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Zakat crucial to establish social justice: Bashir Uddin
Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin has highlighted the vital role of Zakat in establishing social justice, reports UNB. The adviser made the remarks at a seminar titled The Role of Islamic Social Finance in Economic Empowerment and Human Development held at the Aloki Convention Center in the...
Chief adviser pays tribute to language martyrs
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus paid tribute to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day. At 12:12 am on Friday, he placed a wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city. Arriving at the premises as the clock struck midnight, he...
Chief Adviser hands over Ekushey Padak
Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus handed over the Ekushey Padak to the Bangladesh National Womens Football Team and 17 distinguished individuals on Thursday morning. The award ceremony was held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital. The government has handed over the awards in...
Mother Language Day: CA releases commemorative postage stamp
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday unveiled a commemorative postage stamp, an inaugural envelope and a seal on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day, reports UNB. Information and Broadcasting Posts and Telecommunications Adviser Md Nahid Islam, Posts and...
Alems should come forward for social reform
Religious Affairs Adviser Dr. AFM Khalid Hossain on Wednesday said that the countrys Alem (Islamic scholar) community should take the initiative in driving social reform, reports BSS. Maintaining communal harmony is the priority of the interim government... Only the Alem community can provide...
AL must be eradicated, not just banned: Adviser Asif
Local Government Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan has stated that the Awami League should not only be banned but completely eradicated for carrying out genocide, reports UNB. Speaking at a youth festival event at Adamjee Cantonment College, he told reporters that the party must be eliminated...
High-level probe body on ICT sector soon
Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday said the interim government will soon form a high-level committee to investigate corruption and irregularities committed in the ICT sector during the deposed regime of Sheikh Hasina. Many reports on corruption in the ICT and digitalisation...
CA to open 7th National Comdeca
Chief Adviser Professor Muhmmad Yunus will inaugurate the 7th National Comdeca 2025 to be held at the hard point of Sirajganj town protection embankment on February 19-25, reports BSS. The Chief Adviser will open the 7-day Comdeca virtually from Dhaka, Chief Advisers Deputy Press Secretary Abul...
Qatar urged to recruit Bangladeshi skilled professionals
Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain on Monday urged the Qatar government to recruit Bangladeshi professionals like doctors, engineers, IT professionals and nurses. He invited representatives from the relevant authorities from Qatar to visit Bangladesh to meet the professionals for prospective...
Coast Guard appears to be symbol of trust: Home Adviser
Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) has become a symbol of trust among coastal people, repost BSS. Since its establishment, members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard have been playing a key role in ensuring the security of the countrys...
Fishing ban in Bay of Bengal shortened to 58 days: Fisheries Adviser
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter on Monday said the restriction on fishing in the Bay of Bengal will now be for 58 days instead of the previous 65 days, reports UNB. This year the ban will be shortened to 58 days from April 15 to June 11, the adviser said while speaking at a press...
One crore families to get rice for free: Food adviser
One crore families would each get 10 kilograms of rice during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival towards the end of March, Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder said Monday, reports the Daily Sun. Furthermore, 50 lakh poor families would get 60kg rice twice in March and April at Tk15 per kg. Another...
Strictly maintain law and order, strengthen market monitoring, CA to DCs
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to strictly maintain law and order and strengthen market monitoring in the country, reports BSS. Maintaining the countrys law and order is the top priority of the government, so the DCs should not fail in any way to...
No chance to fail over reforms: Chief Adviser
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said if reforms could not be brought in the state structure, all efforts of the interim government will fall in flat. We have no chance to fail (over reforms). We dont want to fail, he told the first meeting of the National Consensus Commission with the...
CA to open 3-day DC Conference tomorrow
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will inaugurate a three-day Deputy Commissioners (DC) Conference tomorrow (February 16). The conference is scheduled to be inaugurated by the Chief Adviser at 10:30 am in the Shapla Hall of the Chief Advisers Office (CAO) in Tejgaon, reports BSS. After...
Chief Adviser vows to bring Hasina regime leaders to justice
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has vowed that he would not allow any main responsible persons from the ousted Sheikh Hasina regime to escape punishment, noting that the people of Bangladesh will not forgive his administration if they fail to bring them to justice. Well bring her (Hasina)...
Consensus Building Commission: Chief Adviser to address first meeting with political parties tomorrow
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will hold the first of possibly many meetings with the political parties on Saturday as part of interim governments efforts to build national consensus ahead of the next national election. The first meeting of the national consensus-building commission, to be...
CA returns home from Dubai
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home on Friday evening wrapping up his brief UAE visit to attend the World Governments Summit (WGS) and other side events in Dubai, reports BSS. A commercial flight of Emirates airways carrying the chief adviser and his entourages reached the...
CA's Dubai tour helps boost Bangladesh-UAE ties: Shafiqul
Chief Adviser Professor Mummad Yunuss tour to Dubai helped Bangladesh strengthen its relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said, reports BSS. Our big achievement of the chief advisers visit is that our relations with them (UAE) have become...
On-arrival visas in Bangladesh within 10 minutes: Home Adviser
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday said foreign travellers will get on-arrival visas in Bangladesh within 10 minutes. Many countries of the world get on-arrival visas in our country which currently takes 45-60 minutes. In our new system, the service...
CA reaches Dubai to attend World Government Summit
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus reached Dubai on Wednesday to take part in the World Governments Summit, reports BSS. Minister of Sports of the United Arab Emirates Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi received the Chief Adviser. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi thanked the Chief Adviser for his...
Engage with “new Bangladesh”: CA to global community
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has called upon the international community to engage with the new Bangladesh that emanated from the uprising led by the students and youth against an oppressive regime and discrimination, reports UNB. His prerecorded video keynote speech was broadcast at the...
Yunus reaffirms pledge to uphold rule of law, welcomes OHCHR report
Welcoming the report released by the UN Human Rights Office, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reaffirmed his commitment to upholding the rule of law and urged all, including police, prosecutors and judges to act accordingly. I, along with everyone working in the Interim Government and millions...
CA urges Oman to reopen visas for Bangladeshi workers
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged outgoing Ambassador of Oman Abdul Ghaffar Bin Abdul Karim Al-Bulushi to reopen visas for Bangladeshi workers and help expand trade and energy ties between the two countries, reports UNB. The Ambassador said some 700,000 Bangladeshis now work in Oman,...
Ansar playing important role in country's security, dev: Adviser
Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd) said Bangladesh Ansar and VDP has been playing a crucial role in ensuring security and development of the country to build a discrimination-free country, reports BSS. Security and development are essential for building a just,...
Ireland wants to help Bangladesh in democratic transition
Irelands Ambassador in Dhaka and New Delhi Kevin Kelly has said his country will fully support Bangladeshs interim government and its reform agenda to restore democracy in the country. Kelly said Ireland is also keen to send a team to help Bangladesh in its democratic transition. Count our...
CA seeks continued US support for key projects, reforms
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday sought continued US support for key projects and reforms as US Charge daffaires to Bangladesh Tracey Jacobson met him in the city. The issues of mutual interest and the fallout of the US decision to freeze the work of USAID across the globe came...
Adviser Rizwana calls for transition of industrial sector to renewable energy
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has called on the business community and international partners to work alongside Bangladeshi stakeholders in shifting from fossil fuel-based energy production to renewable and sustainable sources. She made the call while speaking as the chief guest at the...