Brig Gen Mustafa Kamal appointed IG Prisons
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Governance
‘MPs sitting around me used abusive language’: Rumeen
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Parliament
Law and order in Bangladesh has visibly improved: Home minister
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Governance
‘Old wine in a new bottle’: Opposition slams bill abolishing Rab, setting up SRB
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Crime & Justice
Khokon asks chief justice to make Supreme Court 'free of corruption' within a month
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Legal System
‘I got 3 messages purportedly from MPs asking for money’: Chief whip warns of phone hacking
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Cyber Safety and Security
Opposition warns of food crisis over fertiliser shortage, government says stocks sufficient
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Parliament
‘BNP in power without gas, electricity or fertiliser crises?’: Rumeen’s remarks spark uproar in parliament
9 September 2026
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Parliament
Law minister terms SCBA president’s courtroom conduct 'improper'
9 September 2026
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Parliament
Marriage, divorce registration to be digitised; pilot programme to be launched this month
9 September 2026
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Policy
BTRC launches call center for complaints
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) launches a call center where telecom subscribers will be able to register any telecom related complaint.
25 May 2016
Section 54: Modifications as per SC directive, says law minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq says modifications will be made to Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), if needed, as per the directives of the Supreme Court.
24 May 2016
PM expresses condolences at SL loss of lives
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her heartfelt condolence and profound sympathy on the tragic loss of lives in devastating floods and landslides in Sri Lanka which was caused by Cyclonic storm Roanu.
21 May 2016
Form separate land commission for the plain land ethnic people
Indigenous leaders of the district yesterday demanded separate land commission for the plain land indigenous people of the country.
18 May 2016
Bill seeks action against NGOs for ‘indecent remarks’ on constitutional bodies
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law finalises a bill with recommendation to include a provision to take actions against any NGO for making ‘indecent comments’ about different constitutional bodies.
18 May 2016
Govt to appoint 28,000 primary panel teachers
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education decides to appoint 28,000 teachers waiting on panel and pool lists who qualified as assistant teachers of the government primary schools in 2012.
18 May 2016
Over 1,500 teachers sans govt's pay roll for years
Over 1,500 teachers and employees of non-government colleges, high schools and madrasas in the district have been serving without
17 May 2016
Arrest by lawmen in plainclothes alarming: SC
The Supreme Court observes that incidents of arresting people by the law enforcers in plainclothes are alarming.
17 May 2016
Modi to lay foundation stone of India-Bangladesh rail project
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to lay the foundation stone of a new India-Bangladesh railway project on May 27, reports NDTV quoting a top railway official.
17 May 2016
Govt to export rice: Commerce minister
Government is considering exporting rice as the production has surpassed the required amount by 40-50 lakh metric tonnes at present, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed says.
17 May 2016
34th BCS gazette issued, joining on June 1
The much-waited gazette notification of 34th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination has been published this evening.
16 May 2016
US, Bangladesh to work together to combat militancy: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the US has agreed to work with Bangladesh to combat terrorism and militancy in the country.
16 May 2016
HC gives go ahead to cadet Pollen's murder case
A High Court bench refuses to stay the trail proceedings of a case filed for killing a student of Mymensingh Girls' Cadet College in 2005.
16 May 2016
New bus fare now effective from May 20
A day after the new bus fare was in effect, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the reduced fare will be implemented from May 20.
16 May 2016
Pro-liberation body for trial of 195 Pak war criminals
Pro-liberation platform Sector Commanders Forum – Muktijuddho ’71 today demands to start trial of “195 identified Pakistani war criminals” of 1971.
15 May 2016
JS body seeks lists of firms, banks named in Panama Papers
The parliamentary standing committee on finance asks the central bank to submit a list of organisations and companies, whose names have been published in the Panama Papers.
15 May 2016
Budget session begins June 1
Parliament will go into the Budget session on June 1, a Parliament Secretariat press release says.
15 May 2016
Death in septic tank: HC seeks govt explanation on compensation
The High Court issues a ruling asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why it should not be directed to give Tk 20 lakh in compensation to the family members of a three-year-old girl who died after falling into a septic tank in Chandpur.
15 May 2016
Bidi workers' human chain foiled
A human chain formed by bidi workers, asking the government not to raise tax on the bidi industry, was dispersed by police yesterday
14 May 2016
Pakistan violated 1974 tripartite accord: Law minister
The 1974 tripartite agreement is no longer valid as Pakistan violated the accord by not taking their stranded citizens back from Bangladesh, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.
14 May 2016