Author: Ariful Islam Mithu

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir favours handing private companies direct control over soybean and palm oil pricing – a move…

The government is planning to gradually bring railway station services under private sector management, starting with Cox’s Bazar Railway Station,…

On 6 April this year, amid a severe national fuel crisis, oil was being rationed under official supervision at Kurigram’s…

The contractual appointment of four officials – who had left government service years earlier at ranks ranging from senior assistant…

Having swept to power on pledges of impartial state institutions and clean elections, the BNP government has moved in the…

Despite pledging to restore meritocracy in the civil service, Tarique Rahman’s BNP government has reverted to the practices of its…

Mohammed Shahabuddin has finally brought an end to months of speculation and back-channel manoeuvring by stepping down as president on…

The BNP government’s first major round of civil service promotions has sparked fierce debate over political bias, putting it on…

Exploiting the regime change, Bangladeshi transport owners are lobbying Tarique Rahman’s new government to roll back the tough penalties of…

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has directed that GPS systems be installed in all public transport vehicles in a…