The National Sports Council (NSC) has appointed tech entrepreneur, writer, and sports organizer Shoeb Chowdhury as the president of the Bangladesh Rowing Federation. Concurrently, the previous ad-hoc committee of the federation has been dissolved, and a new 24-member ad-hoc committee led by him has been approved.
The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has brought major changes to the transfer and posting system of government primary school teachers. Following widespread criticism, the provision of keeping 'dignitaries' (prominent figures) in the transfer committee has been scrapped. Instead, two 'education enthusiasts' or 'education-loving' individuals have been included in the committee. Along with this, seven new conditions have been added to ensure transparency and accountability in the teacher transfer process.
The Political Advisor to the Prime Minister and Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, has remarked that depriving qualified individuals of promotions based on political considerations is an assault on humanity. He stated that over the past 17 years, numerous meritorious officials and physicians were denied promotions solely due to their political identities, which has caused a major loss for the country.
The government will launch the pilot project of the ‘Expatriate Card’ within the next month. In the first phase, initiatives have been taken to introduce an expatriate debit card.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has issued a show-cause notice to Fakhruddin Ahmed Bacchu, Member of Parliament for the Mymensingh-11 (Bhaluka) constituency, on charges of violating party discipline .
The Prime Minister's Office has claimed that significant progress has been made in the economy, social security, health, education and administrative reforms in the five months since Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office.