Former BB ED made advisor to the governor
Former BB ED made advisor to the governor

Ahsan Ullah, former executive director (ED) of Bangladesh Bank, has now joined as an advisor to the governor of the regulator. He will assist Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur with central reform activities. Ahsan Ullah took up the advisory post following his appointment, which was issued on Monday,...

Hassan Ariff laid to rest at Mirpur’s Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard
Hassan Ariff laid to rest at Mirpur’s Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard

A. F. Hassan Ariff, Lands, Civil Aviation, and Tourism Advisor to the Interim Government, was laid to rest at the Martyrs Intellectual Graveyard in Mirpur, Dhaka, on Monday morning. His funeral took place at approximately 10:30 a.m. The funeral was attended by his family, along with government...

Coordinated approach to address climate impacts on agriculture: Rizwana
Coordinated approach to address climate impacts on agriculture: Rizwana

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, stated that addressing the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture requires a coordinated approach. To achieve this, the Ministries of Agriculture, Water...

Rizwana seeks Nordic support to establish elephant wildlife sanctuary and prioritize river cleaning
Rizwana seeks Nordic support to establish elephant wildlife sanctuary and prioritize river cleaning

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change, and Water Resources, has called for Nordic supportboth financial and technicalin establishing a wildlife sanctuary for captivite elephants. She also emphasized that cleaning up rivers across Bangladesh remains a...

Rizwana for coordination between financial institutions, development partners
Rizwana for coordination between financial institutions, development partners

Environment, Forests and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today stressed the need for coordination among local, national, bilateral, multilateral financial institutions (MFIs) and development partners to access climate finance, reports BSS. Speaking at an event titled The Feasibility...

All cases will be abolished with repeal of DSA: Asif Nazrul
All cases will be abolished with repeal of DSA: Asif Nazrul

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Friday said that the Digital Security Act (DSA) will be repealed by the interim government. He said this at the DRU-Desh TV Best Reporting Award-2024 ceremony at Dhaka Club this afternoon. Asif Nazrul said, With the repeal of...

Youth arrested for faking recordings between president and adviser
Youth arrested for faking recordings between president and adviser

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained a youth on Monday on charges of doctoring voice recordings of a fake conversation between President Mohammed Shahabuddin and interim government Adviser M Sakhawat Hossain and publicising it on YouTube, reports The Business...