BNP declines responsibility
BNP declines responsibility

Top leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are concerned that removing the president Mohammed Shahabuddin could trigger a constitutional crisis. They fear that if BNP calls for a ban on the Awami League or any political party, the current interim government would be exempt from...

Bangladesh Bank criticizes Moody’s downgrade rating
Bangladesh Bank criticizes Moody’s downgrade rating

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has challenged Moodys recent downgrade of the countrys sovereign credit rating, stating it fails to reflect the significant political and economic advancements since July 2024. On November 19, Moodys lowered Bangladeshs sovereign rating from B1 to B2, maintaining a...

Chief Adviser Prof. Yunus visits Secretariat for first time
Chief Adviser Prof. Yunus visits Secretariat for first time

For the first time, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladeshs interim government, visited the Secretariat on Wednesday to attend a meeting of the advisory council. Dr. Yunus arrived at the Secretariat around 11 a.m., where the meeting was scheduled to take place in the advisory...

I would rate myself 4 out of 10: Asif Nazrul
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...

27 envoys of European countries to meet Prof Yunus soon in Dhaka
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...

BNP's target elections
BNP's target elections

Although the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the countrys largest political party, has called on the interim government to ensure timely elections, its main focus remains on the upcoming national parliamentary election in no time. The partys leadership aims to establish an elected government...

CA appoints 3 special assistants to aid home, health, education advisers
CA appoints 3 special assistants to aid home, health, education advisers

Chief Adviser to the Interim Government Prof. Dr Muhammad Yunus has appointed three special assistants with the status of state minister, according to a gazette notification issued in Dhaka on Sunday evening. Under rule 3B (iia) of the Rules of Business, 1996, they have been given executive...

Came to fulfill responsibilities not to exercise power: Adviser
Came to fulfill responsibilities not to exercise power: Adviser

Energy Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan said on Saturday that the present government took the power to fulfill the responsibilities, not to practice power. He made the statement while addressing a seminar titled The Role of Smart Grid in the Future Power System at Dhaka International...

Bangladesh must be developed in such a way that the world is drawn closer to it: CA
Bangladesh must be developed in such a way that the world is drawn closer to it: CA

The Chief Adviser of the Interim Government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, said, The country must be developed in such a way that the world is drawn closer to Bangladesh. He made this remark at 10 a.m. on Thursday while attending a seminar hosted by the Department of Physics, Dhaka University, at the Hotel...

Election remarks by Asif Nazrul, Waker not official stance of govt: Khalid
Election remarks by Asif Nazrul, Waker not official stance of govt: Khalid

Religious Affairs Adviser to Interim Government AFM Khalid Hossain said that recent remarks of Bangladesh Army chief Gen Waker-uz-Zaman and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul regarding the tentative election timing were not the governments official statements, reports the...