Tag: Strategic

he government has promoted 70 Deputy Secretaries to the rank of Joint Secretaries barely two months after a similar promotion of 326 others.

The visiting five-member European Union Election Exploratory Mission will sit with the main opposition BNP on Tuesday to discuss election issues to have an idea about pre-polls situation in the country.  

State Minister for Industries Omor Faruk Chowdhury has said rural electrification is very essential to lessen the sufferings of the grassroots people.

The Hajj flight has started on a sour note with 163 pilgrims facing lot of hardship on the first day of the flight as Biman’s Boeing 747 aircraft, leased from Nigerian airlines Cabo, did not get clearance from Saudi Arabia.

DHAKA – Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday expressed its apprehension about the future of the ACC case filed in connection with Padma bridge corruption conspiracy.

A new alliance – The Girls Not Brides Bangladesh Alliance – was formed with the hope to end child marriage in Bangladesh on Thursday.  

In the awake of allegation of massive graft in recruiting staff to the Food Directorate under the Food Ministry, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has demanded immediate cancellation of recruitment process and taking stern action against those involved in the…

Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed on Tuesday said the government has taken steps to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) aiming at quick disposal of cases.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government would go for district budget in near future for decentralisation of power and balanced development of the country.  

DHAKA – BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Sunday said national and international conspiracy is being hatched with the hill tracts and he called the political parties to face the conspiracy.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday joined a Milad Mahfil held at IVY Tower at Gulshan-2 on the occasion of the 9th death anniversary of former Mohila Awami League leader Ivy Rahman.  

The Election Commission has not yet taken any decision over the abolition of the clause 91 (E) of the Representation of the People Order (RPO) that empowers it to cancel the candidature of any contestant for severe violation of the…

The organogram committee, headed by the Chief Election Commissioner, will sit in a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the proposal for upgrading 301 Upazila election officials in terms of pay scale.  

Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Zabed Ali on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) will act over the legal dispute on the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami after the final disposal by the apex court.  

The government is working to bring changes in the existing Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to ensure the quick disposal of cases, said Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on Tuesday.  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called President Barack Obama`s announcement of plans to limit sweeping US government surveillance programmes a “victory of sorts” for fugitive former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.

WASHINGTON—In a striking policy shift that ensured the rancorous spy-policy debate would extend into the fall, President Barack Obama announced plans to overhaul key parts the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs.

MADRID — Spain will review speed limits and security systems throughout its rail network to avoid a repeat of a train crash that killed 79 people last month, a government minister said Friday.

The success rate in HSC and equivalent exams this year has dropped by about four percent over last year.

An acute shortage of officials and employees is now prevailing in the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Comilla, hampering its normal activities.

The government has taken an initiative to modernise Thakurgaon Sugar Mills in a bid to reduce its ‘process loss’ through replacing its old machinery and introducing another option for sugar production from beet sugar alongside boosting its output from sugarcane. …

A total of 30 registered political parties, including Awami League and BNP, have submitted their earnings and expenditure statements for the year 2012 to the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday.

A parliamentary panel has recommended the distribution of 30,000 freedom fighters’ certificate that will stand up to machine scrutiny.

Bangladesh Armed Forces on Wednesday jointly hosted an iftar party in honour of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Senakunja in the Dhaka Cantonment.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has joined hands with Yunus Social Business (YSB) to provide financial and technical assistance to the development of the Social Business Incubator Fund to promote social business in vulnerable and underserved communities around…

Unauthorised, makeshift vending outlets erected on the sidewalks are adding to the problem of traffic congestion which has started increasing with the passing of every day leading to the holy Eid.

Md Shahidul Haque has become Bangladesh’s new Foreign Secretary after having performed the duties in an interim capacity since January.

Twenty-eight Bangladesh missions abroad failed to achieve their respective export targets set for the July-May period of the last fiscal year (2012-13) mostly because of moderate export growth.

Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr M Afsarul Ameen on Wednesday said the government will nationalise 2,252 non-MPO monthly pay order registered primary schools within the current month July.