Banks鈥� provision shortfall nearly doubles in Sept
The shortfall in provisions in the country鈥檚 banking sector nearly doubled at the end of September due to increased distressed assets in banks, especially in the state-run ones...
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Compilation of Mujib Year expenses to complete soon: officials
The finance division is compiling the wastage of funds in the name of Mujib Year celebration to mark the birth centenary of the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Outrage in Argentina as influencer lines up for first division match
An Argentinian club drew the ire of the country's football community after selecting an influencer with no professional experience in its starting XI for a top-flight match.
Man freed after 12 years at CJ鈥檚 intervention
After spending 12 years in Kashimpur High Security Central Jail despite a High Court acquittal, Shukur Ali, a man from Bikrampur of Munshiganj, finally walked free on Monday.
SC stays bail of former AL lawmaker鈥檚 son Bakhtiar
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed a High Court order that had granted bail to Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of former Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan, in a...
Search committee formed to recommend names for ACC chairman, commissioners
The government formed a five-member search committee headed by Supreme Court appellate division justice Md Rezaul Haque to recommend names for the posts of chairman and commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission.聽
Three more advisers take oath of office
Three more advisers took oath at the Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban Sunday evening.
SJC scrutinises allegations against several HC judges
The Supreme Judicial Council has initiated a review of information regarding several High Court judges, following a series of meetings, according to a press release from the Supreme Court administration on Thursday.
Six-member search committee for Election Commission formed
The government on Thursday formed a six-member search committee led by Appellate Division judge Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury to recommend people for the offices of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners...
Judicial secretariat under SC is long overdue
THIS is unacceptable that the judiciary has not enjoyed effective separation from other state organs and has not been truly independent, even though the constitution declares in unambiguous terms that the state 鈥榮hall ensure the separation of the judiciary from the executive organs of the state鈥�. On November 1, 2007, the then caretaker government...
Sylhet win, Dhaka in driving seat
Sylhet division secured a six-wicket win over Chattogram inside three days in the second round of the National Cricket League at the Sylhet Academy Ground on Monday...
Metro clinch second straight win
Bowlers handed Dhaka Metro a crushing 10-wicket win over Rajshahi division inside the first two days of the second round of the National Cricket League at the BKSP-4 Ground, Savar, on Sunday...
Corneal tissue arriving from Nepal to restore vision of two Bangladeshi students
Seba Foundation has arranged for the delivery of highly sensitive corneal tissue to Bangladesh to restore the vision of students injured during the recent anti-discrimination movement.
Number of project revision proposals for cost, time hike drops
Ministries and divisions have submitted proposals seeking revision of 33 projects, mostly for time extension, in the first two months of FY25, indicating slowing down of the trend seeking cost hike and time extension of projects...
SC orders strict compliance with court edicts
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has issued a warning to all government authorities asking them to ensure strict compliance with court rulings and orders...
Receipts to be submitted to exchequer on collection day
The Finance Division has framed guidelines on the collection and management of levies outside the purview of the National Board of Revenue with a provision of reviewing rates at least...
Reforms in education should be priority agenda of govt
ISSUES of national education have recently come to the fore, with the cancellation of a textbook review and revision committee on September 28 apparently amidst opposition by some right-wing Islamist groups after it was formed on September 15. The process of national education also came to be questioned when the authorities cancelled the...
Govt reconstitutes law commission
The government on Wednesday reconstituted the Law Commission, Bangladesh, appointing former Appellate Division Justice Zinat Ara as the new chairman of the commission for a three-year tenure...
SC halts Sohel Rana鈥檚 bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court鈥檚 interim bail order for Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza and former leader of the Awami League鈥檚 youth wing, Juba League...
A call to harness net zero vision
THE interim government has announced six commissions for reforms in the constitution, the electoral system, the judiciary, the police, the Anti-corruption Commission and public administration. Considering the significance, urgency and challenges of Net Zero Vision 2050, the government should add environment commission to the cart as well. As efforts to...
SC halts Sohel Rana鈥檚 bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court鈥檚 interim bail order for Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza and former leader of the Awami League鈥檚 youth wing, Juba League.
DU students protest against cancellation of textbook revision committee
Some students of Dhaka University have protested against the cancellation of the textbook revision committee and labelling Professor Samina Luthfa of sociology department of the university as 鈥榓nti-Islam鈥� on Monday.
Govt should not show rightist bias or weakness
THE dissolution of the textbook review and revision committee, formed on September 15, and the criticism, controversy, demands and counter-demands that led to the dissolution is concerning on a few counts. The Secondary and Higher Education Division on September 28 dissolved the 10-member committee meant to review textbooks of the...
Interim govt removes councillors of 12 city corporations in Bangladesh
The interim government has removed ward councilors of all the 12 city corporations from their positions with immediate effect.
Flood likely in low-lying areas along Teesta
The rivers in Rangpur division might rapidly rise by tomorrow following very heavy rain inside Bangladesh and its adjacent upstream areas in India under the influence of a low pressure that started moving onto land...
Orion Group files Tk 500cr defamation case against Independent TV
The Orion Group on Thursday filed a defamation case seeking Tk 500 crore in compensation against the Independent Television over allegations of airing 鈥榙efamatory鈥� and 鈥榝alse鈥� reports against the company...
Ex-justice Manik shown arrested in another murder case
A Dhaka court on Thursday showed retired justice of the Appellate Division AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik arrested in a case lodged over the murder of Abdul Motalib in the capital during anti-discrimination student-led mass uprising...
Raising age limit for govt jobs proposed
The Cabinet Division has sent a proposal on raising the age limit for entering government jobs to 35 years and the retirement age to 65 years to the public administration ministry...
Golam Rabbani becomes law secretary
Md Golam Rabbani has been appointed as the full secretary of the Law and Justice Division of the law ministry...
Govt nod must for raw material import, foreign drug sale: SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a ban on importing pharmaceutical raw materials and selling foreign medicines without prior approval from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...