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Private investment a national priority: CA’s Special Envoy
Chief Advisers Special Envoy Lutfey Siddiqi on Monday said increasing private investment is a national priority and it holds the key to a full spectrum of challenges from jobs to inflation, reports UNB. He said this at an inter-authority, inter-ministerial coordination meeting on investment...
Development is impossible bypassing CHT: Dr Yunus
Chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus said it is impossible to develop Bangladesh bypassing the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). He made the remark in a message marking on the occasion of 27th anniversary of CHT Peace Accord on Monday. He said: One-tenth of the area of the country is inhabited by the...
Chief Adviser urges Sweden to invest more in Bangladesh
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday invited more Swedish investment, saying the Interim Government was carrying out vital reforms to ensure ease in doing business in the country. Professor Yunus made the comments when the ambassador of Sweden, Nicolas Weeks, called on the Chief...
CA hopeful SAARC can give dividends to people of the region if revitalized
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged the SAARC Secretariat to work more intensely to make the regional body functional for the shared benefit of the South Asian countries, reports UNB. SAARC is a forgotten word. If you can revitalise it, this will give dividends to the people of the...
Broken criminal justice system needs to be fixed: CA's Press Secretary
Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said Bangladesh needs to fix a lot of things, including its broken criminal justice system so that they can ensure justice to every suspect. The biggest thing we need is to fix our broken criminal justice system so that we can ensure justice to...
CPD contributes huge to creating mindset for student uprising: CA
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD)s research and public awareness activities played a huge role in creating the mindset for the recent student uprising, reports BSS. He also said that the research organization has always been involved in...
$16b siphoned off annually during AL regime: White Paper
An average of 16 billion dollars were illicitly siphoned off from Bangladesh every year during Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, leaving the country in a state of plunder when she fled after a popular mass uprising, a White Paper on the state of the economy during her rule said on Sunday....
“Economic White Paper” submitted to Dr Yunus
The committee formed to prepare a White Paper on the state of economy submitted its report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday, reports UNB. Eminent economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, the chair of the committee, led the delegation while submitting the report at a ceremony held...
Bangladesh condemns desecration of national flag, effigy burning of CA in Kolkata
The government of Bangladesh on Friday strongly condemned the deplorable acts of desecrating the national flag of Bangladesh and the burning of the effigy of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in Kolkata, India, reports UNB. Expressing deep concern over the violent protest outside the Deputy High...
Fight misformation campaign with truth: CA's Press Secretary
Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has encouraged more journalists including woman reporters and editors to talk to the Indian media to confront misinformation campaign coming from some of the Indian media outlets and their social media platforms, reports UNB. We must tell our stories...
Jamaat stresses on national unity in meeting with Chief Adviser
Jamaat-e Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman calls the countrymen to remain united regardless of party, relogions or thoughts. He made this call while briefing reporters after a meeting with the Chief Adviser in Jamuna State Guest Hosue on Thursday evening. The Jamaat Ameer said that there was a...
BNP calls national unity
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged for a national unity among the political parties. We urge the chief adviser to hold the election immediately and establish national unity by holding discussion among political parties, Fakhrul told reporters after emerging from a...
BNP delegation’s meeting with CA in progress
In the wake of some untoward incidents over the past few days, a five-member BNP delegation, led by the party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, is holding a meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday evening, reports UNB. The meeting began around 6pm at the state...
CA lauds BSC for making profit
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday hailed Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) for setting examples for others by continuing to make profit, reports BSS. They are examples for the state-owned companies, he said. The Chief Adviser made the comment when BSC handed him over a...
Attacks on media won’t be tolerated: Shafiqul Alam
Chief Advisers press secretary Shafiqul Alam said threats and intimidation of journalists or attacking media outlets will not be tolerated, reports UNB. He made the comment while condemning the attack on the Prothom Alo office at Rajshahi in the strongest terms on Tuesday. He said on his...
CA reaffirms Bangladesh’s steadfast support for Palestine
Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus has reaffirmed Bangladeshs steadfast support for Palestine. The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, introduced by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, is being observed on Tuesday. In...
Bangladesh committed to sweeping labour reforms: Chief Adviser
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday said the interim government is committed to carrying out sweeping labour reforms in an effort to attract more foreign buyers to the country. The chief adviser made the comments when a big United States labour and brand delegation called on him to...
Govt urges students to remain calm
The interim government has called upon students to remain calm and not to get involved in any clash, reports BSS. If any instigation is found behind such clashes, strict action will be taken, Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Monday in the wake of clashes that occurred among...
Bangladesh joins Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty
Bangladesh has played a pivotal role in the global fight against hunger and poverty as a founding member of the newly launched Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty. This landmark initiative was unveiled at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 18 November under Brazils presidency, according...
Standing beside people armed forces became symbol of confidence: Chief Adviser
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the armed forces have been recognised as a symbol of confidence by standing beside the people of the country. In recent anti-discrimination movement and post movement, the armed forces stood beside the people. By standing by the students and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...