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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March 14, 2016
Inu fails to convince dissidents
Despite appeals by Hasanul Haq Inu, the dissidents of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) stick to their decision to go on with their own faction, saying they are the "real JSD".
March 11, 2016
26 more Biranganas to be recognised as FFs
Momena Khatun was 17 when the Pakistan army kidnapped her from her house in Bag Achra village of Jessore during the Liberation War.
March 2, 2016
Rebel candidates vex AL in many UPs
Like the elections to other local government bodies, the upcoming polls to union parishad will see rebel candidates of the Awami League in many union parishads including the ones in the constituencies of the party president and general secretary.
February 18, 2016
Freedom fighters' age reduced to 13
The Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (JMC) yesterday fixed 13 as the minimum age limit for being recognised as a freedom fighter.
February 8, 2016
14-party for consensus
There could be conflict among candidates of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance in the upcoming union parishad elections if a consensus was not reached by partners, fears a number of alliance components.
February 2, 2016
Scope widens for dual citizenship
The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of "The Citizenship Law, 2016," expanding the scope of having dual citizenship by expatriate Bangladeshis.
February 1, 2016
How they get freed on bail?
Members of the cabinet committee on law and order yesterday came down heavily on police for torturing a Bangladesh Bank official and a staff of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), saying those incidents had tarnished the image of the department.
January 31, 2016
Shakeup likely in vital committees
Incumbent Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam may get the responsibility for the third consecutive time through the
January 30, 2016
Mammoth task awaits AL
Picking single candidates for the union parishad elections would be a daunting task for the ruling Awami League as the grassroots
January 4, 2016
AL won't let BNP stage protests
The Awami League has instructed its leaders and activists to resist any attempts by BNP men to take to the streets tomorrow to create fresh controversies over the January 5, 2014, parliamentary election.
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