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  Technocrat ministers replaced

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 04:11pm on December 11, 2018

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday redistributed portfolios of four technocrat ministers, who had submitted resignation on November 6 among the cabinet members.   The...

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  Land acquisition in CHT to be costlier

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:45pm on December 03, 2018

  The cabinet on Monday decided to amend the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Land Acquisition) Regulation 1958, raising compensation rate to 200-300 per cent from existing 15...

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  Cabinet committee to finalise 9th wage board award for journalists

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:19pm on December 03, 2018

  The cabinet on Monday formed a five-member committee to finalise the ninth wage board award for journalists and submit report by January 28, 2019. Cultural...

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  470 kms of rivers to be dredged with Bangladesh-India joint financing

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 05:35pm on November 12, 2018

  The cabinet on Monday approved 'Addendum to the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade' under which 470 kms of rivers will be dredged with...

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  No new faces to be inducted in cabinet, said Muhith

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:28am on November 09, 2018

  Finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said no new faces would be inducted in the current cabinet to fill the vacancies left in the wake...

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  Expat welfare minister Nurul Islam quits, more to follow suit

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 07:48pm on November 06, 2018

  Hours after prime minister Sheikh Hasina asked four technocrat ministers of the current cabinet to step down, Nurul Islam has resigned as the expatriates’ welfare...

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  All four technocrat ministers quit

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:00am on November 07, 2018

  Hours after prime minister Sheikh Hasina asked them to step down, four technocrat ministers of the current cabinet resigned on Tuesday evening...

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  Cabinet okays bill on EVM use in general election

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:31pm on October 29, 2018

  The cabinet on Monday approved a bill to amend the Representation of the People Order keeping provision for using electronic voting machines in general elections....

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  Bill to be placed in cabinet today

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:44am on October 29, 2018

  A draft bill seeking amendment to the Representation of the People Order to make provisions for using electronic voting machines in general elections is scheduled...

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  Broadcasting bill endorsed with restrictive provisions

  Mustafizur Rahman | Updated at 03:48pm on October 15, 2018

  The cabinet on Monday endorsed the Broadcasting Bill proposing restrictions on the transmission of programmes, news or advertisements ‘harmful to the country’s history and image,...