Police officials failing to understand public expectations will face consequences: Home minister
26 September 2026
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Governance
PM Tarique heads home after five-day UNGA visit
26 September 2026
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Governance
PM holds 30 official engagements during four-day New York visit: Mahdi Amin
26 September 2026
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Governance
51st special BCS circular issued for 5,000 health cadre posts
24 September 2026
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Governance
Directive issued to drop 'Awami League-aligned' members from local committees
23 September 2026
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Governance
Tarique, UN refugee chief discuss sustainable solution to Rohingya crisis
23 September 2026
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Diplomacy
Govt had no better alternative to fuel price hike: Zahed
22 September 2026
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Governance
Abdur Rouf appointed Bridges Division Secretary, Alimul Amin DG of Passports
21 September 2026
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Governance
Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury made regular High Court judge
21 September 2026
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Legal System
Govt doubles investment ceiling for foreigners seeking citizenship
Foreigners will have to invest a total of US$1 million in Bangladesh or transfer a total amount of $2 million from their country to Bangladesh to avail citizenship here.
21 March 2016
Legal notice served to AG for his age
A Supreme Court lawyer has sent a legal notice to the attorney general asking him to explain under what authority he has been holding the office as he is beyond 67 years of age.
21 March 2016
28 including three lawyers indicted
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-7 yesterday pressed charge against 28 persons including Supreme Court lawyer Shakila Farzana in a case filed for their alleged involvement in the financing of a militant outfit in Chittagong's Banshkhali upazila.
20 March 2016
UK’s Redline gets security job at Dhaka airport
British company Redline has been given the job for screening at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at Tk 73.98 crore for two years.
20 March 2016
‘Social media guidelines’ for civil servants
The government has issued a draft 11-point guideline for social media use of public servants with provisions against propagation of political ideology and provocative statements.
20 March 2016
‘Elections now a carnival of nomination trade’
A former election commissioner alleges that the elections in Bangladesh have become an opportunity of nomination trade with money.
20 March 2016
Govt to develop country following Bangabandhu’s ideals: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterates her firm resolve to develop the country following the ideals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
18 March 2016
President, PM pay tributes to Bangabandhu on his birthday
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his mazar this morning marking the 97th birthday of the great leader.
17 March 2016
Fazle Kabir appointed BB governor
The government appoints former finance secretary and chairman of state-run Sonali Bank Ltd Fazle Kabir as the new governor of Bangladesh Bank for the next four years.
16 March 2016
11 held while going to India illegally
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 11 Bangladeshi nationals while they were going to India illegally through Daulatpur
15 March 2016
Demolition of roadside structures starts in Tangail
Tangail district administration with the help of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) yesterday started demolishing illegal structures
15 March 2016
Huge rock dust unsold as demand falls
At Madhyapara granite mine in Dinajpur's Parbatipur upazila nearly 1.5 lakh tonnes of rock dust lie in seemingly forgotten heaps for a
15 March 2016
Dhaka-Delhi Biman flight to resume in April
The much expected Biman flight between Dhaka and Delhi route will resume in April, says civil aviation and tourism ministry.
14 March 2016
Hasina requests Cameron to review cargo ban
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requests British Prime Minister David Cameron to review the UK’s decision regarding ban on direct air cargo from Dhaka to London.
14 March 2016
After Caab chief, Civil aviation secretary replaced
A day into removing the chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab), the government replaces the secretary of civil aviation and tourism ministry.
14 March 2016
HC questions legality of biometric SIM registration
The High Court has questioned the legality of biometric registration for purchase of mobile operators’ Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards.
14 March 2016
ICT gives May 3 to press charges on 2 ‘war criminals’
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 tells prosecution to press charges against two alleged war criminals of Habiganj and Kishoreganj by May 3.
14 March 2016
Cadres, non-cadres to start with 9th grade of 8th pay scale
The first class cadre and non-cadre officials will get their entry-level salaries at ninth grade of the 8th National Pay Scale. A cabinet committee, formed to eradicate salary discrimination, makes the decision in a meeting with a view to bringing parity with non-cadre officers.
10 March 2016
Dhaka gets 1st female Chief Judicial Magistrate
The government has appointed Additional Metropolitan Session’s Judge Jesmin Ara Begum as Dhaka’s first female Chief Judicial Magistrate.
10 March 2016
Verdict on parliament’s power to impeach SC judges May 5
The High Court fixes May 5 for delivering judgment on a writ petition that challenged the legality of the 16th constitutional amendment empowering parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges for incapacity or misconduct.
10 March 2016