Bangladesh government

Should Bangladesh be divided into four provinces?

What Bangladesh truly requires is an effective and manageable administrative framework rather than an expansion of the flawed system we currently endure.

Government must make itself available to questions from the press

Bangladesh needs a properly resourced and responsive IG press office, one that regards its audience as the nation and not the elite.

Can the government govern itself?

The problem with parties in Bangladesh is that their activism relies on backward-looking and person-centric politics and revolves around a single leader.

Govt keeps borrowing heavily from BB

The government continues to borrow from Bangladesh Bank on a large scale as commercial banks are now unable to finance the state due to liquidity crunch.

Govt all set to jack up fees for vehicles

The government is going to increase fees for most services provided by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), putting additional financial burden on private and commercial vehicle owners.

'Halt assault on the right to protest'

CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, has called on Bangladesh government to "halt its assault on the right to protest", investigate all violations by both state and non-state actors and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Foreign trips are no gifts to be doled out to state officials

The government must stop this farcical exercise

Ministers are the boss, bureaucrats real boss

Who is calling all the shots in government affairs at the moment, the ministers or the bureaucrats? The answer is pretty obvious.

Accountability, not individual choice, should guide public service

Government officials must be made answerable for their actions and decisions

January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016

Law to try people for undermining 1971 war ‘planned’

The government plans to formulate a law to punish the errant people for undermining the country’s Liberation War.

January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016

Power tariff to go up again: Nasrul

The government decides to raise power tariff again, side by side with improving the customer service.

January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016

UK happy over Bangladesh’s aviation security measures

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake expresses satisfaction over the various steps taken by the government on aviation security issues.

January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016

Move to relocate Zia’s grave will be nightmare: Nazrul

Accusing the government of trying to annihilate Zia family, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan today warned that any move to relocate the party’s founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave from the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area would turn into a nightmare.

January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016

Caller tunes: Mobile operators asked to ensure artists’ royalty

The telecom division has directed mobile phone operators to ensure fair royalty to artists for using their songs and recitations as users’ call tunes or welcome tunes.

January 25, 2016
January 25, 2016

Facebook to reply within 48hrs of filing complaint

Facebook authorities gave assurance that they will respond to every complaint filed by the Bangladesh government and reply within 48 hours what measures they have taken, said State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim.

January 18, 2016
January 18, 2016

Microsoft signs MoU with A2i programme

Microsoft Bangladesh signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with A2i programme.

January 17, 2016
January 17, 2016

Govt halts hiked fees on school students

The government today directed educational institutions to stop collecting hiked fees from students as most private schools in Dhaka have increased the fees by a huge margin.

January 14, 2016
January 14, 2016

University teachers’ strike continues for 4th day

Teachers of all 37 public universities observe the fourth day of their indefinite strike protesting the “government inaction” on addressing their demand for removing the “pay disparity” with bureaucrats.

January 10, 2016
January 10, 2016

Govt okays 6 more private universities

Despite allegations of numerous irregularities against most of the private universities, the government gives approval to six new universities in the private sector.