Bangladesh needs a properly resourced and responsive IG press office, one that regards its audience as the nation and not the elite.
The problem with parties in Bangladesh is that their activism relies on backward-looking and person-centric politics and revolves around a single leader.
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.
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.
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.
The government must stop this farcical exercise
Who is calling all the shots in government affairs at the moment, the ministers or the bureaucrats? The answer is pretty obvious.
Government officials must be made answerable for their actions and decisions
Many digital services of the government are suffering from myriad problems
The government promotes 20 police officials to the rank of additional deputy inspector general of police in the latest reshuffle of the police administration.
Putting emphasis on advancing the country’s medical science further, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government will do whatever is necessary for the development of the field.
The government has taken an initiative to send two hundred fresh graduates from Computer Science, Software Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering background to India and Japan to attend training course on different upcoming technologies.
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid appoints Imran Ahmed, Awami League lawmaker of Sylhet-4 constituency, as minister and Begum Fazilatun Nessa, woman MP from reserved seat-23, as state minister.
Political affiliation of upper-level officers is given emphasis when it comes to promotion rather than merit, skill or seniority, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) says.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the aim of her government is to improve the living standard of people and free the country from poverty.
The government has taken zero tolerance policy against illegal migration, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says. He suggests that those who had gone to Libya with the ultimate purpose of reaching Europe illegally should be brought under law.
The High Court has directed the government to monitor the fruit markets and warehouses across the country to prevent use of chemicals in fruits.
Law Minister Anisul Huq directs the authorities concerned to shatter the gangs of corrupt officials at the district registrars’ and sub-registrars’ offices across the country.
The telecom regulator blocks 1,279 more pornographic websites in the country, a joint move through internet safety solution programme run by Telecom Department and blocking the links from internet gateway level.
