24-hour police monitoring planned for Durga Puja: Home minister
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Governance
New DCs appointed to Tangail, Nilphamari, Patuakhali, Pirojpur
29 September 2026
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Governance
Update / PM considers raising grants to Tk 5cr for Durga Puja, Tk 3cr for Kathin Chibar Daan
29 September 2026
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Governance
Govt employees may get 5-day Durga Puja break if Oct 22 declared holiday in Bangladesh
29 September 2026
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Governance
Verify freedom fighter lists, arrange treatment abroad for July warriors: Parliamentary committee
28 September 2026
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Parliament
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
Hasina wants to stop flow of 'harmful' information
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the information ministry to be watchful to stop the flow of information that harms
12 August 2015
HC stays transfer of case to military court
The High Court yesterday stayed a move to transfer a case against an army officer over the torture of his wife to a military court from a
12 August 2015
PM takes a swipe at those seeking constitution reform
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slams those seeking constitutional amendment again, saying that these people were either advisers to military dictators or worked with them in other capacity and sucked their feet and begged their mercy.
12 August 2015
Bangladesh SC asks for recordings of report, talk show
The Supreme Court yesterday ordered private television channel Ekattor TV to submit by August 16 the recordings of a report and a talk show in which
11 August 2015
Constitutionally recognise Adivasis: Adivasi Parishad
Jatiya Adibashi Parishad yesterday demanded that their constitutional recognition as “indigenous” be ensured as they have their own
11 August 2015
Why schoolbag back-breaking?
Getting home from school in the early afternoon, Lara, a class III student, presses from the ground floor the bell to her third-floor flat. It's not that the collapsible gate on the entrance is locked. It's just that her big satchel, full of books and writing pads, has already weighed her down so much so that she cannot climb up the stairs with it slung over her shoulders.
11 August 2015
Bangladesh’s top court pummels 10 tardy polluters
The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against 10 tannery owners for obstructing the implementation of its 2001 judgment on relocation of hazardous tannery industries from the capital's Hazaribagh area to Savar.
The court asked them to explain in two weeks why contempt of court proceedings should not be brought against them.
11 August 2015
Rajuk, Chinese firm sign MoU for Dhaka elevated highway
Rajuk yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese construction company to build a 13km elevated highway
11 August 2015
Hasina for exploring untapped potentials
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for more institutional arrangements between Bangladesh and Slovenia
11 August 2015
Gonojagoron Mancha faction marches again for justice
A faction of Gonojagoron Mancha yesterday brought out a procession demanding arrest and trial of the killers of blogger Niladri
11 August 2015
Ctg Mayor Nasir feels urgency for city govt
Chittagong Mayor AZM Nasir Uddin yesterday stressed the need for introduction of city government, which will bring all public service
11 August 2015
Govt to buy twenty dredgers for BIWTA
The government has undertaken a project to procure 20 dredgers and necessary equipment at the cost of Tk 2,048 crore to enable
11 August 2015
Bangladesh sets 80km maximum speed to reduce road accidents
In yet another impromptu move, the government yesterday decided that speed limiters would be installed in all modes of transports on highways to cap their speeds to 80kmph with an aim to check road accidents.
10 August 2015
IGP draws flak over remarks on blogging
Some eminent people yesterday criticised Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque for his request to bloggers that they should not "cross the limit".
10 August 2015
Bangladesh, Vietnam eye extending ties in security
President Abdul Hamid today meets his Vietnam counterpart Truong Tan Sang and discusses security, connectivity, trade, investment, tourism and culture.
10 August 2015
Order on Zafrullah’s contempt Aug 30
A tribunal in Dhaka fixes August 30 to pass an order in a contempt of court proceeding initiated against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury.
10 August 2015
DSCC mayor reprimands engineer for battered road
Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday reprimanded the engineer concerned for not repairing the road in
9 August 2015
Govt initiative made to fail?
The government-to-government (G2G) labour recruitment system between Bangladesh and Malaysia was made to fail.
8 August 2015
Fazilatunnesa helped Bangabandhu take political decisions
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib sacrificed everything to encourage Father of the Nation
8 August 2015
Drivers want to ply 3-wheelers till 2pm
Owners and drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chittagong yesterday requested that they be allowed to ply their vehicles from 6:00am
8 August 2015