Banks urged to cut bad loans
Economists, researchers and academics have emphasised curtailing non-performing loans to ensure good governance in the banking sector and make the country鈥檚 economy vibrant...
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MJF gets Parveen Mahmud as new chairperson
Parveen Mahmud has been elected as chairperson of the Manusher Jonno Foundation, a non-government organisation that works to promote human rights and good governance...
IMPORTANCE OF MERITOCRACY: Building just, progressive society
MERITOCRACY may be defined as a system of governance or administrative structure where individuals are rewarded and promoted or given a chance to grow and develop based on their merit, abilities and skills rather than their social status, power or connections. It is often heralded as an efficient and justified way to assign responsibilities, provide opportunities...
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...
Govt should look into BRTC corruption, misgovernance
ALMOST a fourth of the Road Transport Corporation buses falling beyond economic repairs mainly because of poor maintenance in 15 years is worrying. The fleet of the agency has 1,512 buses. But, 1,102 buses run as 343 of them have been categorised beyond repairs, making any repairs financially not viable, and 64 are under heavy repairs. The agency bought 1,558 buses...
SRI LANKA: Sharing responsibility in sub-national governance
THE government is reported to be preparing legal amendments to ensure the conduct of long postponed provincial elections. Elections to the nine provincial councils have been postponed since 2017 when the government at that time decided to amend the law pertaining to the conduct of provincial elections. But they never completed the process, which...
Commission for data protection a timely demand
THIS is assuring that the government plans an independent commission to protect citizens鈥� data on digital platforms. An Information and Communication Technology Division policy adviser at the launch of a European Union-supported initiative for an effective e-governance and digital public services on January 27 said that the government鈥檚 plan for the...
Experts for ensuring corporate governance
Experts at a seminar laid emphasis on ensuring corporate governance in promoting transparency, ensuring accountability and aligning with sustainable development goals.
TRANSITION TO NEW BANGLADESH: The good, the bad and the ugly
BANGLADESH is faced with many tricky challenges in its quest for transition to a truly democratic system of governance. The student-led mass uprising of July-August 2024 forced Sheikh Hasina to flee the country after her 15-year iron-fisted rule, albeit under the fa莽ade of a democratic system of government. In 2021, when the country reached...
Bureaucrats taking on multiple roles undermine governance: Debapriya
Bureaucrats, who assume multiple roles as administrators, politicians and businesspeople, pose a significant challenge to ensuring good governance, observed Debapriya Bhattacharya, convenor of Citizen鈥檚 Platform and distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue...
Reform should include marginalised groups鈥� voice
The voices of the marginalised and vulnerable groups including women, low-income households, people with disabilities, third- and trans-gender, and minorities should be included in the reform for good governance, experts said on Sunday...
Governance crisis and sustainable solution
IN THE wake of the Monsoon Revolution, Bangladesh stands at a critical juncture, facing what could be its last chance to establish genuine democratic governance. In the past, while the nation鈥檚 leadership touted various reform initiatives and grand visions, the fundamental issues plaguing the country鈥檚 governance structure remained largely unaddressed. The current situation demands more than just...
Roundtable on effective, accountable local governance held
Discussants at a roundtable in Dhaka on Sunday said that steps such as actionable guidelines to minimise political influence in local governance, fostering transparency, empowering local government officials, and practical approaches for boosting people鈥檚 participation in governance should be taken to bring a decentralised system in the country...
Strengthening democracy and democratic governance
BANGLADESH emerged as an independent nation in 1971 with a democratic beginning, but unfortunately it did not have smooth sailing. In the past 50 years, Bangladesh experienced...
Need for ombudsman
In an era where good governance, accountability and transparency are increasingly demanded by the public, the role of an ombudsman has become indispensable in many democratic nations. Yet in Bangladesh, the potential of this office remains largely untapped. Despite being enshrined in the constitution, the ombudsman鈥檚 office has yet to be...
Munira Khan becomes CGS chairperson
National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh former member Munira Khan has been appointed as chairperson of the Centre for Governance Studies, said a...
Good governance: SMART way
THE rule of law, accountability, transparency, equality, social justice, etc are key elements of good governance. Previously, even democratically elected governments became unpopular due to a lack of accountability and transparency. However, the common people want the overall success of the interim government, which assumed office after the fall...
Political crisis must be solved by political leadership: dialogue
Politicians and rights activists on Saturday said that ongoing political crisis in the country must be solved by political leadership and the interim government should engage politicians in the process of the nation rebuilding...
Addressing norms for democratic governance
IN BANGLADESH, the forms of address used in official settings are not merely ceremonial but deeply rooted in the historical and socio-political fabric of the nation. These linguistic conventions, significantly shaped by the legacy of British colonial rule, uphold hierarchical structures and define the power dynamics between governing authorities and the public...
Institutional reforms and good governance
IN HIS third address to the nation on September 11, Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government, announced the formation of six commissions to effect...
AI in national security and reforms
ARTIFICIAL intelligence, with its transformation, is swiftly dominating the globe. It compels nations to reconsider forthcoming challenges in every sector. In fact, under the forward-thinking leadership of Dr Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 interim government, Bangladesh now stands at the crossroads through which AI can be utilised not only for the reinforcement of...
Authorities must ensure good governance in banking sector
The banking sector is one among many that has plunged into a sorry state during the 15 years of Awami League regime. The sector witnessed major financial scams and a record surge in non-performing loans. The Awami League government pushed the sector into a precarious state through approval for banks, the appointment of partisan people to...
CGS to hold dialogues to make recommendations for reforms
The Centre for Governance Studies is going to hold a series of dialogues at national and regional levels in the next five months...
Populist decisions can hardly improve education governance
THE education ministry has decided not to hold the remaining Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations deferred in the changed reality that had emerged in the middle of July out of the student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations. The examinations were scheduled to begin on June 30 and end on August 21...
Past 2 chairmen destroyed BSEC structure, good governance: DBA
The DSE Brokerage Association on Monday said that instead of stopping market manipulation and ensuring transparency, the two previous chairmen of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission participated in illegal activities...
Should governance be outsourced?
MORE than a decade back, we wrote in this paper that the idea of the state alone having the right to own and run governance institutions, particularly at the grass roots, was not practical and others could be used. I, in particular, suggested non-governmental organisations that had direct experience on both the grass roots and micro-governance...
Bad loans and failed governance
DATA recently published by the Bangladesh Bank demonstrate that our banking sector has a nagging problem of non-performing loans, which have reached a record high. According to the recent central bank data published on June 6, in the first quarter of 2024, the amount of non-performing loans was more than Tk 182,000 crore...
Experts for easily accessible system
Information technology experts and professionals on Monday in Dhaka said that the government needed to build up an efficient and easily accessible system as well as enhance the capability of the government employees to run the digital infrastructures properly for service seekers...
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...
CPB blames lack of good governance for economic failure
Politicians, academics and professionals on Wednesday at a discussion said that lack of good governance was responsible for the economic failure of the country and the increase of dollar price and abnormal increase of prices of essential commodities were secondary causes...