The BNP government has restored economic stability and made progress in several development and social welfare programmes during its first 180 days in power, according to its own assessment.

The government can survey the number of unemployed workforce due to the fund cuts, followed by an economic impact assessment.

What Bangladesh truly requires is an effective and manageable administrative framework rather than an expansion of the flawed system we currently endure.

Bangladesh needs a properly resourced and responsive IG press office, one that regards its audience as the nation and not the elite.

The problem with parties in Bangladesh is that their activism relies on backward-looking and person-centric politics and revolves around a single leader.

The government continues to borrow from Bangladesh Bank on a large scale as commercial banks are now unable to finance the state due to liquidity crunch.

The government is going to increase fees for most services provided by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), putting additional financial burden on private and commercial vehicle owners.

CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, has called on Bangladesh government to "halt its assault on the right to protest", investigate all violations by both state and non-state actors and bring the perpetrators to justice.

The government must stop this farcical exercise

Who is calling all the shots in government affairs at the moment, the ministers or the bureaucrats? The answer is pretty obvious.

Government officials must be made answerable for their actions and decisions

Many digital services of the government are suffering from myriad problems

But major bottlenecks remain, depriving people of full benefits

When reassurance was needed, he exuded panic.

Justice for the victims of enforced disappearance must be ensured

Authorities must answer for such wastage of public money

The public administration ministry has reprimanded Senior Assistant Secretary Sarwoer Alam as a minor punishment for making a comment on Facebook after not being promoted to deputy secretary.

The government yesterday (March 27) formed a high-powered taskforce to monitor the prices trend of some basic commodities in the markets in order to contain their unusual spiral.

The government has decided to enforce another countrywide lockdown, for a week, from April 22 as the coronavirus infections keep spreading.

Bidders need to give bribes in the form of financial benefits, arrange trips and host dinners for government officials to win public procurement contracts, says a World Bank report.