Problems and Challenges of the Bureaucracy of Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, like most other developing countries, one of the most dominating features of bureaucracy is its inherited colonial legacy. Bureaucracy is an instrument to carry out public will. Democratic objectives would be…

Unrestrained Passport Offices and Others

Since childhood I found people saying, Passport Office is a…

The Police Force : A Story of (In)Justice

If there is one thing I’ve learned while trying to study bureaucracy, it’s that in the absence of utmost conviction of the student, it is very much possible for the bureaucratic machine to conceal its inner workings behind a veil of absolute jargon. If you…

Corruption: The Domino Effect of Misuse of Power

In our regular life, we all are dependent on bureaucracy in somehow or another. But bureaucrats whose work is serving general people, are they do it properly,or are they engaged in their own interests? Today I am going to share such an incident…

Trap of Uncertainty and Segregation of Responsibility : Citizens?

Ponderosity and Triumph of Loyalty

In (Justice) is Negotiated

I clearly remember the day, 05 January 2014, the day of Tenth National Election. It is known to everyone that there were a lot of questions about vote-rigging in the polling stations in our tenth…

How “ideal” is the Bangladeshi bureaucracy?

I don’t have much firsthand experience with the bureaucracy so I decided to ask my relatives about their experiences. I will be sharing two of those stories. In my discussion, I will be comparing the two and will mainly base it on how it deviates from…

Rights or Secrecy: A Contradiction

One can say the passing of the Digital Security Act 2018 has been the talk of the town. A straightforward approach or tactic to keep a check on cybercrime, attacks on religious sentiments and values, or spreading propaganda, this law has flickered controversy among…

Ideal Bureaucratic system still exist: An exception can be an example.

Administration department is a backbone of an organization. An effective administrator is an asset to an organization. He or she is the link among an organization’s various departments and ensures the smooth…

An Experience and My Own Perception about Bureaucracy.

It’s becoming hard to find a strong administrative system in Bangladesh now-a-days. Who is responsible for this situation? Either Government or our morality? Which one can be the cause for occurring the worst situation of our…