In a major shift to strengthen the local administrative system, the government has decided to hold the election of all five tiers of the local government bodies on a political basis like other major democracies, switching from the centuries-old non-partisan local government system.
The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has published a list of 41 biranganas recognizing them as freedom fighters for their contributions to the country's Liberation War.
The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) has set a target to set up 200 schools, construct 6,000 classrooms, appoint 15,672 teachers in fiscal 2015-16 for expanding education. New schools will be set up at the villages which has no such institution.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the ministries of women and children affairs and social welfare to take necessary steps to ensure food, shelter and education of every street children.
The government is giving emphasis on every options including existing gas, fuel and coal based power generation as well as establishment of power plants based on imported liquefied and locally explored natural gas both in public and private sectors to address the future demand of energy in the country.