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
I want to see results of govt measures: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she wants to see the fruit of the ministries’ steps to lower the prices of essentials.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM
No deputies for ministers
In a departure from the way she formed her previous cabinets, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this time chose not to appoint any state minister to a ministry where there is a minister and any minister to a ministry where there is a state minister.
13 January 2024, 18:00 PM
37-Member council of ministers: Nearly half of them businesspeople
Businesspeople continue to dominate the council of ministers as almost half of its new members are involved in business, according to their affidavits submitted to the Election Commission.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Such one-party centric election not desirable
A “one-party-centred election” like the one today is not desirable at all, said former election commissioner M Sakhawat Hossain.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
EC, govt, parties to blame for current situation
The 12th parliamentary polls are not going to be inclusive and peaceful in accordance with the South Asian standards, says former cabinet secretary Ali Imam Mazumder.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
National polls: Three former secretaries in tight spot
Awami League nominated four former secretaries to contest the January 7 national polls with its “boat” symbol.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
43rd BCS: 404 new cadre posts added to meet demand
Candidates of the 43rd BCS examination have some good news to look forward to.
24 December 2023, 18:00 PM
43rd BCS: 404 new posts created to meet ministry demand
Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) is going to add 404 posts to accommodate the additional demand sought by the public administration ministry
24 December 2023, 16:26 PM
Security beefed up across country
As a measure to prevent sabotage activities ahead of the national election, law enforcers have been instructed to beef up security measures across the country.
21 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Candidates’ Wealth Info: EC can but doesn’t verify claims properly
The Election Commission accepts the aspirants’ wealth statements but never takes any initiative to properly verify the accounts.
21 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Govt to set up expats’ centres in 36 countries
The government plans to establish “Smart Expats Centres” in 36 countries aiming at bringing home remittance through proper channels to shore up the country’s strained dollar stockpile.
14 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Martyred Intellectuals Day yet to be nationally recognised
The Martyred Intellectuals Day is observed every year on December 14, with the nation paying its deepest respects to the brightest minds, who were massacred towards the end of the 1971 Liberation War.
13 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Hasina doubts if JP will stay in the race
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed doubt whether the main opposition Jatiya Party would keep its word and stay in the electoral race.
11 December 2023, 18:00 PM
207 UNOs, 326 OCs to be transferred in 1st phase
Authorities have made primary lists of upazila nirbahi officers and officers-in-charge of police stations to transfer in the first phase of the Election Commission’s move to reposition all UNOs and OCs ahead of the January 7 national election.
3 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Transfer of UNOS, OCS: Field-level officials ‘discontent’ with EC directive
A large number of field-level administration officials are dissatisfied with the Election Commission’s instructions for the transfer of all upazila nirbahi officers and officers-in-charge of police stations ahead of the national election, several officials said.
2 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Polls-Time Govt: All three technocrat ministers step down
All the three technocrat ministers resigned yesterday to make the election-time cabinet smaller.
19 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Election-time government anyone’s guess
As the schedule of the 12th national election is likely to be announced today, many wonder what the polls-time government will look like.
14 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Risk lives or skip recruitment tests?
The BNP-Jamaat led blockade has caused uncertainty for over 2 lakh government job seekers, affecting recruitment tests at 10 state-owned banks and financial institutions, along with the Power Development Board.
7 November 2023, 18:00 PM
EC invites BNP, other parties to dialogue
The Election Commission has written to the BNP and other registered political parties, inviting them to take part in talks that will be held on November 4, said sources.
1 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Govt to create 365 posts in police’s upper ranks
Giving in to the demand of police, the government is going to approve the creation of 365 supernumerary posts at the upper ranks of police ahead of the next national polls.
25 October 2023, 18:00 PM