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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June 17, 2016
Transfer must within a year
Law enforcement and government officials will not be allowed to be posted in the smuggling-prone border areas for more than a year.
June 12, 2016
Puzzling maths
Every month, a union parishad chairman gets only Tk 1,575 as honorarium from the government. He gets another Tk 2,000 from his UP. During his five-year-tenure, he would receive around Tk 2.14 lakh. He does not get any other pay and perks.
June 5, 2016
Return of 'trafficked' Indian boy in legal limbo
The repatriation of Sonu, the “trafficked” Indian boy, hangs in the balance due to legal obligations.
May 24, 2016
Govt to keep watch on pro-Jamaat Peace schools
The government has asked the law enforcement agencies to keep a close eye on the network of Peace school and colleges across the country to see if they propagate in favour of militancy.
April 21, 2016
If not Awami League, who's with Olama League then?
The Olama League has all along been claiming to be an affiliated body of the Awami League, and issuing media statements and holding programmes using that identity.
April 18, 2016
Frustrated, Bangladesh ruling party Awami League's allies face split
Frustration and resentment have created divisions within some left political parties in the Awami League-led 14 party alliance over the question of parting with the government and the alliance.
April 16, 2016
Ulfa leader Paresh has 2 aides from Bangladesh
Two Bangladeshis are working as security guards for absconding Paresh Barua, commander-in-chief of the military wing of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), according to a report of an intelligence agency.
April 2, 2016
Double wings in 5 ministries
The government moves to create at least 10 divisions under five ministries soon as part of its efforts to accelerate the pace of work in the civil administration and accommodate additional officials at different tiers of bureaucracy.
March 21, 2016
AL council July 10-11
The Awami League has set July 10-11 as the new dates for its 20th triennial council, extending the tenure of the existing central committee by three more months.
March 15, 2016
Cyber heist irks PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed disappointment and concern over the Bangladesh Bank heist, said sources.
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