EVERY ministry, directorate, department, division, district and upazila administration office in Bangladesh now operates its own website. These websites were developed under the Access to Information programme of the former prime minister鈥檚 office, in collaboration with the Aspire to Innovation initiative of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology...
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Thursday expressed disappointment over bureaucracy, saying that bureaucrats were hesitant about reforms...
THE deputy commissioners鈥� seeking more powers, as they have already proposed during their annual conference in Dhaka, in discharging their responsibilities comes with concerns in a number of areas. The deputy commissioners, who also work as district magistrates, have sought to be further empowered regarding law enforcement, the judiciary, local government and...
IF THERE were ever a time to pitch a Netflix drama based on the chaos of Bangladesh鈥檚 education system, the current saga of the University of Dhaka and its seven affiliated colleges would be it. We can call it campus wars or the bureaucratic labyrinth. The tale has everything: students in revolt, high-stakes drama, a pro-vice chancellor with a penchant...
Activities in the country鈥檚 bureaucratic enclave have remained limited within routine works after the student-led mass protest toppled the past political regime on August 5 and unleashed shockwaves among administrative officers at the secretariat...
TWENTY-EIGHT years after, the family and comrades of Kalpana Chakma, a Hill Women鈥檚 Federation leader, still await justice as authorities have failed to resolve the abduction case. Kalpana was allegedly picked up on June 12, 1996 by a group of armed men, including a junior army officer, from her house in Rangamati...