JS body for raising age limit for govt jobs to 35yrs

The parliamentary standing committee on public administration ministry on Wednesday recommended the government to raise the upper age limit for entry into government jobs to 35 years from existing 30 years

Scam-hit banks get bailout fund again

The government on Wednesday disbursed Tk 2,000 crore for state-owned banks including scam-hit Sonali and Janata Banks ignoring severe criticism from different quarters

FY 19 budget to be passed today

The proposed finance bill will be passed in parliament today while the annual budget for the 2018-19 will be passed on Thursday.

AL goons stuffed ballots with police support at 200 polling centres: BNP

BNP on Tuesday said that ruling Awami League ‹goons› with active support from the police grabbed 200 out of 425 polling centres and stuffed ballots in favour of AL’s mayoral candidate in Gazipur City polls.

BNP would be rejected by people if it does not accept Gazipur polls results: OQ

Ruling Awami League general secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Tuesday evening that voting trends in Gazipur City showed that the popularity of AL candidate Jahangir Alam increased since the last mayoral election

GAZIPUR CITY CORPORATION AL takes lead in ‘rigged’ polls

Ruling Awami League mayoral candidate Md Jahangir Alam was leading in Gazipur City Corporation polls, marred by allegations of massive irregularities, on Tuesday

Budget to be passed early, says Muhith

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the finance bill 2018-19 would be passed in parliament Wednesday while the national budget for the new fiscal would be passed on Thursday breaking the tradition of passaging the bills on the last day of June.

Voting underway for Gazipur City Corporation elections

Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation elections began on Tuesday morning to elect its new mayor and councillors.The balloting that began at 8:00am will continue till 4:00pm without any break at 425 polling stations.

SC upholds Khaleda’s bail in Comilla arson case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the ad-interim bail granted to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia by the High Court Division in a case relating to burning a covered van at Chouddagra

COMILLA COVERED VAN BURNING Appellate Div decision on Khaleda’s bail today

The Appellate Division said Sunday that today it would give a decision on government’s petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to former prime minister and BNP chairman Khaleda Zia by the High Court Division in a case relating to burning a covered van at Chouddagra