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Secretary committee reviewing 9th Pay Commission recommendations for public servants

Dhaka, April 5 -- The recommendations of the 9th Pay Commission, which proposes more than doubling the basic salary for government employees, are being reviewed by a secretary committee, the Prime Min... Read More


NCP sees BNP 'consolidating power, politicising institutions', threatens street protests

Dhaka, April 5 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has sounded the alarm over what it describes as rising authoritarian tendencies in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The NCP warned that unche... Read More


Shipping minister says all inland vessels must be registered digitally

Dhaka, April 5 -- All vessels in the country will be brought under digital registration to make inland waterways safer, says Shipping and Bridge State Minister Md Razib Ahsan. He also said a comprehe... Read More


High Court moved to ban Baishakh procession to 'protect religious sentiments'

Dhaka, April 5 -- A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a petition seeking a permanent ban on the 'Mangal Shobhajatra' procession during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations, labelling the decades-old traditio... Read More


Microphone failure disrupts parliament proceedings, forces 40-minute recess

Dhaka, April 5 -- The national assembly has been forced into another unexpected pause as a microphone failure disrupted the session for the second time since the 13th Parliament began. On Sunday even... Read More


Body of marketing officer found in Chattogram diagnostic centre

Dhaka, April 5 -- Police have recovered the body of a young man from a diagnostic centre in Chattogram's Fatikchhari Upazila. The dead has been identified as Rashedul Islam, 25, who worked as a marke... Read More


Parliament approves two key civil service bills in 8 minutes amid Opposition protests

Dhaka, April 5 -- Parliament has passed two bills addressing civil service discipline and entry age, transforming interim government ordinances into law. The "Public Service (Amendment) Bill, 2026" a... Read More


Bangladesh reviews India, Indonesia models to control essential goods pricing

Dhaka, April 5 -- The government has launched an initiative to study international market models, including those of India and Indonesia, to develop a framework for controlling essential goods prices.... Read More


Commerce Minister Muktadir for widening tax net to boost revenue

Dhaka, April 5 -- Describing the country's tax-to-GDP ratio as "unsatisfactory", Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir has called for expanding the tax net rather than increasing tax rates to boo... Read More


Mahdi Amin, Saleh Shibli appointed as spokespersons for Prime Minister's Office

Dhaka, April 5 -- The government has appointed Mahdi Amin, an advisor to the prime minister, and Abu Abdullah M Saleh, widely known as Saleh Shibli, the prime minister's press secretary, as official s... Read More