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One-day polls for local government: How feasible is the commission's proposal?

Dhaka, April 21 -- The Local Government Reform Commission has recommended an overhaul of the electoral process, suggesting the removal of direct voting for mayors and chairmen. Instead, it proposed t... Read More


Labour Reform Commission submits report to chief advisor

Dhaka, April 21 -- The Labour Reform Commission, one of the five commissions formed in the second phase to recommend state reforms, submitted its final report to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus at noon o... Read More


Bangladesh's Yunus to handpick fresh mangoes for China's President Xi

Dhaka, April 21 -- Highlighting the progress in agricultural trade with China, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus said he would personally send "a basket of fresh mangoes" to Chinese President Xi Jinping. ... Read More


Commission recommends councils with elected members instead of chairmen for local government

Dhaka, April 21 -- The Local Government Reform Commission has proposed sweeping changes to strengthen Bangladesh's local government system, calling for a shift in electoral structures, revenue policy,... Read More


Hifazat demands Women's Affairs Reform Commission scrapped, Jamaat rejects report

Dhaka, April 20 -- Two of Bangladesh's most prominent Islamist groups have expressed strong opposition to the Women's Affairs Reform Commission, with Hifazat-e Islam calling for its complete abolition... Read More


Citizen Party 'suspicious' as EC moves with polls plan before official roadmap

Dhaka, April 20 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has cast "doubt" over the Election Commission's (EC) actions geared towards a December election, even before Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has announ... Read More


Local Government Reform Commission submits final report to Yunus

Dhaka, April 20 -- The Local Government Reform Commission has submitted its final report to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus nearly two months after the initial one. The panel members handed over the rep... Read More


Sufiur Rahman appointed as chief advisor's special assistant to foreign ministry

Dhaka, April 20 -- Career diplomat Mohammad Sufiur Rahman, who was the Bangladeshi ambassador to four different countries during Sheikh Hasina's rule, has been appointed as Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunu... Read More


Police murder confessions obtained through torture, says law advisor

Dhaka, April 20 -- Law Advisor Asif Nazrul believes that the confessional statements obtained from two suspects in the murder and hanging up of the body of a policeman in Matuail during the quota refo... Read More


Driver protests deal a 'blow' to battery-run rickshaw ban in Gulshan

Dhaka, April 19 -- An attempt to stop battery-powered rickshaws in Dhaka's upscale Gulshan has faced a "setback" on the first day of the campaign. Although the drive began with control in the morning... Read More