Will the PM’s latest directive be followed by the relevant authorities?

To the uninitiated, the public interaction between our prime minister and state officials may seem curious at times.

It is an outrageous project

The High Court today (August 25, 2022) cleared the way for law enforcers to arrest government officials in criminal cases without permission from their authorities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warns government officials against corruption saying that there should be no dishonesty in any form.The prime minister comes up with the tough warning in her introductory speech at the second Secretary Committee meeting.

The government promotes 85 joint secretaries to the rank of additional secretaries, who were deprived of promotion in the last several years.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approved filing of 34 cases against 97 people including government officials, public representatives and businessmen in March this year.

The government decides to curb the issuance of official passports for its employees across the country in view of allegations of human trafficking in disguise of government officials.

At least fifteen people were killed when a bomb exploded on a bus carrying government employees in the volatile northwest Pakistani frontier city of Peshawar on Wednesday, officials say.

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.

Fierce fighting is continuing between Afghan forces and the Taliban in parts of Afghanistan's northern city of Kunduz, despite government claims that it had regained control of the city.