former lawmaker Md Mahbubul Alam Hanif and his wife Fauzia Alam on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽32 crore...
No consensus yet on upper house, women representation
The political parties attending the National Consensus Commission鈥檚 second-round dialogue session on Monday could not reach a consensus on the issues of women鈥檚 representation in parliament and the composition of upper house issues.
ACC starts quizzing printing house owners
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started interrogating owners of different printing houses over allegations of corruption in printing books of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board...
Inclusive definition of 鈥榳orker鈥� matters
IT HAS been more than two months since the Labour Reform Commission released its report, outlining the reformation of labour law in Bangladesh. Although the reform proposals have not yet been enacted into statutory law, the commission鈥檚 report offers insight into the changes that should be made to the existing legal framework...
Emergency provision reforms must do more to protect rights
IN A MEETING with the National Consensus Commission held on July 13, all parties included in the process have agreed on the method of appointing the chief justice of the Supreme Court, as well as measures to ensure that the declaration of a state of emergency cannot be misused. The current constitution allows emergency declarations for up to 120 days and requires only...
UGC urges private universities to operate on permanent campuses
Bangladesh University Grants Commission on Sunday urged the authorities of private universities to operate on permanent campuses...
Parties agree on emergency, CJ appointment
All the 30 political parties attending the National Consensus Commission鈥檚 second-round dialogue session on Sunday agreed that the president must seek cabinet approval to declare a state of emergency, also involving the main or deputy opposition leader in the decision-making process...
NCP renews demand for fresh EC, water lily symbol
The National Citizen Party on Sunday reaffirmed its demands for the reconstitution of the Election Commission and the allocation of water lily as the party鈥檚 electoral symbol ahead of the upcoming national election...
NCC, political parties continue Bangladesh鈥檚 reform talks
The 12th day of second-round reform talks between the National Consensus Commission and the political parties began on Sunday morning to discuss several constitutional issues...
Time world leaders started acting on Rohingya issues
THE Rohingyas, more than a million of them already sheltered in Bangladesh, may face constraints as, keeping to a release of the office of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, there has been a fresh influx of 150,000 Rohingyas in a year and a half. This is described as the largest after the 2017 influx when three quarters of a million Rohingyas left violence...
EC gears up for 13th JS polls
The Election Commission is moving forward with full swing preparations to hold the 13th parliamentary elections on time.