Security beefed up around TV channels
In the wake of the latest militant attacks on a Gulshan restaurant and Sholakia Eidgah, security has been beefed up around different
9 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Security tightened
Law enforcers have stepped up security in all important places and establishments in the capital, especially in the diplomatic zone, following Friday's terror attack.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Dream highway stirs new hope
The four-lane Dhaka-Chittagong highway formally opens today amid high hopes that it would boost trade and make smoother road...
1 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Focus on fast-track projects
The government has given top priority to eight fast-track mega projects in the upcoming budget, setting aside Tk 18,727 crore for them.
2 June 2016, 18:00 PM
More burden on Bangladesh's state coffer
The government will have to spend more money from the public exchequer on the salaries and perks of the 222 public servants who got promotion over the last three days, but who will continue to do their same old job.
15 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Promotion for prestige
The latest round of promotion in the civil administration will hardly bring any dynamism in bureaucracy as most of the promoted
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Padma Bridge project: River training to be dearer
The cost of the Padma Bridge River Training Works (RTW) is likely to increase further as additional areas have been brought under the RTW beyond the original plan due to excessive erosion of the river banks.
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh cabinet approves draft law to probe misconduct
The cabinet yesterday approved in principle a draft law specifying the procedures for investigation into allegations of misconduct or incapacity against a Supreme Court judge and the judge's removal by the Jatiya Sangsad.
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Do not let renovations alter historic sites' originality
Stating that the authorities concerned have been destroying the original state of historical sites during renovations, Prime Minister
18 April 2016, 18:00 PM
50pc cost hike for delayed start
The first-ever fast bus lane designed to run from Dhaka airport to Gazipur will be at least 50 percent costlier with the construction expected to begin in June, four years after the government took up the project.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Game on '71 war out on March 26
A group of girls have been kidnapped by the Pakistani occupation forces and are held hostage at a torture camp, four kilometres off from Shanir-char in Barisal, a strategically important Pakistani outpost. Shamsu Bahini, a group of five desperados and commandoes guerrillas who reclaimed the Char from the Pakistani's grip move to rescue their sisters.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Comments on CJ embarrassed govt
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was “embarrassed” by the comments of two ministers about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Move to stop malpractice
The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the Public Procurement (4th Amendment) Act-2016, incorporating a provision for bidders not to quote a price 10 percent lower or higher than the official estimated price of a public procurement tender.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Serving the orphans
Faridul Islam Farid would not want others to suffer what he went through.
12 February 2016, 18:00 PM
15 lakh to get job in 3 years
The cabinet yesterday approved a draft deal to allow Bangladeshi private recruiting agents to send workers to Malaysia following the failure of the government-to-government (G2G) labour recruitment system.
8 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Civil bureaucracy plagued by in-situ
The government move to promote around 300 officials would see a further rise in the number of in-situ officials in the civil
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Promotion for commotion
The already top-heavy civil bureaucracy is set to get even heavier, as the government is going for another mass promotion to the ranks of additional, joint and deputy secretaries amid allegations of lobbying and nepotism over promotions.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Inter-cadre discrepancies to be removed
To appease the agitating officials of different cadres of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), the government has initiated a process to reform the organisational structures of the services to introduce "a permanent system" for promotions.
28 January 2016, 21:25 PM
PM intervenes to end row
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the secretaries concerned to examine the new pay scale's "discriminatory provisions" concerning different sections of professionals, including university teachers, and take steps accordingly.
4 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Heavy defeat despite heavy ballot-stuffing
He moved heaven and earth to win it.
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM