Finance Adviser calls meeting with BCS Tax, Customs officials over NBR issue
Finance Adviser calls meeting with BCS Tax, Customs officials over NBR issue

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has invited the representatives of the BCS (Tax) and BCS (Customs and Excise) cadres for a meeting on Thursday to discuss the prevailing situation surrounding the National Board of Revenue (NBR). According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Finance,...

Trump hosts Pakistani army chief, discusses Israel-Iran conflict
Trump hosts Pakistani army chief, discusses Israel-Iran conflict

US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistans army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House on Wednesday in an unprecedented meeting that risked worsening a disagreement with India over the presidents claim that he stopped last months conflict between the nuclear-armed South Asian foes....

Situation quite comforting, Rizwana says over Yunus-Tarique meeting
Situation quite comforting, Rizwana says over Yunus-Tarique meeting

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday said that the current political situation appears to be quite reassuring following the recent meeting between Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and BNPs acting chairman Tarique Rahman in London. Rizwana, who also holds the portfolios of...

Pro-Bangladesh forces closer to victory: Adviser Asif
Pro-Bangladesh forces closer to victory: Adviser Asif

Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said the path to victory for pro-Bangladesh forces has become easier, following a high-profile political development abroad, reports BSS. The path to victory for pro-Bangladesh people has become...

Prof Yunus-Tarique meeting a "game-over" moment for conspirators: Alam
Prof Yunus-Tarique meeting a "game-over" moment for conspirators: Alam

Chief Advisers Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said the historic meeting between Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is a game-over moment for the conspirators. It is a historic meeting between the leader of the interim government and the leader of the...

Yunus-Tarique meeting could be a turning point for politics: Fakhrul
Yunus-Tarique meeting could be a turning point for politics: Fakhrul

The upcoming meeting between Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman in London could mark a turning point in politics, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday. Despite his illness, the partys acting chairman joined the Standing...

Prof Yunus-Tarique Rahman meeting to be held on June 13 in London
Prof Yunus-Tarique Rahman meeting to be held on June 13 in London

The meeting between Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to be held on Friday (June 13) in London during the CAs four-day official visit to the United Kingdom (UK). The chief adviser, who is currently visiting the United Kingdom, is scheduled to...

BNP standing committee to meet tonight
BNP standing committee to meet tonight

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called a meeting of the partys highest policy-making forum, the National Standing Committee, at its chairpersons political office in Dhakas Gulshan at 8:30 pm today (Monday). BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will virtually preside over the meeting from...

CA likely to meet advisers after ECNEC meeting today
CA likely to meet advisers after ECNEC meeting today

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is likely to sit with his colleagues at the council of advisers shortly after the scheduled meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today (Saturday) to discuss the current issues, a senior official told UNB. He is likely to...

CA’s Office agrees to meet Jamaat chief in evening
CA’s Office agrees to meet Jamaat chief in evening

The Chief Advisers Office has given verbal approval for a meeting between Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman and the interim government head at the State Guesthouse Jamuna in Dhaka at 6pm today (Saturday). The Jamaat chief applied for the meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to...

BNP to hold meeting with CA this evening
BNP to hold meeting with CA this evening

Amid growing political tensions and various speculations, a BNP delegation will hold a meeting with Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus this (Saturday) evening. The meeting is likely to take place at the Chief Advisers official residence Jamuna around 7pm, a BNP standing committee member told UNB on...

BNP calls for joint meeting this afternoon
BNP calls for joint meeting this afternoon

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called for an emergency joint meeting at 2 pm today (Tuesday). The meeting will take place at the partys central office at Dhakas Nayapaltan, confirmed BNP Media Cell Member Shairul Kabir Khan. The meeting will be presided over by BNP Secretary...

One in five people in Gaza face famine
One in five people in Gaza face famine

The UN Security Councils meeting on the humanitarian situation in Gaza came a day after the worlds leading hunger monitor, known as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), said the entire population of Gaza is experiencing food shortages and that one in five people is facing...

Pakistan PM calls meeting of body that oversees nuclear arsenal
Pakistan PM calls meeting of body that oversees nuclear arsenal

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called a meeting of the National Command Authority on Saturday, the military said, after Islamabad launched a military operation against India and targeted multiple bases. The authority is the top body of civilian and military officials that takes...

Bangladesh expands int’l partnerships at ADB annual meeting
Bangladesh expands int’l partnerships at ADB annual meeting

On the sidelines of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bangladesh has strengthened its development cooperation with key international financial partners through high-level bilateral meetings. Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, finance adviser of Bangladesh, held a bilateral meeting...