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EC approves draft code of conduct

The Election Commission on Wednesday approved the draft code of conduct for political parties and candidates along with the polling centre establishment and management policy for both parliamentary and local government elections...

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BSEC to meet retail investors May 29

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a consultation meeting with representatives of retail investor organizations on May 29 at 12:00pm...

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NCP besieges EC

The National Citizen Party on Wednesday alleged that the current Election Commission had forfeited its constitutional legitimacy, accusing it of operating as a de facto office and a mouthpiece for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party...

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ACC grills NCP leader Tanvir, two POs of health adviser over graft charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday interrogated National Citizen Party’s suspended joint member secretary Gazi Salauddin Ahmed Tanvir and health adviser Nurjahan Begum’s former personal officer Tuhin Farabi and current PO Mahmudul Hasan over corruption charges...

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DIP director Saidul, wife sued over illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against director of the Department of Immigration and Passport Md Saidul Islam and his wife Shaila Akhter on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 2.63 crore.

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Identifying priorities, enablers, barriers suggested

Setting strategic priorities and identifying enablers and barriers are immediate tasks for implementing the Health Sector Reform Commission’s recommendations, said experts at a seminar held on Tuesday...

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Two houses, 19 flats, lands of Nafeez Sarafat, family seized

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize assets, including 19 flats and two houses, owned by former Padma Bank chair Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat and his family members over graft allegations.

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EU seeks to relax rules on turning away asylum seekers

The EU unveiled plans on Tuesday to make it easier to send asylum seekers to certain third countries in the latest overhaul aimed at reducing migration to the bloc, sparking criticism from rights groups.

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CHT Commission for end to persecution of Bawm community

The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission in a statement on Monday called on the government to end the ‘systematic persecution of Bawm community’, condemning the recent death of a Bawm youth in jail custody...

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First round of national consensus talks concludes

The first round of dialogues between the National Consensus Commission and political parties, aimed at building consensus on the reform initiatives undertaken by the interim government, concluded on Monday after two months of discussions.

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ACC prosecutes S Alam, 42 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against 43 people, including S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, also former chairman of First Security Islami Bank, and the bank’s former...

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SC to hear delayed ACC appeal against Hasina case crapping

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday set July 15 for hearing a delayed petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in March 2025 seeking permission to appeal against a 2010 High Court verdict...

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ACC launches fresh raid on BCB over corruption allegations

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Saturday conducted a fresh raid on the Bangladesh Cricket Board headquarters in Mirpur, just a month after a similar operation, as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged irregularities and corruption...

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Of proposed health commission

THE health reforms commission in May put forth a set of proposals to transform the healthcare landscape. Major recommendations include the establishment of a permanent, independent health commission, the recognition of primary...

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ACC sues Saad Musa Group owner, ex-NBL MD, nine directors

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 16 people, including Saad Musa Group proprietor Mohammad Mohsin and former National Bank Limited managing director Chowdhury Moshtaq Ahmed, on charges of embezzling Tk 404 crore from the government-declared Covid stimulus package and laundering the fund...

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Lessons from women’s affairs reform controversy

THE ongoing debate surrounding the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission in Bangladesh has largely centered around a handful of its 433 recommendations, particularly those deemed controversial by Islamist groups, rather than the full scope of reforms proposed. Much of the coverage — whether in news reports or opinion pieces — has focused less on what the...

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ACC summons ex-APS, POs to two advisers over graft charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain’s former assistant private secretary Moazzem Hossain and health adviser Nurjahan Begum’s former personal officer Tuhin Farabi and...

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Radical restructuring is no answer

WHILE the National Consensus Commission has dominated headlines with its efforts to forge consensus on critical constitutional issues, the ministry of finance has proposed a seismic shift in the country’s revenue sector: dismantling the National Board of Revenue and the Internal Resource Division to create two new divisions under direct ministerial control. This move...

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BSEC defends commissioner

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has dismissed allegations of share trading against its Commissioner Md Mohsin Chowdhury, asserting that the claims are baseless and misleading...

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ACC sues ex-MP Rubina, her husband

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against former lawmaker Syeda Rubina Akter Meera and her husband Md Mosharraf Hossain Raja allegedly for amassing illegal assets and laundering money...

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NID services restored after disruption

National identity card services, which remained suspended in the country for most of Tuesday due to a technical glitch, were restored in the evening.

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CPB for only polls-centric reforms

The Communist Party of Bangladesh on Tuesday urged the National Consensus Commission to advance only crucial reforms needed for credible elections so that the next parliament could fulfill the aspirations underlying the July 2024 uprising...

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Nezame Islam for abolishing UPs, municipal bodies

Bangladesh Nezame Islam Party leaders on Monday recommended the abolition of all municipal bodies and union parishads across the country and adjunct the wards under those bodies directly with upazila parishads concerned...