Bangladesh has no plans to dismantle its Planning Commission to introduce an institution like Niti Ayog, that was recently done in India. It would,however, take good practices from the newly founded Niti Ayog. Bangladesh does not have a federal structure and therefore a Niti Ayog like institution would…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday sought opinion of the authorities concerned on how many doctors among 111 are qualified, who were appointed in 2006 as medical officers at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, and could be kept in the service. It asked the Attorney General…

Bangladesh is growing in the vision of Bangabandhu- and under the strong leadership of his daughter, wrote US Secretary of State John Kerry in the visitors’…

Students of Willes Little Flower School and College in the capital yesterday called for forming a one-hour human chain in all educational institutions across the country tomorrow demanding the arrest of their fellow Suraiya Akhter Risha’s killer, reports UNB. “We’re urging all educational…

BNP Standing Committee Member and former State Minister Salahuddin Ahmed again pleaded not guilty at a court in Shillong yesterday in a case filed for ‘trespassing into the Indian territory’. A case was filed on May 12, last year accusing him of trespassing into the Indian territory. The…

West Bengal will soon cease to exist — only in name though — as the process to rename it moved a step forward yesterday when the proposal was voted on the floor of the assembly, reports The Hindustan times. Minutes later, chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced at a press conference that…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday night arrested two officials of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) from Segunbagicha in the city on allegations of being part of a Tk 3.5 crore swindle, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Saidur Rahman, Caretaker Engineer of Uttara Apartment…