Bangladesh government

USAID fund cuts: Reintegrate the ‘forgotten workforce’

The government can survey the number of unemployed workforce due to the fund cuts, followed by an economic impact assessment.

Should Bangladesh be divided into four provinces?

What Bangladesh truly requires is an effective and manageable administrative framework rather than an expansion of the flawed system we currently endure.

Government must make itself available to questions from the press

Bangladesh needs a properly resourced and responsive IG press office, one that regards its audience as the nation and not the elite.

Can the government govern itself?

The problem with parties in Bangladesh is that their activism relies on backward-looking and person-centric politics and revolves around a single leader.

Govt keeps borrowing heavily from BB

The government continues to borrow from Bangladesh Bank on a large scale as commercial banks are now unable to finance the state due to liquidity crunch.

Govt all set to jack up fees for vehicles

The government is going to increase fees for most services provided by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), putting additional financial burden on private and commercial vehicle owners.

'Halt assault on the right to protest'

CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, has called on Bangladesh government to "halt its assault on the right to protest", investigate all violations by both state and non-state actors and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Foreign trips are no gifts to be doled out to state officials

The government must stop this farcical exercise

Ministers are the boss, bureaucrats real boss

Who is calling all the shots in government affairs at the moment, the ministers or the bureaucrats? The answer is pretty obvious.

December 7, 2022
December 7, 2022

'Halt assault on the right to protest'

CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, has called on Bangladesh government to "halt its assault on the right to protest", investigate all violations by both state and non-state actors and bring the perpetrators to justice.

August 28, 2022
August 28, 2022

Foreign trips are no gifts to be doled out to state officials

The government must stop this farcical exercise

August 28, 2022
August 28, 2022

Ministers are the boss, bureaucrats real boss

Who is calling all the shots in government affairs at the moment, the ministers or the bureaucrats? The answer is pretty obvious.

July 24, 2022
July 24, 2022

Accountability, not individual choice, should guide public service

Government officials must be made answerable for their actions and decisions

July 14, 2022
July 14, 2022

Half-baked digitalisation will do us no good

Many digital services of the government are suffering from myriad problems

July 6, 2022
July 6, 2022

Digitalisation of public services is paying off

But major bottlenecks remain, depriving people of full benefits

June 10, 2022
June 10, 2022

Not for respite, but for restraints

When reassurance was needed, he exuded panic.

May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022

Govt report on enforced disappearance masks a bigger problem

Justice for the victims of enforced disappearance must be ensured

May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022

How does a study tour by a retiring secretary benefit citizens?

Authorities must answer for such wastage of public money

May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022

Facebook comment: Public admin ministry scolds sr assist secy

The public administration ministry has reprimanded Senior Assistant Secretary Sarwoer Alam as a minor punishment for making a comment on Facebook after not being promoted to deputy secretary.