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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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November 16, 2016
Protect minorities or face action
The cabinet committee on law and order yesterday warned of taking tough action against law enforcement agencies if they fail
November 16, 2016
Cases criminal, pleas political
Her morning started like many other housemaids on that January day in 2011. But she accidentally broke a water glass. That would prove to be a fatal event. Her employer beat her and denied any treatment to the severely injured girl.
October 30, 2016
AL keeping party, govt separate?
The ruling Awami League has decided to draw a distinction between the party and the government and accordingly dropped 10 ministers and state
October 21, 2016
Containing Militancy: Govt moves to form regional taskforce
The government has made a fresh move to form South Asian Taskforce to contain militancy and extremism.
October 4, 2016
AL embarks on a lavish council
The Awami League is planning a grand triennial council at the Suhrawardy Udyan with an estimated cost of Tk 10 crore.
September 28, 2016
Top Level Meeting in Delhi: BGB to raise fencing issue
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will raise the issue of India's decision made in July to shift the fence along the border to the
September 23, 2016
Extortion in Transport Sector: Home ministry goes for warning first, not action
The home minister and the shipping minister yesterday acknowledged that extortion was rampant in transport sector. But both spoke of warning the extortionists instead of going straight into action against them.
September 20, 2016
AL plans to bring in fresh blood
The ruling Awami League is going to hold its 20th tri-annual council in late October, keeping the next general election in mind.
July 30, 2016
Tackle spread of militancy
With the directive to make an all-out effort to combat militancy and terrorism, the deputy commissioners returned to their work stations from the capital as the annual conference of the DCs ended yesterday. Though the conference was supposed to give priority to their problems in implementing government decisions at the grassroots level, the issue of terrorism and militancy dominated the four-day conference that began in the capital on Tuesday.
July 26, 2016
Freeing Mir Quasem is their goal
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there might be attacks next month on some renowned educational institutions to create a hostage situation in efforts to free war crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali, a Jamaat leader.
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