Government

Govt ordered to appoint dropped 27th BCS candidates

Thu November 12, 2009 - 1:35am BdST

The High Court has directed the government to give appointments within three months to 169 civil service candidates, who passed the 27th BCS exams in 2005 but were later disqualified. The bench of justices Miftahuddin Chowdhury and Abu Bakar Siddiqui gave the order on Wednesday on three separate petitions by the 169 candidates. The High Court also ruled that the appointments of the successful candidates of a second round of the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service exams would be upheld.

Gen Siddique to coordinate spy agencies

Thu November 12, 2009 - 1:29am BdST

The cabinet has decided to task the prime minister’s security adviser retired major general Tareq Ahmed Siddique with coordinating the intelligence agencies. The political section of the home ministry on Wednesday issued a circular on the cabinet decision.

CLIMATE CHANGE :PM calls for separate fund for LDCs, MVCs

Wed November 11, 2009 - 12:53am BdST

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, Tuesday night called upon world leaders to create a separate adaptation fund with technology and capacity-building support for the most vulnerable countries and the least developed countries to climate change. ’If the developed countries could pump trillions of dollars for reviving the world economic situation, they could surely be equally generous to save us, themselves and the world,’ she said while exchanging views with the world’s leaders in a video conference from his official residence Jamuna in the capital.

Govt told to suspend all WB-funded projects

Wed November 11, 2009 - 12:44am BdST

The World Bank has asked Bangladesh to put on hold all local procurement activities under WB-financed projects since the amendments made to the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2006 are not consistent with its procurement guidelines.

Govt employees to get pays under new scale from this Nov

Tue November 10, 2009 - 11:48pm BdST

The government is likely to announce the new pay scale for its employees today (Wednesday) increasing the maximum salary to Tk 40,000 from the existing Tk 25,000 and the lowest basic to Tk 4,100 from the existing Tk 2,300. The announcement will be given after holding a cabinet meeting to be held at the Prime Minister's Office with the prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The finance ministry will place a proposal on the seventh pay scale at today's cabinet meeting for its approval.

Hasina’s ensuing visit to India: Ministries asked to finalise strategy papers on talks

Tue November 10, 2009 - 11:36pm BdST

Building Agartala-Akhaura cross-border railway and submarine cable linking Khulna and Chennai are among the priority projects to be placed with the Indian government during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming India visit to expedite bilateral and regional development. The Prime Minister on Tuesday directed the Ministries concerned to finalize strategy papers on the bilateral and regional development projects in time for presenting to the Indian authorities during her important tour of the neighbouring country next month.

30,000 illegal Bangladeshis in Greece to get registration card

Tue November 10, 2009 - 11:25pm BdST

Most of about 30,000 Bangladeshis living in Greece migrated through illegal way, but the Greek government now agreed to give a chance for their registration. Labour, Employment and Expatriates Welfare Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday informed journalists about the development after his visit to Greece where he attended a four-day seminar on 'Global Forum on Migration and Development'. The Minister said his counterpart of Greece proposed to him to give a chance for registration of the workers to get legality.

Attack on Taposh :Hasina asks for thorough probe

Tue November 10, 2009 - 2:02pm BdST

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the home ministry to launch a comprehensive investigation into the alleged link of some "dismissed" army officers with the bomb attack on lawmaker Fazle Noor Taposh and take action accordingly.

Dhaka, Thimphu agree to explore hydel power potential

Tue November 10, 2009 - 1:55am BdST

In the wake of growing demand for energy in Bangladesh, and Bhutan's high potential for production of hydroelectricity, the two countries have agreed to explore the possibility of cooperation in the field of energy under SAARC regional cooperation in energy sector.

Dhaka takes maritime dispute with Delhi to UN

Tue November 10, 2009 - 1:43am BdST

Bangladesh has registered its objection with the United Nations to India’s claim over certain areas in the Bay of Bengal three months after a similar opposition lodged against Myanmar’s claim over sea waters. ‘We have submitted our objection to the maritime commission of the UN on October 29,’ Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN, MA Momen told New Age over telephone Monday evening. India submitted its claim on maritime boundary to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in May 2009, one month ahead of its deadline.