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Australia stands firm on climate justice and women’s rights in Bangladesh

The Australian government has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Bangladeshs overall development, including advancing climate justice, addressing crises, and ensuring womens rights. Australias Ambassador for Climate Change Kristin Tilley assured continued cooperation during a bilateral...

UAE’s 1st female astronaut aims to inspire future generations, plant flag on moon

Noora AlMatrooshi, the first Emirati female astronaut, has set her sights on a groundbreaking goal: to be the astronaut who plants the UAE flag on the moon. In a recent talk with students at the American Academy for Girls in Dubai, AlMatrooshi shared her aspirations and commitment to inspiring...

Investigation underway into 2 former BB governors, 53 officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into corruption allegations against 53 former and current officials, including former Bangladesh Bank governors Abdur Rouf Talukder and Atiur Rahman. The officials face accusations of illegal asset acquisition, money laundering, and...

Govt initiates action against ex-DCs

The Interim Government has started taking action against the high-ranking government officials who served as returning officers (ROs) in the three controversial parliamentary elections during the fascist Awami League regime. Of these officials, who were working as deputy commissioners (DCs)...

ACC files case against ex-IGP Benazir, family

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed, his wife and two daughters, on charges of money laundering amounting to Tk 11.34 crore, reports UNB. Deputy Director of ACCs Integrated District Office Dhaka-1 Md Hafizul Islam...

PSC gets 7 new members

The incumbent government has appointed seven new members of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission, as announced in a notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Tuesday, according to BSS. The new members are Dr. Ferdous Arfina Osman, professor of the Dhaka University;...

Tenures of five reform commissions extended until March 31

The tenures of five reform commissions, formed separately from the six that have already submitted their reports, have been extended until March 31. These include the Womens Affairs Reform Commission, the Labour Reform Commission, the Local Government Reform Commission, the Media Reform...

Corruption must be reduced for national progress – Home affairs adviser

Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (retired) has identified corruption as the countrys biggest challenge, warning that without tackling it, the nations desired progress will remain unattainable. He emphasized the need to curb corruption at all levels, noting that...

DCs propose universal military training for youths

Deputy Commissioners (DCs) have proposed introducing universal military training for Bangladeshi youths to strengthen national defense and enhance civil-military cooperation, reports UNB. The proposal was discussed on Tuesday at the DCs Conference at Osmani Auditorium in Dhaka during a session...

Japan targets 60% emissions cut by 2035 from 2013 levels

Japan set fresh climate targets on Tuesday, pledging to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade from 2013 levels. Under the Paris Agreement, each country is supposed to provide a steeper headline figure to the UN for cutting heat-trapping emissions by 2035, and a detailed...

‘Will not be allow to verify complete NID information from EC server’

Different information verification organizations will not be allowed to verify their entire information from the Election Commissions server, said Bangladeshs National Identity Registration Divisions director general (DG) ASM Humayun Kabir. The NID DG informed this to the reporters on Monday....

Strictly maintain law and order, strengthen market monitoring, CA to DCs

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to strictly maintain law and order and strengthen market monitoring in the country, reports BSS. Maintaining the countrys law and order is the top priority of the government, so the DCs should not fail in any way to...

JRC recommends no signing on judgements after retirement

Judgments or order of the Supreme Court must be published with the signature of the judge within a maximum of six months after its announcement, aiming at reducing the suffering of litigants and lawyers. No judge including the chief justice will sign any judgment or order after retirement, the...

No chance to fail over reforms: Chief Adviser

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said if reforms could not be brought in the state structure, all efforts of the interim government will fall in flat. We have no chance to fail (over reforms). We dont want to fail, he told the first meeting of the National Consensus Commission with the...

Consensus Commission’s first meeting underway

The Consensus Commissions first meeting with political parties commenced at the Foreign Service Academy after 3:00 pm on Saturday, BSS and UNB reported. The meeting is being chaired by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. In the meeting, delegations from BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, LDP, Jatiya Party...

Consensus Building Commission: Chief Adviser to address first meeting with political parties tomorrow

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will hold the first of possibly many meetings with the political parties on Saturday as part of interim governments efforts to build national consensus ahead of the next national election. The first meeting of the national consensus-building commission, to be...

British deputy high commissioner meets Fakhrul

British Deputy High Commissioner James Goldman paid a courtesy call on BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the BNP Chairpersons office in Gulshan, Dhaka, today (February 13). Shama Obaid, party Chairperson Khaleda Zias foreign affairs advisory committee member, was also present at...

Dr. Yunus to lead National Consensus Commission

A seven-member National Consensus Commission has been formed, with the interim governments Chief Advisor, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, as its chairman. The Vice-Chairman is Professor Dr. Ali Riaz, head of the Constitution Reform Commission. A related announcement was issued on Wednesday,...

Commission recommends written agreement in determining lawyer’s fee

The Judicial Reform Commission report recommends that a written agreement be in place to ensure transparency in determining lawyer fees. According to the agreement, a receipt must be given to the client for each fee payment. The receipt must include the amount of the fee, the date of payment,...

Jamaat’s meeting with EC begins

A delegation from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has begun a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin and other election commissioners. The meeting started at 10:00 am today (February 13) at the Election Commission building in Agargaon, Dhaka. In a statement issued on...

PRC suggests fair trail of policemen accused of killings during uprising

The Police Reform Commission (PRC) has suggested the policemen and officers accused of killing and injuring students and others during the July-August Mass Uprising must be exposed to justice to establish rule of law in the country. It is necessary to expose the police officers responsible and...

Bangladesh seeks UN support to enhance technology transfer

Bangladeshs Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury has called for a reformed international financial system and enhanced technology support to address critical social development needs from the UN. Salahuddin made the remarks while speaking at...

Consensus Commission dialogue with political parties begins Feb 15

Dialogue of the National Consensus Commission with the political parties will begin on February 15 next. Chief Advisers press secretary Shafiqul Alam informed the matter on Monday evening. He said. A decision was taken today to hold first meeting of the National Consensus Commission with...

We want to remain neutral, not support or oppose any party: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said that the Election Commission (EC) does not intend to take a stance for or against any political party, reports UNB. We, who are in the commission, do not want to engage in politics we do not want to support or oppose any political party...

Commission's recommendations on BCS exam

The Public Administration Reform Commission has made several recommendations regarding the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. It has provided a roadmap starting from the BCS exam to appointment process. Additionally, it has proposed a redistribution of marks for fundamental subjects and...

Proposal to increase retirement age of judges to 70

Judicial reform commission recommended increasing the retirement age for chief justice and Supreme Court judges to 70, raising 3 additional years. Besides, the minimum age for the appointment of additional judges to the High Court has been set at 48 years. The report of the judicial reforms...

JU admission test kicks off Sunday

The undergraduate admission test of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for the 2024-25 academic session will begin on Sunday, with 145 candidates competing for each seat. A total of 262,450 candidates have registered online to contest for 1,814 seats, said Syed Mohammed Ali Reza, JU Deputy Registrar...

Reform commission reports published

Six reform commission reports now available in cabinet secretary divisions website. These reports were published at 5 pm on Saturday. The six commissions are; constitution, electoral, police, anti-corruption commission, public administration and judicial reform commission. These commissions...