Three advisers to the interim government of Bangladesh will meet today to discuss solutions for taming inflation, which remains high even though several initiatives have been implemented to this end.
The interim government is seeking out individuals who maintain financial integrity, demonstrate competence and uphold professionalism while selecting secretaries within the administration.
The mutilation done to the nation would require more than run of the mill actions or traditional approach.
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.
The interim government had taken oath two months ago with overwhelming public support and amid almost equally unrealistic expectations.
Army chief General Waker-uz-Zaman has vowed to back the country’s interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus “come what may” to help it complete key reforms so that elections could be held within the next 18 months.
The government needs to set in place irreversible principles and practices that constrain arbitrary power in the future leading to the misuse of popular consent.
A survey on 2,363 people has found that 81 percent want the interim government to stay until the reforms are done.
A new era with a new populace doesn’t just need a new constitutional dispensation but a new way of arriving at such a dispensation.
Says Prof Yunus sent through a minor operation, may return country today or tomorrow
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus will be the chief adviser of the interim government, said a press release of Bangabhaban today
The country continued to stagger in a power vacuum for the second day as President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved the parliament yesterday without providing an outline of an interim government or a clear transition path in sight.
With many police stations unmanned and arms and ammunition looted, there is a sense of serious insecurity among people in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus is set to become the head of interim government.
Human rights group Amnesty International today (Tuesday) said any interim government, which will be formed after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina-led government, must prioritise human rights and not repeat the mistakes of the past
A business delegation led by the former FBCCI president AK Azad is now at the Bangabhaban to hold a meeting with President Mohammed Shahabuddin
President Mohammed Shahabuddin is holding a meeting with representatives of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement at the Bangabhaban.
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has agreed to lead the interim government as its chief adviser. .A reliable source confirmed the information to The Daily Star. .“When I was contacted on behalf of the students, I didn’t agree at first. I told them I have a lot of work to finis