The government has issued an ordinance, amending the labour law to widen the definition of workers and bring digital platform-based workers, household workers and several previously excluded categories under legal protection for the first time.
The Bangladesh Bank drafted new bankruptcy laws to replace the 1997 Act, empowering lenders to file bankruptcy cases without the debtor鈥檚 consent, creating legal tools to stop asset transfers of defaulters, recover properties from abroad, and even continue proceedings after a defaulter鈥檚 death...
THIS is a good move forward for the government to have worked out the draft of the Bangladesh Telecommunication (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, majorly proposing tight control of unauthorised surveillance and unlawful monitoring of citizens. The draft of the legislation, which will replace the Bangladesh Telecommunication Act 2021, has already been made public...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday urged the government to comprehensively revise the draft Police Commission Ordinance, 2025, finalised by the interim government, to ensure the independence and effectiveness of the long-awaited Independent Police Commission...
The government has prepared the draft of the Bangladesh Telecommunication (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, aiming at tightening control over unauthorised surveillance and unlawful monitoring of citizens...
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, published in an official gazette on Monday by the law ministry, introduced many new rules.
Leaders of the country鈥檚 readymade garment sector have expressed deep concern over certain provisions in the newly approved Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, particularly those related to trade union formation, calling them 鈥榠mbalanced and impractical.鈥�...
The Council of advisers on Thursday approved the draft of the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 expanding the Act鈥檚 scope to include non-profit institutions and extending protections to more workers...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Saturday urged the interim government to suspend the Personal Data Protection Ordinance and the National Data Governance Ordinance.
The interim government on Thursday approved a proposal to amend the 鈥楥yber Security Ordinance 2025鈥�, under which all cases and convictions under eight sections of the now-repealed 鈥楧igital Security Act 2018鈥� will be nullified.
The government has issued the third amendment to the International Crimes Tribunal (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, disqualifying individuals from contesting national or local elections or holding any public office once formal charges are framed against them...
The government is likely to promulgate an ordinance aiming at making the National Human Rights Commission must be made free from political influence...
Bangladesh interim government has issued the gazette notification of the Voters鈥� List (Amendment) Ordinance 2025.
Power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Sunday said that the advisory committee on trade and commerce, industry, ports and revenue collection would recommend an amendment to the ordinance issued to split the National Board of Revenue into two separate entities...
Bangladesh interim government in its bid to amend the Legal Aid Services Act, 2000, has issued the gazette of Legal Aid Services (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025.
The advisory council of the interim government on Thursday approved amendments to the Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, replacing 鈥榙ismissal or termination鈥� as the maximum penalty for proven misconduct with 鈥榤andatory retirement鈥� for government employees...
Employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat will observe a two-hour work abstention on Monday demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025...
DESPITE having several sources of revenue and a dual system of tax collection (direct-indirect), the majority of tax revenue is collected through indirect tax, called value-added tax, regulated聽by the Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act 2012. The income tax, which is governed by the Income Tax Ordinance of 1984, includes corporate taxes, taxes...
The government employees continued their protest at the Secretariat on Wednesday, demanding the immediate repeal of the recently promulgated government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 that made the process of dismissal of public servants for misconduct less complicated...
The movement at the Secretariat will continue until the government service ordinance is completely withdrawn, said Md Badiul Kabir, president of the Secretariat Officers and Employees Unity Forum on Tuesday...
Government employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday resumed their protest, demanding the immediate repeal of the recently promulgated government Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 that made the process of dismissal of the public servants for misconduct less complicated...
The interim government on Tuesday promulgated the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (Amendment) Ordinance in a gazette making changes in the definition of a freedom fighter...
Bangladesh interim government law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday said that a high-powered committee would be formed soon to scrutinise the objectionable issues of the government service ordinance.
Law adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday acknowledged that certain provisions of the newly issued Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance have the potential to be misused...
Government officials staged demonstrations for the 11th consecutive day at the Secretariat on Tuesday, demanding the repeal of the Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025...
The government employees at the secretariat continued their protests on Sunday, demanding the cancellation of newly promulgated Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 that allows dismissal of public servants for misconduct in an easier way...
The government employees at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka will observe a one-hour work stoppage every day starting today, demanding the cancellation of newly promulgated Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 that allows dismissal of public servants for misconduct in an easier way...
The government employees, who have been demanding the withdrawal of the new 鈥楪overnment Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025鈥� that introduced a provision for removing government employees from jobs on disciplinary ground in an easier way, suspended their protest at the secretariat for Tuesday...
The Criminal Investigation Department of Bangladesh Police has launched a nationwide operation against online gambling and betting in accordance with the newly issued Cyber Security Ordinance, 2025.
Bangladesh Secretariat employees who have been demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 suspended their Wednesday鈥檚 protest following a meeting with three secretaries.
