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Saturday, 22 February, 2025

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Australia stands firm on climate justice and women’s rights in Bangladesh

The Australian government has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Bangladeshs overall development, including advancing climate justice, addressing crises, and ensuring womens rights. Australias Ambassador for Climate Change Kristin Tilley assured continued cooperation during a bilateral...

Shafiqul Alam promoted to senior secretary

Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary to the chief adviser, has been granted the status of senior secretary. A notification, in this regard, was issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Tuesday, reports UNB. The notification stated that during his tenure as the press secretary to the...

Anger, chaos take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs

Workers across the U.S. responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administrations aggressive effort to shrink the federal workforce. Agencies were ordered to lay off probationary employees who had yet to qualify for civil service protections. While much of the...

SC adjourns hearing on caretaker government review petitions for two weeks

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning adjourned for two weeks its hearing on review petitions that challengethe 2011 cancellation of caretaker government system. The three-member bench led by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam issued the order in this regard. Following the...

Govt begins aiding families of July uprising martyrs, injured

The interim government has begun providing financial assistance to the families of the martyrs and injured of the student-led mass uprising that ousted the autocratic Awami League regime in July-August of last year, reports The Business Standard. Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus officially...

Construction of 2 Mongla port jetties progressing fast

The interim government has taken initiative to modernize Mongla port for expanding its activities resulting in progressing fast the construction works of two more jetties in the second largest sea port of the country, reports BSS. The government has also a plan to construct four more new jetties...

Musk will help uncover ‘hundreds of billions’ in US govt fraud: Trump

US President Donald Trump said Elon Musk, who is presiding over a purge of government jobs, will help find hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud in federal agencies, reports AFP. Speaking in a Fox News interview aired before the Super Bowl football championship, Trump said the American people...

Process of consensus government begins

The interim government has initiated efforts to establish a consensus government, aimed at ensuring a neutral and fair election. The new administration will be formed by a coalition of various political parties and independent figures deemed acceptable to all stakeholders. For this, a journalist...

Challenges mount for government

As the interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus marks six months in power, its challenges continue to escalate, both from internal and external forces. Today, February 8, the government celebrates its half-year anniversary, but also faces growing...

Hundreds of US government websites go offline amid controversial cuts

Hundreds of US government websites went offline on Monday, with more than 350 sites unavailable, according to an AFP review of federal sites. The outage affected key departments, including Defense, Commerce, Energy, Transportation, Labor, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency and the Supreme...

Moves begin to establish consensus government

The current interim government is about to transition into an all-party government. Several advisers will be replaced and new individuals who are acceptable to various political factions will join. This move aims to guarantee that the forthcoming election is fair, impartial, and widely acceptable....

Political will essential for market control: Sarjis

Sarjis Alam, chief organizer of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, stated that market control is impossible without the honest will of major political parties. Speaking at a policy conference on Reasonable Food Prices: Search for a Market Surveillance Strategy at Hotel Sonargaon on Sunday, he...

Action to be taken against embezzlers of government allotments: Relief Advisor

Advisor to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief of the interim government, Faruk-e Azam (Bir Uttam), said legal action will be taken against those who embezzled government allotments including TR-Kabikha as in the past, we have seen that government allocations were not given to the...

Crisis deepens as debt discipline remains absent

Bangladesh is grappling with a mounting financial crisis, marked by escalating government debt and surging defaulted loans. The governments total debt now stands at an alarming Tk 20.49 trillion, with domestic debt comprising Tk 10.20 trillion and foreign debt totaling Tk 10.13 trillion, equivalent...

BNP wants to see an elected government: Major Hafiz

Bangladesh Nationalist Partys (BNP) Standing Committee member Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed reaffirmed that the party is committed to seeing a truly elected government in Bangladesh. Speaking at a discussion held at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) to mark the 89th birth anniversary...

Caretaker govt review hearing postponed to Feb 9

The Appellate Division has postponed the hearing of the review petition to restore the caretaker government system to February 9, in response to an application from the BNP. The decision was made today (Sunday) by the Appellate Division, led by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam. On December 1, the...

Review hearing to restore caretaker government tomorrow

The petition seeking review of the verdict to repeal the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which introduced the caretaker government system, is on the agenda of the Supreme Courts Appellate Division hearing on Sunday. It is number 13 on the agenda of the Supreme Courts Appellate...

BNP focuses entirely on elections

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), one of the countrys major political entities, has centered its agenda exclusively on elections. The party is vocal about the urgent need for National Parliament elections and is actively consolidating its organizational strength. By aligning with like-minded...

Govt seeks opinion on July proclamation

The government has sought opinions from all stakeholders who participated in the July mass uprising regarding the July proclamation. As per the next course of action of the all-party dialogue on July proclamation held on Thursday, opinion is being sought from all stakeholders, including...

Govt condemns attack on minority students, orders investigation

The interim government has strongly condemned the attack on a peaceful gathering of a group of ethnic minority students in front of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) building at Motijheel in Dhaka on Wednesday. Besides, it has ordered a probe into the attack, while two persons...

National elections feasible by mid-year: Mirza Fakhrul

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called for the 13th national elections to be held by mid-year, specifically by July-August 2025. On Tuesday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir emphasized that it was entirely feasible to prepare for the elections within this time frame,...

7-member Law and Order committee formed

The interim government has formed a seven-member Law and Order Committee headed by Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury to advise on appointments, transfers, and disciplinary matters of district police superintendents (SPs), deputy inspector generals (DIGs), and higher-ranking...

No hope on the horizon

From business leaders to ordinary citizens, everyone in Bangladesh is feeling the weight of an escalating crisis. As Abu Ahmed, a former professor at Dhaka University, put it, There is no good news for the common people. Only desperation is growing. More than five and a half months have passed...

5 press officials withdrawn from Bangladesh embassies

The government has ordered the withdrawal of five officials serving in the press wings of Bangladesh embassies and high commissions in five countries. A notification issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting instructed these officials to return to Bangladesh within the next 15 working...

We back interim govt, reform agenda: EIB VP tells CA

Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Nicola Beer on Wednesday assured the interim government of its help in carrying out vital reforms it has undertaken, reports UNB. We have come in a very challenging time; we back the interim government and its reform agenda, she said when she...

Considering alternatives to manufacturing is a miscalculation

The manufacturing sector has long been the backbone of Bangladeshs economy, fueled by affordable gas and low-cost labor. These factors enabled rapid industrial growth despite the countrys significant investment challenges, including high infrastructure costs and elevated bank interest rates....

A political government needed to overcome the economic crisis

The countrys business environment has become increasingly inhospitable, with the economy teetering on the brink of stagnation and crisis. Industrial capacity is dwindling, the devaluation of the taka against the dollar has disrupted raw material imports, and worker discontent is mounting as...

CA press wing debunks Indian Zeenews report on Prof Yunus

A recent report of Indian Zeenews titled DNA Exclusive: Analysing Mohammad Yunuss Alleged Operation Octopus In Bangladesh is completely false and fabricated, says the chief advisers press wing. The news item published in Indias Zeenews is completely false and fabricated, the press wing said in a...