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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September 14, 2015
Leftist allies of Bangladesh Awami League against VAT on education
The ruling Awami League's partners in the 14-party combine yesterday said they are against imposing VAT on education, as it would encourage commercialisation of education.
September 13, 2015
No council for years in AL top brass' districts
The last council of Kishoreganj district Awami League was held in 1997. Eighteen years have passed since then.
September 3, 2015
Latif won't contest by-polls
Abdul Latif Siddique, who resigned from parliament on Tuesday, would not contest the by-polls of Tangail-4 constituency, from where he has been elected five times so far.
August 30, 2015
'PM annoyed over needless remarks'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed annoyance over some of her party and cabinet colleagues making “unnecessary”
August 30, 2015
AL spent only a third of its income last year
The ruling Awami League had spent around a third of its total income in 2014.
August 28, 2015
Unease among allies of Bangladesh Awami League over JSD role
While Awami League's allies see the spat over Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal's role in creating the grounds for Bangabandhu killing as a plot to
August 16, 2015
In tears, in prayers
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana stood in solemn silence in front of the Tungipara tomb of the Father of the Nation on the day their family was massacred 40 years ago.
August 7, 2015
Bangladesh Awami League warns associated bodies against extortion
The ruling Awami League yesterday warned its different units and front organisations not to indulge in “extortion” for hosting any programme marking the National Mourning Day.
August 5, 2015
Alliance partners unhappy with ruling Awami League of Bangladesh
Components of the 14-party alliance yesterday expressed resentment at BNP-Jamaat men joining the ruling Awami League and
July 22, 2015
Extortion again?
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday opposed a proposal to stop extortion by party men in the name of observing the National Mourning Day programmes, sources said.
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