- Dengue takes 9 lives in 24 hrs
- Govt unveils treatment plan for injured in July-August movement
- Battery rickshaw blockade suspended until Saturday
- Akbar to be banned for two NCL matches
- Two bodies recovered in Naogaon
- Chief Advisor proud bringing Khaleda Zia to Senakunja
- I believe in free, fair, and credible election: CEC
- Shafik Rehman secures bail
- Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott dies at age 86
- Khaleda Zia makes first public appearance at Senakunja in 12 years
- Putin gifts over 70 animals to North Korean zoo following troop support for Russian army
- 4 foreign tourists die from methanol tainted alcohol in Laos
- Supreme Court stays ex-Addl AG Mehedi’s bail
- Farmers busy in harvesting paddy in Naogaon
- Ukraine says Russia has launched an ICBM in an attack
- No artificial crisis be allowed in food supply chain: Bashir
- Nasir Uddin appointed as new CEC, along with four others
- Garment workers block road in Gazipur protesting
- Dr. Yunus advocates for a country where people hold ultimate power
- New DMP Commissioner Sazzad Ali takes charge
No artificial crisis be allowed in food supply chain: Bashir
Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin on Thursday said no artificial crisis will be allowed in the supply chain of food and other essentials. Demand and supply should be brought in balance through increasing the production and involving more people in trading line, he said, adding that the market...
Russia to provide 30,000 MT of fertilizer to Bangladesh free of charge
Russia has announced it will provide 30,000 metric tonnes (MT) of Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertilizer to Bangladesh free of charge, as a gesture of friendship and strong bilateral ties between the two nations. Dmitry Konyaev, CEO of Uralchem Group, Russias second-largest ammonia and nitrogen...
Armed Forces Day: Chief Adviser Yunus pays tribute at Shikha Anirban
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday morning paid tribute to the martyrs of the Bangladesh Liberation War by placing a wreath at the Shikha Anirban in the Dhaka Cantonment area. After placing the wreath, he stood in solemn silence for some time to show profound respect to the...
Angela Merkel reveals strategies for dealing with Donald Trump in ‘Memoir’
In her memoir, Angela Merkel reveals that she sought advice from the pope on how to handle Donald Trump after his election as U.S. president. Merkel hoped to find ways to persuade Trump, whom she viewed as having a winner-or-loser mentality typical of a property developer, to remain in the Paris...
UN decides holding high-level conference on Rohingya next year
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution deciding to hold an all-stakeholder high-level UN Conference in 2025 to propose a time-bound plan for sustainable resolution of the Rohingya crisis, reports BSS. This high-level Conference is part of a call from the Bangladesh Chief...
Armed Forces to continue collaboration with people to safeguard independence: CA
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has expressed the confidence that the Armed Forces will continue their collaboration with people to protect Bangladeshs independence and sovereignty, reports UNB. In a statement marking Armed Forces Day, Prof Yunus underscored the vital role of the Army, Navy...
Education must foster creativity to create entrepreneurs: CA
Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said the countrys education system must foster creativity to create a generation of entrepreneurs in the country. He made the comment when he visited the office of the Education Ministry at the Bangladesh Secretariat, reports BSS. Humans are...
Misinformation being spread over ship from Pakistan: Home adviser
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said misinformation is being spread over the vessel which has recently arrived in Bangladesh from Pakistan. He said this while briefing journalists at the media centre of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) after exchanging...
Khalilur Rahman appointed as High Representative to Chief Adviser
Dr Khalilur Rahman has been appointed as the High Representative of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to address the Rohingya issue and other key priorities, according to a gazette notification issued Tuesday. He will hold privileges equivalent to an adviser. Dr Rahman began his diplomatic...
I would rate myself 4 out of 10: Asif Nazrul
Law adviser Dr Asif Nazrul rated himself four out of ten while evaluating his activities of first 100 day as an adviser, reports the Daily Star. The adviser said, I would give myself no more than four out of 10. He made these remarks in response to a query about his satisfaction with his...
Interim govt inherited economic crisis from Awami League: Finance adviser
Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed highlighted widespread irregularities and corruption in sectors ranging from banking to development projects. The interim government has inherited a devastated economic situation from the previous Awami League administration, the finance adviser made the...
Pintoo was an out-and-out sportsman till his death: CA
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday expressed his deep condolences at the death of Zakaria Pintoo, the captain of Swadhin Bangla Football Dal, reports UNB. In a message, the Chief Adviser said he was shocked and saddened to learn that Zakaria Pintoo, a freedom fighter and the captain of...
Ex-Serbian President Tadić lauds Prof Yunus's leadership
Former Serbian President Boris Tadić paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday, reports BSS. The former Serbian president praised Prof Yunuss leadership and the mass uprising of July and August. He said he would be keen to support Bangladesh. I love...
Minister-level meeting on climate change risks to be held in January: Rizwana
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said a minister-level meeting to discuss the risks of climate change will be held in January 2025, with representatives from Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh in attendance, reports UNB. She, however, didnt disclose the location of the meeting. Adviser...
Nothing negative suddenly emerging as Trump is President: CA
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said he does not see any negative thing emerging suddenly because Donald Trump is President of the US, stressing that he does not have any problem with Trump in a personal way, reports UNB. I think foreign policy of the United States is not something that...
BNP upset at CA’s address to nation
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday voiced frustration over the Chief Advisers address to the nation as he did not unveil an outline for the election, reports UNB. Speaking at a discussion, he also warned BNP leaders and workers not to create a distance from the students...
Home Affairs Adviser assures victory day celebrations to be smooth and secure
Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury stated that Victory Day is for everyone and not just for any specific group, assuring that there are no possible threats to law and order during the upcoming celebrations. The adviser made the statements on Monday following a security meeting at the...
27 envoys of European countries to meet Prof Yunus soon in Dhaka
Diplomats representing 27 European countries, stationed in Dhaka and New Delhi, will together meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus soon in a show of support to his interim government and boost economic cooperation with Bangladesh, reports UNB. Never before, 27 ambassadors from the European...
Commonwealth to work with interim govt to build ‘inclusive, prosperous’ Bangladesh: ASG
Commonwealth Assistant Secretary-General Prof Luis Gabriel Franceschi has underscored the Commonwealths commitment to working with the interim government to build a discrimination-free, inclusive, and prosperous Bangladesh. A high-level Commonwealth delegation, led by Franceschi, called on...
CA to address nation this evening
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will address the nation at 7:00 pm today(Sunday) on the completion of 100 days of the interim government. The address will be broadcast on Bangladesh Television and BTV World, the chief advisers press wing said. The interim government, led by Prof Yunus,...
UK expects CA to lay out his vision
UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West on Sunday said the United Kingdom expects Chief Adviser to the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus to layout his vision for how all things will unfold as the government is committed to promoting national reconciliation, reports UNB. After her...
Adviser Bidhan for developing local psychometric tools for recruitment
Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Saturday underscored the need for developing local tools and methods adopting native cultural context for conducting psychometric tests in the recruitment process. Bangladesh is yet to develop any tools for conducting...
220 stadiums to be constructed after names of July-August martyrs in upazilas
Adviser Asif Mahmud said that stadiums will be built in the name of July martyrs in 220 upazilas across the country. Asif Mahmud, Adviser to the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives said this at the inauguration ceremony of the...
CA for building “World of Three Zeros”
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has delivered a compelling call to action for world leaders to build a World of Three Zeros, a world free from poverty, unemployment, and net carbon emissions, reports BSS. He made the call in a video message played at the G20 Social Summit held in Rio de...
Dhaka seeks Brazilian investment
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter has sought Brazilian investment in Bangladesh for stronger economic ties between the South Asian and Latin American nations. I urge you to secure the first investment during your tenure, she told Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Paulo Fernando Dias...
Prof Yunus urges foreign guests to see graffiti drawn by youths
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday urged the foreign guests attending the Bay of Bengal Conversation to witness the graffiti and paintings drawn by the young revolutionaries expressing their emotions and aspirations, reports BSS. He made the call while addressing the inaugural...
CA calls for working together amid global challenges, complexities
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said they live in times marked by challenges and complexities globally and laid emphasis on working together to address those challenges, reports UNB. We know that when we come together, when we work as one, we have the power to change the course of...
Electricity from Nepal will now reach Bangladesh
Electricity generated in Nepal will now reach Bangladesh via the Indian grid, marking the first trilateral power transaction, reports UNB. Md. Fouzul Kabir Khan, Adviser to Bangladeshs Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources; Haryana Chief Minister and Indian Minister for Power, and...