Ashik Abdullah Apu

Reporter, Print/Digital, The Daily Star

Government jobs: Stalled recruitment tests vex jobseekers

Several recruitment tests for different government posts, including the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations, have been postponed since mid-July, causing concerns among the jobseekers already frustrated by a backlog of tests.

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AL stares at a ‘political death’

Trumpeted as a champion of democracy over the last 15 years by her party colleagues and followers, Sheikh Hasina, 77, has become a pariah overnight.

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AL ‘lost its pro-people image’

Leaders and activists from various levels of the ruling Awami League have voiced concerns that the party has strayed from its founding principles, urging a focus on devoted activists rather than infiltrators.

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Languishing in BCS LOOP

Imam Hossein had applied for the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams in November 2019, just months after completing his master’s from Jagannath University.

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A house of representatives!

With his son’s victory in Wednesday’s upazila chairman polls in Subarnachar, local Awami League lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury have further consolidated his grip on politics, said party insiders.

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Corrupt official let off with just a temporary pay cut

The government has reduced the salary of an assistant commissioner (land) of Bogura sadar upazila for 12 months after he was found guilty of forgery.

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Relatives in UZ Polls: Unfazed, AL MPs breach party directive

The ruling Awami League issues some directives and makes some strategic decisions before local government polls, but its ranks hardly ever abide by those.

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Relatives in UZ Polls: AL chief’s directive for MPs largely unheeded

Awami League lawmakers’ urge to tighten their grip on the grassroots seems to be prevailing over the party president’s directive to have their family members and close relatives withdraw from the upazila parishad polls.

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December 25, 2022
December 25, 2022

‘Bring back order at the grassroots’

Leaders and activists of the Awami League’s grassroots level said they expect the new AL leadership, elected through the 22nd national council yesterday, will play a strong role in organising the field-level workers ahead of the next national election.

December 15, 2022
December 15, 2022

Martyred Intellectuals Memorial: Desecrated by illegal structures

Ibrahim Khalil owns three plant nurseries along the boundary wall of the Rayerbazar Martyred Intellectual Memorial( Boddho Bhumi).

December 14, 2022
December 14, 2022

Martyred Intellectuals Memorial: Desecrated by illegal structures

Ibrahim Khalil owns three plant nurseries along the boundary wall of the Rayerbazar Martyred Intellectual Memorial( Boddho Bhumi).

December 7, 2022
December 7, 2022

Need leadership that can change BCL image

Chhatra League leaders and activists are expecting that the organistion will have a new leadership that will be able to restore its past glory and work to realise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dream of building a “Smart Bangladesh”.

December 5, 2022
December 5, 2022

Top posts in chhatra league: 30 may be new age bar before council

The age limit for the activists aspiring to get top positions in Bangladesh Chhatra League central committee is likely to be relaxed once again ahead of the biannual council of the pro-Awami League student body.

November 11, 2022
November 11, 2022

Jubo League's grand rally today, Hasina to be present

Jubo League is all set to hold a mammoth rally in the capital today.

November 11, 2022
November 11, 2022

Is Samrat back?

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged casino kingpin in Dhaka, seems to have become active in politics again centring the organisation’s founding anniversary rally today.

November 10, 2022
November 10, 2022

Is Samrat back again?

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged casino kingpin in Dhaka, seems to have become active in politics again centring the organisation’s founding anniversary rally today.

November 8, 2022
November 8, 2022

RPO defied as parent parties run BCL, JCD

The Representation of the People Order clearly states that no student organisation can be an associate body of a political party, but Chhatra League and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal are still being run as the associate bodies of the Awami League and the BNP.

October 18, 2022
October 18, 2022

Zilla parishad polls: AL-backed candidates take 48

The ruling Awami League backed chairman candidates lost in the zilla parishad polls in 11 districts yesterday.