Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee

Interim Government Re-verifies Background of 41st BCS Police Cadres

41st BCS police cadre: 100 candidates facing fresh verification

The interim government is re-verifying the background of 100 individuals who passed the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service examinations and were recommended for police cadre jobs.

3w ago

Sheikh clan’s lust for duty-free cars

With an almost decimated opposition and farcical elections, a party nomination from the ruling Awami League was as good as a seat in the parliament.

3w ago

Interim govt struggling on many fronts

The government on around a dozen occasions has backtracked on its decisions during its two months in office, casting doubts about its resolve.

1m ago

Mahalaya to Vijaya Dashami: What this year’s Durga Puja predicts

Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival, celebrates the divine force “Shakti” embodied in Goddess Durga. This year, Mahalaya falls on 2 October, marking the start of Devi Paksha. Durga arrives on 3 October by palanquin, considered inauspicious, and departs on 12 October by horse.

1m ago

Cops still afraid to come out of cocoon

An overarching sense of frustration, apprehension, and opportunism prevails over the police force, rendering it virtually dysfunctional.

1m ago

Forging unity with islamist parties: Jamaat eyes large electoral alliance

The vacuum in the wake of the Awami League’s departure from the political arena and the BNP’s impending reemergence as number one are leading other parties to peel away from these major players and seek to make their own spheres of alliance.

1m ago

BNP forms six panels for reforms

The BNP has formed six committees to formulate the party’s reform proposals in line with its 31-point outline aimed at reforming the constitution and state system and ensuring economic emancipation, said party sources.

1m ago

Post-August 5 politics: BNP, Jamaat drifting apart

The taunts and barbs leave little room for doubt that the 33-year-old ties have soured. Since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders have differed in private and in public on various issues, including reforms and election timeframe.

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April 1, 2018

No tickets for rebel backers

Ministers and lawmakers of ruling Awami League, who had backed AL rebels in local government elections, will not get party tickets in the upcoming general elections, said AL President Sheikh Hasina.

March 16, 2018

AL or BNP? Loyal to both

All down the line, this man had been a diehard BNP activist. To prove his loyalty to the party, he, according to the insiders, did whatever deemed fit

February 10, 2018

With little trouble, AL relieved

With the BNP not waging any noticeable street agitations following Khaleda Zia's jail sentence on Thursday, the Awami League camp appears to feel greatly relieved.

January 30, 2018

Draft of Digital Security Act Approved: Gag on freedom of expression

The freedom of the press and expression was put to the sword, feared journalists and rights defenders as the cabinet yesterday approved the draft of the Digital Security Act-2018 yesterday.

January 25, 2018

BCL gets even more reckless in govt's final year

Chhatra League is working to ensure atmosphere conducive to education at the colleges and universities across the country, wrote its General Secretary SM Jakir Hossain in a newspaper article published on January 4, marking the student body's 70th founding anniversary.

January 23, 2018