Monday, July 7, 2025

Government to promote 250 bureaucrats shortly

The government has decided to promote at least 250 bureaucrats in the ranks of deputy secretary, joint secretary, additional secretary and secretary, within the shortest possible time. This is part of reforms in the civil administration before the next parliamentary election. The Superior Selection Board (SSB), responsible for recommending promotion for government

PM slams BNP, Jamaat, Hefajat for cutting down trees

Apparently holding the BNP-Jamaat alliance and Hefajat-e-Islam responsible for the recent felling of thousands of trees across the country in the name of movement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said those responsible for such offences should be brought under the ambit of law. “In recent times, thousands of trees alongside roads and on islands

Rajuk mobile court jails five people

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha during a drive on Wednesday sentenced five people each to one year imprisonment for violating law in the capital. The convicted are Abdul Karim, Abdul Hanif, Muzaffar Hossain, Harunur Rashid and Bikash Roy. They were caught by the mobile court while they were

Ministry to form joint demolition team

The Ministry of Housing and Public Works on Wednesday decided to form a joint committee to demolishing the listed 321 risky buildings in the Dhaka city. The committee will be comprised of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha and the Dhaka North City Corporation officials and some experts of the Bangladesh University

Businesses for more tax holiday

Demand tax cut on capital machinery import Different trade bodies and business associations have put forward a number of recommendations and demands to the government for incorporating those in the national budget for the 2013-14 financial year to be placed in Jatiya Sangsad today. Most of the bodies on various recent occasions have

Tears earn Ashraful more sympathy than hate

Mohammad Ashraful may have his cricketing career at risk after the Bangladesh Cricket Board suspended him indefinitely on charge of match-fixing, but his tearful confession on television has earned him more of sympathy than hate. Questions are also rife whether the cricket board made

Ashraful feels relieved

Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful, who was banned from cricket temporarily, said that he felt relieved after he had apologised in public for his involvement in match-fixing. Ashraful broke the silence to the media hours later after the Bangladesh Cricket Board had banned him for making a confession to the Anti Corruption and Security