Advisers, secretaries flouting foreign travel rules
CA upset over repeated violations; officials urged to follow directives ahead of election
23 October 2025, 06:24 AM
SC Secretariat Ordinance: Judges may hold executive posts
Cabinet Division officials say it’s double standards
22 October 2025, 21:57 PM
Shielding personal data: Govt brings big tech under local courts’ purview
The Advisory Council yesterday approved the Personal Data Protection Ordinance, 2025, making social media platforms and foreign and local tech companies answerable to the courts of Bangladesh regarding the handling of restricted personal data and confidential personal data of Bangladeshi citizens.
9 October 2025, 18:21 PM
News Analysis / Public admin adrift amid leadership vacuum
For the first time in two decades, the public administration ministry has been running without a secretary for more than two weeks.
8 October 2025, 18:08 PM
Daria-i-Noor, ‘sister’ to Koh-i-Noor, awaits first light in 117yrs
For over a century, one of the world’s most legendary gemstones has remained hidden -- locked in silence, shrouded in myth, and cloaked in official secrecy.
8 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Daria-i-Noor, ‘sister’ to Koh-i-Noor, awaits first light in 117 years
Committee to inspect legendary diamond mortgaged by Nawab Salimullah in 1908
8 October 2025, 15:06 PM
Appointment of public administration secretary: What’s taking so long?
Who will be the next secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration?
6 October 2025, 08:58 AM
Civil service: Govt mulls hiring experts from outside
The move has sparked resentment among young civil service officers, though no one is willing to speak on the record.
28 September 2025, 18:33 PM
Govt transfers 25 DCs in one go
Amid lobbying by deputy commissioners seeking transfer from their once desired post, the interim government yesterday transferred 25 of them.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM
All city mayors removed
The interim government yesterday removed all mayors of 12 city corporations and 1,873 public representatives at three other tiers of local government.
19 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Civil admin still on edge
Chaotic is what best describes the days at the secretariat after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government of 15 years on August 5.
17 August 2024, 18:00 PM
11 secretaries' contracts cancelled in major reshuffle of civil admin
Home ministry's public security division secretary sent into forced retirement
14 August 2024, 11:37 AM
Yunus opens his door for the families
Listens to their despair; says govt must act on it
13 August 2024, 19:20 PM
Victims of enforced disappearance: Yunus opens his door for the families
Chief Adviser to the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday expressed deep concern after hearing the distressing accounts of families whose loved ones have gone missing at different times.
13 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Engage young people in all tiers of govt
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday directed top bureaucrats to find out ways to utilise the power of the young people at different tiers of the government.
12 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Protesting cops withdraw strike
Police members, who were on strike, have announced that they will end their strike.
11 August 2024, 15:53 PM
Students’ reps to work with ministries
The interim government led by Prof Muhammad Yunus plans to engage more student representatives to assist the advisers and make efforts to immediately improve the law and order situation.
9 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Yunus-led interim govt takes charge
The interim government led by Prof Muhammad Yunus took oath last night, four days after the resignation and departure of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina amid a mass upsurge led by students.
8 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Civil admin still without direction
From rural areas to the secretariat, the civil administration officials have been directionless in the absence of a government since former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s departure on Monday.
7 August 2024, 18:00 PM
PM to take stock of situation at today's cabinet meeting
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to hold a cabinet meeting tomorrow, days after the country went through unprecedented violence centring quota reform protests
28 July 2024, 17:22 PM
Quota system in govt jobs: Reforms must be well thought out
Any disproportionate quota system usually hurts a merit-based civil service, and any kind of decision to reform the system, in place since independence, should be well thought out, experts say.
12 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Graft suspects getting promoted in civil service
Secretaries at a meeting yesterday said some government officials facing allegations of corruption were getting promoted and posted to key positions at different ministries, divisions, and departments.
4 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Govt may let its employees trade in shares
The public administration ministry is likely to allow government employees to trade in the share market, a reversal of a decades-old rule.
2 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Graft By Govt Officials: Cabinet secy to sit with secretaries tomorrow
The cabinet division yesterday called a meeting with all government secretaries at 4:30pm tomorrow and allegations of corruption against government officials is likely to be one of the topics of discussion.
2 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Public Servants: Anti-graft laws, rules relaxed over the years
For over two decades, laws and regulations meant for curbing corruption by government employees have been relaxed, creating scope for officials to indulge in irregularities with relative impunity.
28 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Doctors, engineers grab a third of civil admin jobs
The general cadre jobs in the civil service have become so lucrative that even medical and engineering graduates are queuing up for them, giving up careers in the two highly specialised fields.
21 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Cyclone Remal: Losses estimated at over Tk 7,000cr
Cyclone Remal has had a devastating impact on 20 districts, affecting 3,83,815 people and causing damages worth over Tk 7,000 crore, according to documents of the disaster management and relief ministry.
12 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Youth Ministry: Official linked to embezzlement of Tk 11.52 crore reinstated
The youth and sports ministry has reinstated an official who, along with three others, was earlier dismissed on charges of embezzling Tk 11.52 crore.
9 June 2024, 18:00 PM