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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January 2, 2016
AL to discipline 23 rebel-backer MPs
The ruling Awami League has listed more than twenty of its lawmakers who will have to face disciplinary action for backing rebel candidates in Wednesday's municipality elections, say party insiders.
January 1, 2016
AL jubilant over polls victory
The ruling Awami League is really happy with the just concluded municipality polls.
December 27, 2015
Dhaka city AL hasn't seen new leaders since 2003
The Dhaka city unit of the Awami League has been without new elected leadership for more than a decade now, and there are no signs
November 30, 2015
AL gets 30 names from local units
Municipality units of ruling Awami League have started singling out mayoral candidates and sending their names to the party chief's office ahead of the upcoming municipality polls.
November 29, 2015
AL going alone, allies not happy
The ruling Awami League's decision to contest the municipality elections independently has aggrieved its partners.
November 18, 2015
Cops asked to know their guns
All police personnel have been asked to master the techniques of properly operating their weapons.
October 12, 2015
Local polls to be partisan
The LGRD ministry is seeking changes to the local government laws allowing political parties to nominate candidates in local body
October 5, 2015
Bangladesh govt orders ensuring security of foreigners
The home ministry and the police headquarters have directed deputy commissioners and superintendents of police in all districts to beef up security for foreign nationals in their areas and maintain regular contact with them.
September 21, 2015
Bangladesh to observe Eid without most key leaders
In an unprecedented instance, almost all the key leaders -- including the prime minister, the opposition leader and the BNP chief -- will not be in the country during Eid-ul-Azha.
September 15, 2015
What prompted govt to review VAT decision
The fear that student protests could take a turn for the worse was one of the reasons why the government yesterday withdrew 7.5 percent value added tax (VAT) on private universities and medical and engineering colleges, according to sources in the ruling Awami League.
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