Hajj pilgrims will have to pay Tk 360,000 each for performing holy Hajj under the government management this year while the amount is around Tk 305,000 for performing hajj without any sacrificial animal.

PM Sheikh Hasina encourages ministers of her cabinet to do their household works instead of hiring domestic helps. "You can start by setting an example. That way, money can be saved and there are no additional hassles," she tells her cabinet colleagues.

Cabinet gives approval to a proposal for forming two committees to resolve inter-ministerial disputes.

The cabinet sends back the draft agreement between Bangladesh and Malaysia governments for sending Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia as both countries are yet to sign memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard.

The government appoints senior land secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam as cabinet secretary.

The cabinet has approved the drafts of the law that will allow registered political parties to nominate candidates in the local body elections.

Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb and his Cabinet resigns amid a corruption investigation that led to the arrest of the agriculture minister last week.

The cabinet approves a proposal for ratification of "The Motor Vehicles Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger, Personal and Cargo Vehicular Traffic between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal".

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the government has been considering keeping the provision of time scale for the public servants.

Cabinet approves in principle amendment to ACC law, which would bar the anti-graft body from dealing with forgery, cheating cases in non-government sector. Cops will now handle these cases.

Cabinet approves draft law with the provision of not allowing former presidents who grabbed power illegally to enjoy pension allowances.

Cabinet gives its final approval to the draft of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Act 2015 doubling the jail term and fine for defaulters.

Five days into major reshuffle in the cabinet, Finance Minister Muhith says that there would not be further change in it anytime soon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said periodical cabinet reshuffle in a parliamentary democracy is a normal practice and this may happen any time.

The cabinet approves the draft of the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Policy-2015 in a bid to ensure development in the ICT sector.

Parliament and the cabinet showers the Bangladesh cricket team with praise and glory for its Sunday's historic series win over India.

Mobile courts will get power to punish wrongdoers even if they do not admit their offences, according to a draft law approves by the cabinet.

The cabinet approves the draft of motor vehicle agreement among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.

The Indian cabinet approves two separate agreements, to be signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka next week, to fight human trafficking and introduce coastal shipping service with Bangladesh.

The cabinet approved the draft of a law to construct the much-awaited nuclear power plant at Rooppur in Iswardi upazila of Pabna.