Nat鈥檒 round of youth kabaddi begins Saturday
With an aim of building a new Bangladesh, the festival of youth 2025 is being celebrated across the country with the slogan of 鈥楲et鈥檚 change the country, change the world鈥�...
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Govt should overhaul power, energy sector policies
THE misuse of three special energy funds 鈥� set up with money set aside from gas and electricity sales every month to reduce power and energy sector expenses by investing in least cost power production, natural gas exploration and production and energy efficiency 鈥� tells how the Awami League government, toppled in a mass uprising in August 2024, breached laws...
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT:聽607 more people arrested聽
Law enforcement agencies and security forces on Tuesday arrested 1,775 people, including 607 in Operation Devil Hunt, aimed at restoring the deteriorated law and order situation.
All BIMSTEC member states may join summit
All the heads of governments or states under the seven-nation Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation have given assurances of joining the 6th BIMSTEC Summit scheduled for the first week of April, said BIMSTEC secretary general Indra Mani Pandey on Tuesday...
Govt statisticians reject public admin reform proposals
The BCS (Statistical) Cadre Association, a platform of government statisticians, strongly opposed the public administration reform commission鈥檚 recommendations that excluded their professional service from the proposed restructured civil service framework....
NBR expands VAT net by 26pc in Aug-Jan
National Board of Revenue has achieved a 26 per cent growth in new VAT registrations over the past six months, from August 2024 to January 2025, according to a press statement by the NBR...
Fictitious cases being filed in name of Operation Devil Hunt: JP
The Jatiya Party on Monday alleged that the dissenting voices were being suppressed and fictitious cases were being lodged in the name of Operation Devil Hunt...
600 arrested for working illegally in UK
UK immigration enforcement teams made over 600 arrests in January, a 73 per cent increase on the same period a year ago, as part of the new Labour government鈥檚 plan to tackle undocumented migration and people smuggling gangs, officials said on Monday...
1,521 arrested, 343 in Operation Devil Hunt
Law enforcement agencies and security forces on Monday arrested 1,521 people, including 343 in Operation Devil Hunt, aimed at restoring the country鈥檚 law and order...
Preparation not ideal for CT: Simmons
Bangladesh national team head coach Phil Simmons admitted that the team鈥檚 preparation for the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy was inadequate, but the Tigers have the skills to switch to ODI mode from T20 before the championship began in the UAE on February 19...
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 1,308 arrested, mostly AL activists
At least 1,308 people, mostly leaders and activists of the Awami League, were arrested across the country on Sunday, the first day of the Operation Devil Hunt aiming at restoring the country鈥檚 law and order...
TCB to distribute 57 lakh cards
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh has verified, printed and delivered 57 lakh smart family cards to local administration offices for nationwide distribution...
18 footballers likely to miss BFF contract
The 18 rebellious female footballers who snubbed head coach Peter Butler鈥檚 training are likely to be excluded from the Bangladesh Football Federation鈥檚 national team contract and the upcoming two FIFA international friendlies against the UAE on February 26 and March 2....
Early, effective measures needed to contain mosquito surge
THE death of at least 10 people and hospital admission of 1,236 people in January鈥揊ebruary 5, when dengue incidence generally slows down or halts, raises concern. The high density of mosquitoes, both Aedes and Culex, in Dhaka and outlying areas is also alarming. Experts believe that the high density of mosquitoes in the winter is due to of the lack of sustained mosquito...
Govt should go by the law
THE resurgence of the rampage against houses and property, especially of the leaders of the Awami League and its fallen government, brings to the fore some issues to be pondered and, also, acted on. The interim government, installed on August 8, 2024, has urged public restraints but appears to have largely failed to act against the rampage at hand, which began...
Command centre established to monitor law, order situation: CA press secy
A command centre, established to monitor intensively the country鈥檚 law and order situation, has started its works from this evening, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Sunday.
Operation Devil Hunt to go on until devils are finished: home adviser
The countrywide crackdown 鈥� Operation Devil Hunt 鈥� will go on until the devils are finished, said home affairs adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury...
40 people arrested in Gazipur during Operation Devil Hunt
Joint forces have arrested 40 people, suspected to be supporters of Awami League and its associate bodies, in Gazipur since Saturday night to Sunday morning, said police...
PUBLIC ADMIN REFORM: Cluster-based ministries proposed
The public administration reform commission, in its full report published on Saturday, recommended cluster-based ministries to boost officials鈥� efficiency and skills.
PUBLIC ADMIN REFORMS: Ultimatum issued to revise recommendations
The Inter-Cadre Discrimination Elimination Council on Saturday issued a seven-day ultimatum demanding that the 50 per cent quota for the administration cadre in the deputy secretary pool, as recommended by the Public Administration Reform Commission, be scrapped...
Operation Devil Hunt launched to curb crimes聽
The government on Saturday launched 鈥極peration devil hunt鈥� to be conducted by the joint forces across the country in a bid to restore deteriorating law and order, bringing the perpetrators of violent crimes to justice.
Ctg police arrest ex-CCC councillor, 19 others
Chattogram police on Saturday arrested former Awami League leader and former councillor of the Chattogram City Corporation, Rekha Alam Chowdhury, as part of a special operation...
Joint forces to begin 鈥極peration Devil Hunt鈥� from today: home ministry
The government has decided to begin a countrywide crackdown of the joint forces 鈥極peration Devil Hunt鈥� from today to bring culprits to book and maintain law and order....
Experts sceptical about success of provincial govt
A provincial government system, as proposed by the public administration reform commission on Wednesday, would create multi-dimensional complexities in the country鈥檚 unitary governance system, public administration experts have observed.
Three arrested with 11 endangered capped langurs
The Forest Department and the Dhaka district administration on Thursday arrested three individuals and seized 11 endangered capped langurs (Trachypithecus pileatus) during a raid in Jatrabari鈥檚 Matuail Shamimbagh area...
SA keen to enhance trade tie alongside humanitarian cooperation: envoy
Saudi Arabian ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan on Wednesday said that Saudi Arabia was eager to strengthen its relations with Bangladesh in trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people exchanges, alongside its ongoing humanitarian cooperation...
Yunus urges all to accept reform reports
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called upon all concerned to accept the reports of the reform commissions and come forward to implement those...
PUBLIC ADMIN REFORMS: Four provinces, capital city govt recommended
The public administration reform commission on Wednesday proposed major structural changes, including the creation of four provinces, two new administrative divisions and a 鈥榗apital city government鈥�...
BAIRA for migration to KSA without Bangladesh embassy鈥檚 attestation
The members of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies on Wednesday urged the government to allow migration to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia without attestation from the Bangladesh embassy in the KSA for up to 24 workers at a time...
US flights carrying detained migrants to Guantanamo 鈥榰nderway鈥�
The first US flights carrying detained migrants to America鈥檚 notorious Guantanamo military base in Cuba were underway Tuesday as president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration cracks down on illegal migration, the White House said...