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Prof Yunus takes Bangladesh to new global heights
Elon Musk, the head of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is considered one of the most influential personalities in the world. It is a privilege for any head of government to have an audience with him. Getting his schedule is a matter of fortune. However, it was Elon Musk who...
CA mourns death of KM Shafiullah
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday expressed deep shock at the death of retired Major General KM Shafiullah, one of the sector commanders of the Liberation War and former army chief. In a condolence message, Prof Yunus said KM Shafiullah played an important role as a sector commander...
CA returns home from Switzerland
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus arrived in Dhaka from Switzerland after attending the World Economic Forums annual meeting in Davos where he was hailed as a beacon, hero and an amazing image of stability. A commercial flight of the Emirates Airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and his small...
CA to return home Saturday
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is set to depart Davos for Dhaka on Friday night (Switzerland time) via Zurich International Airport, concluding his busy four-day schedule at the World Economic Forums annual meeting, which included nearly 50 engagements, reports UNB. Permanent Representative...
CA Yunus calls for a system allowing people to vote "freely, fairly, without threat"
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has laid emphasis on creating a mechanism so that everybody in Bangladesh can vote freely and fairly without any interruption or threat to anybody while exercising their democratic rights. During a one-to-one conversation with World Economic Forum founder Klaus...
UN chief Guterres meets Dr Yunus in Davos
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday met Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in the Swiss city of Davos, reports UNB. During the meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, Antonio Guterres and Dr Yunus exchanged pleasantries. The...
It's about plain robbery: CA on Tulip scandal
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has called on Britains anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, the niece of Sheikh Hasina who has been facing controversy over corruption charges, to apologise for using properties given to her and her family by the Awami League regime. Muhammad Yunus told The...
CA Yunus mourns ex-US President Jimmy Carter’s death
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has expressed profound sadness at the passing of Nobel Laureate and former US President Jimmy Carter, remembering him as a remarkable leader, a champion of human rights and an advocate for peace and democracy across the world. In a condolence message, Dr Yunus...
Sullivan lauds CA for initiating vital political, election reforms
The National Security Adviser of the United States, Jake Sullivan, has praised Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus for the progress that the country has already made in turning around the economy and for initiating vital political, election, and other reforms, reports UNB. Prof Yunus told Sullivan...
CA leaves for Egypt to attend 11th D-8 Summit
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus departed Dhaka early on Wednesday for a three-day trip to Egypt to participate in the 11th D-8 Summit in Cairo. The flight carrying Chief Adviser Prof Yunus took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1:20 am on Wednesday, according to CAs Deputy...
CA, Timor-Leste President hold fruitful meeting, eye closer ties
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta on Sunday held fruitful discussions and shared their ideas to take the relations between the two countries to a new height. They witnessed the signing of two instruments- MoU on bilateral consultations mechanism and...
Bangladesh rolls out red carpet welcoming President José Ramos-Horta
President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta was accorded a red carpet reception on his arrival here on Saturday night on a three-day official visit, reports UNB. Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus received President Ramos-Horta at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on his arrival around...
CA urges EU states to relocate visa centres to Dhaka from Delhi
Chief Advisor Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged European Union (EU) member states to relocate their visa centres from New Delhi to Dhaka or other neighboring countries. He said this in a meeting with the diplomats of EU held at the Chief Advisors office in Tejgaon of the capital at 12pm on Monday....
Meeting held between CA, diplomats from EU member
The meeting between diplomats representing 27 European countries, stationed in Dhaka and New Delhi, and Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus held on Monday, reports UNB. The meeting started at 12 pm at the CAs office, according to CAs press wing. Earlier on Sunday, Spokesperson at the Ministry...
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...
$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....
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...
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...