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

May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016

Aslam on 7-day remand

A Dhaka court places BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury on a seven-day remand over alleged plot with Israel to topple Bangladesh government.

May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016

85 promoted to additional secys

The government promotes 85 joint secretaries to the rank of additional secretaries, who were deprived of promotion in the last several years.

May 8, 2016
May 8, 2016

Two acting secretaries made secretaries

The government promotes two acting secretaries to the rank of secretary.

May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016

Govt decides to conserve Bogra palace

Amid protests by different cultural organisations, the government has decided to conserve Bogra's historic Nawab Palace, which was sold to a group of local businessmen last month.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

Bangladesh govt to watch news media

The government has moved to set up a “media monitoring centre” to keep an eye on news items published in different media,

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

US urges Bangladesh for effective, quick probe

The United States yesterday pressed the Bangladesh government to bring the perpetrators of the brutal murders of secular bloggers and activists to justice through effective and prompt investigations.

May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016

There’s no-one to protect minorities: Oikya Parishad

Neither the state nor administration, political parties and civil society stand for protecting the rights of minorities, the Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad says.

April 28, 2016
April 28, 2016

Bangladesh govt moves to boost harmony

The government is to launch a new initiative to get leaders of all religions together and speak against militancy and try to boost religious harmony, said police sources.

April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016

Demolish 321 vulnerable buildings within 30 days: Minister

Govt directs Rajuk and 2 city corporations of Dhaka to demolish within a month the 321 buildings identified as vulnerable, said Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya.

April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016

Govt shifting blame for recent killings: Khaleda

Blaming the head of the government for the recent killings, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says the government is shifting the blame to other people in a bid to hide facts.