JS body for psychological tests while appointing BRTC drivers
The parliamentary standing committee on road transport and bridges ministry on Thursday emphasised the importance of incorporating psychological tests while appointing BRTC drivers...
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Fascism at the gates
TWO recent events have shattered complacency about the specter of a fascist takeover globally that a number of us have been warning about for some time now. In Europe, far-right parties scored impressive gains in the elections to the European Parliament in June. In Germany, the Alternative for Germany and other like-minded parties...
JP chair GM Quader criticises quota system in govt service
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Mohammad Quader on Wednesday criticised the government for keeping quota in the name of freedom fighters in government jobs....
Mostafizur makes 鈥榗onfession鈥� in MP Anwarul murder case
Md Mostafizur Rahman, arrested in a case filed over the murder of Jhenaidah-4 constituency parliament member Anwarul Azim Anar in India鈥檚 West Bengal, made confessional statement before a Dhaka court on Friday...
UPs to get administrator if election not held in time
The Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was passed in the parliament on Monday, introducing a provision for appointing administrators to union parishads after the elected representatives鈥� five-year tenure expires...
JS passes budget for FY 2024-25
The Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday passed the Tk 7,97,000 crore national budget for FY25 setting a goal for achieving 6.75 per cent gross domestic product growth and...
Money legalisation provision retained
The parliament passed the Finance Bill 2024 on Saturday while retaining in it the controversial provision of legalising undeclared wealth by paying a...
Deputy speaker flown to Dhaka after falling sick
Deputy speaker of the parliament and Pabna-1 constituency鈥檚 member of parliament advocate Shamsul Huq Tuku was flown to Dhaka by helicopter for emergency treatment after suddenly falling ill....
25pc tax proposal on car import by MPs likely to be dropped
The finance bill for the upcoming financial year 2024鈥�25 is likely to be passed in parliament on Saturday, with the government backtracking from the imposition of a 25 per cent duty on car imports by lawmakers...
Legal issues delay bringing back Tarique, says PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina told Jatiya Sangsad on Wednesday that there remained some legal complications regarding bringing the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party action chairman, Tarique Rahman, back to the country from the United Kingdom...
Unique health ID for citizens under way: minister
Health minister Samanta Lal Sen on Tuesday said that the work was under way to create a shared health record for every citizen, providing a unique health ID...
Critical days for Modi and rivals
THE underplayed defeat for his government by 32 seats in the parliamentary elections, with a whopping loss of 63 BJP MPs from the previous tally, may have reined in prime minister Modi鈥檚 self-obsessed march on Indian democracy for now. His new and untested experiment with a coalition government has just begun, with the opening of the 18th Lok Sabha on June 24...
Workshop on non-communicable diseases awareness held
The Interactive Professional Development Initiatives Foundation and the Bangladesh Institute of Parliamentary Studies organised a workshop on Monday focused on raising awareness of non-communicable diseases and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation...
Democracy won鈥檛 come through compromise, fear
HALF of the world鈥檚 population will have the opportunity to vote by the end of this year as 64 countries and the European Union are scheduled to open their ballot boxes. No previous year has been so flush with elections. Among these countries is India, where a remarkable 969 million voting papers had to be printed ahead of the elections...
Businessmen鈥檚 dominance in national, local politics bodes ill
BANGLADESH鈥橲 democratic backslide is manifest not only in the erosion of the electoral culture and the holding of managed elections but also in the complete dominance of businessmen in parliament and local government bodies...
Proposed budget requests MPs to pay tax for importing cars
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday requested the members of parliament to set a noble example by amending the privilege of importing duty-free cars for personal use....
Action against ex-IGP Benazir sought in JS
Opposition chief whip Mujibul Haque Chunnu on Wednesday in parliament demanded that the government takes stern action against former police chief Benazir Ahmed while Benazir sought 15 days鈥� time to the Anti-Corruption Commission to face interrogation...
The nightmare for Indian Muslims is over
THE most important outcome of the results of the recent parliamentary elections in India is that the nightmare for Indian Muslims is over...
UK parliament dissolves ahead of general election
The British parliament dissolved on Thursday ahead of a July 4 general election, which looks set to bring Labour to power after 14 years of Conservative rule....
JS body recommends increasing passport offices
The parliamentary standing committee on the ministry for home affairs recommended increasing the number of passport offices in Dhaka to deliver better services to the city dwellers...
HC asks jailers to respond to demand for post-mortem reports
The High Court on Tuesday asked the jail authorities to respond in 30 days to a lawyer鈥檚 letter seeking post-mortem reports of 13 leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who died in jail custody before January 7 parliamentary elections and in the aftermath of it...
Govt approach to media governance is repressive
BANGLADESH Television, a state-owned national TV network that has already been suffering from a trust deficit for acting as a mouthpiece for governments that came into power, has been implementing a government decision that undermines principles of media freedom...
Appoint BTV correspondents as lawmakers recommend: JS body
The parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of information and broadcasting has directed the state-run Bangladesh Television to prioritise the recommendations from the local lawmakers in appointing district correspondents...
JS body for implementation of 3pc remittance incentive
The parliamentary standing committee on finance, in a meeting on Thursday, recommended the implementation of a proposed three per cent remittance incentive from the present 2.5 per cent, officials said...
Vietnam votes in public security minister as president
Vietnam鈥檚 rubber-stamp parliament voted in public security minister To Lam as the country鈥檚 new president on Wednesday, after a major anti-corruption campaign forced his predecessor to resign...
Taiwan parliament erupts in arguments at start of Lai鈥檚 presidency
Taiwanese lawmakers shouted each other down on Tuesday in a rambunctious parliamentary session, indicating the troubles ahead for newly appointed president...
Greece PM urges EU defend consumers against multinationals
Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on the EU to take on multinationals unfairly restricting the sale of goods in the single market, leading to higher prices for struggling consumers...
No alternative to quick repatriation of Rohingyas: JS body
The chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of foreign affairs AK Abdul Momen said that there was no alternative to quick repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar...
JS body recommends raising wages of river vessel workers
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Labour and Employment Ministry on Tuesday recommended increasing the wages of the river vessel workers...