EC invites applications for political party registration
The Election Commission has called for applications from political parties seeking registration ahead of the forthcoming general elections...
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PURBACHAL PLOT SCAM:聽ACC okays charges against Hasina, family in 6 cases
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday approved charge sheets against 29 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, in six cases filed on charges of corruption in allotting...
Reforms depend on talks with parties, citizens: NCC
The National Consensus Commission on Monday said that reforms in various sectors would depend on the outcomes of dialogues with political parties and citizens regarding the recommendations made by six reform commissions.
Stakeholders urge quick resolution to BSEC crisis
Stakeholders of the capital market on Sunday called for a swift resolution to the ongoing crisis at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, expressing concerns that the recent incidents at the commission had caused frustration and anxiety among investors at home and abroad...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 GOVERNANCE GAMBLE: Proposal on federalism
IS BANGLADESH ready for a federal system? Emerging聽from the recommendation of the Administrative Reforms Commission, the issue has generated considerable discussion. Although federalism has been acknowledged for its capacity to distribute power and solve regional problems elsewhere in the world, its viability in Bangladesh is yet unknown. Examining this...
Nothing but repatriation can end Rohingya sufferings
THE Rohingya influx into Bangladesh keeps taking place slowly as they flee violence and a fearful situation in their native place of Rakhine, which is reported for long to have been caught in conflicts. The Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner says that 53,948 Rohingyas were given registration by the office at hand and the Office of the...
Tipu Munshi sued, NASA group chair鈥檚 plots, shares seized
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two separate cases against former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and his wife Irena Malabika Munshi on charges of acquiring illegal assets worth around Tk 10 crore...
EC to firmly advocate for keeping NID services: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said that they would strongly urge the government to keep the national identity services under the election commission鈥檚 control...
Transforming Info Commission into constitutional body demanded
Experts on Thursday urged to establish the Information Commission Bangladesh as an independent constitutional body to ensure its independence in strengthening democracy and accountability...
TK 25,000CR DUBIOUS TRANSACTION: UP chair, wife sued
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found suspicious transactions involving Tk 25,160 crore through bank accounts of Brahammandi union parishad chairman Md Luck Mia, his wife and one of his staff at Araihazar in Narayanganj.
Reforms before or after polls left with parties
The National Consensus Commission has sent a questionnaire to different political parties to gather their opinions on key reform proposals.
BSEC officials go on strike
Officials and employees of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission have abstained from work on Thursday, demanding resignation of chairman Khandaker Rashed Maqsood and other commissioners...
Court issues travel bans on 23 people, including ex- BB chief Atiur Rahman
A Dhaka court on Thursday issued travel bans on 23 people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and former Janata bank chairman Abdul Barkat and former managing director Abdul Salam Azad in connection with a corruption case...
ACC prosecutes ex-minister Dastagir, wife
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed two separate cases against former textile and jute minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, and his wife, Hasina Gazi, on charges of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and engaging in suspicious financial transactions...
UN to halve food budget for Rohingyas in Bangladesh camps
The United Nations is going to reduce its allocation for food for Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 a month per person from the next month...
BSEC officers threaten to go on strike
Officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday announced that they would go on strike if the chairman and three commissioners did not resign...
JULY UPRISING ABUSES: UN rights chief calls for justice
Presenting the fact-finding report in Geneva in Switzerland on human rights violations and abuses related to the protests of the July-August student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh, United Nations鈥� high commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T眉rk, on Wednesday said that accountability was absolutely the key...
Govt should put NID services transfer to discussions, debates
THE government and the Election Commission have been at variance with the national identity registration services, which involve the preparation, distribution and maintenance of identity cards and other related responsibilities. The government wants to set up an independent commission, the Civil Registration Commission, and put the national identity registration services...
Govt, EC at odds again over NID service
The government and the Election Commission are once again at odds over the responsibility for the NID service, as the interim government moves forward with plans to transfer the service to an independent institution, removing it from the jurisdiction of the EC.
Govt, EC at odds again over NID service
The government and the Election Commission are once again at odds over the responsibility for the NID service, as the interim government moves forward with plans to transfer the service to an independent institution, removing it from the jurisdiction of the EC.
ACC sues 2 ex-VCs over JUST graft
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against four people, including two former vice-chancellors of the Jashore University of Science & Technology, on charges of irregularities and corruption in recruitment at the university...
MONEY LAUNDERING: SC verdict on Tarique, Mamun鈥檚 sentence tomorrow
The Anti-Corruption Commission鈥檚 lawyer on Tuesday conceded to the arguments presented before the Appellate Division by businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun鈥檚 lawyer seeking Mamun鈥檚 acquittal in a Tk 20-crore money laundering case...
Govt decides to hire 2,000 more doctors: adviser
The government has decided to recruit an additional 2,000 doctors through the ongoing recruitment process of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission...
ACC sues聽 former MP Akhtaruzzaman, ex-councillor Aksah, wife
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against former member of parliament from the Khulna-6 constituency Md Akhtaruzzaman on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽3.47 crore.
ACC seizes assets worth聽Tk 18,607cr in 7 months
The Anti-Corruption Commission seized movable and immovable assets worth around Tk 18,607 crore from corruption suspects in the past seven months between August 2024 and February this year.
ACC prosecutes ex-MP Tanveer, family over illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed three separate cases against former lawmaker from Sirajganj-4 constituency Tanveer Imam, his wife Mahin Imam and their daughter Maniza Ismat Imam on charges of amassing assets beyond their known sources of income.
7 new PSC members take oath
The newly appointed seven members of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission took oath Sunday morning...
EC not working to implement anyone鈥檚 agenda, CEC says
Chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Sunday said the election commission was not working to implement anyone else鈥檚 agenda.
Tk 2.45cr seized from ex-DGFI chief Saiful home
The Anti-Corruption Commission has recovered Tk 2.45 crore from the residence of retired Lieutenant General Md Saiful Alam, a former director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.
European commissioner Hadja Lahbib now visiting Bangladesh
European commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management Hadja Lahbib is now visiting Bangladesh...