The government has transferred 12 Superintendents of Police (SP) in different police stations. The Home Ministry today issued a notification in this regard signed by Deputy Secretary Tausif Ahmed. According to the notification, Bogura SP MD Shahadat Hussain has been transferred to Armed Police Battalion (APBN), Khagrachari SP Mirza Saim Mahmood to Bogura, Dhaka Metropolitan […]
The committee comprises key administrative, law enforcement and field officers, including assistant commissioners (land), upazila health and family planning officers, agriculture officers, livestock officers, fisheries officers, local police station heads (OCs), primary and secondary education officers, social service officers, Ansar and VDP officers, women’s affairs officers and mayors or administrators of upazila level municipalities. The […]
Officials have also indicated that minor renovation and preparatory work is outstanding at several properties. Subject to the completion of these tasks, the Ministers and Ministers of State are expected to reside in their designated official residence after Eid-ul-Fitr. During the interim government, both Jatiya Sangsad Bhawan and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar areas were considered to be […]
Barrister Mir Ahmed bin Qasem Arman, who himself was forcibly disappeared for eight years from August 2016 to August 2024 and later won a seat in Dhaka-14 as a Jamaat-e-Islami candidate, said enforced disappearance cases at the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) should proceed without political interference. He said there should be “full disclosure” under the […]
Bangladesh Police Service Association has urged the government to reconsider its decision to change the police uniform. The organization further said that instead of spending huge sums on new uniforms, it would be more logical to invest in modernizing the force, providing vehicles at the police station level and increasing logistics support. The statement signed […]
Within the first six months alone, 14 senior secretaries and secretaries, one Grade-1 officer and 19 additional secretaries were sent into compulsory retirement. During the same period, 23 senior secretaries and secretaries, two Grade-1 officers and 51 additional secretaries were made Officers on Special Duty (OSD). Some more officers were named OSD in the following […]
At one point in his speech the DCCI Chairman said that to revive the economy the private sector has to be made functional. For this, four measures will have to be taken. These are four measures: First, the law and order situation should be improved so that extortion stops. Second, government offices should be made […]
Major General JM Imdadul Islam of 55 Infantry Division has been appointed Commandant of East Bengal Regiment Center (EBRC). Major General Firdous Hasan Selim, currently in the EBRC, has been appointed GOC of 24 Infantry Division. Brigadier General MD Hafizur Rahman, Defense Advisor to the Bangladesh Embassy in India, has been promoted as Major General […]
Bangladesh was first listed as an LDC in 1975 and has benefited from preferential trade access and other aid measures. The CDP recommends countries for graduation based on triennial reviews assessing three criteria: gross national income (GNI) per capita, human asset index (HAI), and economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI). To qualify a country must […]
According to the Constitution, the Prime Minister can appoint persons who are not members of Parliament as members of the Cabinet. However, the condition is that technocrat ministers cannot exceed one-tenth of the total number of cabinet members. This time, apart from Aminur Rashid, two more people have been included in the cabinet from the […]
Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Saleh Shibli said that Prime Minister Tariq Rahman would prefer to use his personal vehicle rather than a government-provided vehicle during his tenure. “He (the Prime Minister) remains comfortable in his personal vehicle during his movements,” the press secretary said. Shibli further said that on his first day in office on […]