Wares Ali Khan : The contribution of the agriculture sector to the macro-economy of the country, such as poverty alleviation,...
Day: September 2, 2024
THE Sunday issue of this newspaper discloses a worrying fact that a huge amount of money has been laundered in the name of exporting manpower to Malaysia. This revelation that a vast sum of money has been laundered is certainly a deeply disturbing stain on Bangladesh’s economic landscape. Therefore, experts raised concerns about the urgent need to recover approximately Tk. 30,000 crore, which was illegally siphoned off from Bangladeshi migrant workers bound for Malaysia. The alleged syndicate’s exploitation of migrant...
AFP :China and the Philippines accused each other on Saturday of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint...
AFP : More than 700 people arrested during protests that erupted after Venezuela’s disputed presidential election have been transferred to...
BBC : Rescuers in the Russian far-east have found no survivors in the wreckage of a helicopter that disappeared while carrying 22 people – most of them tourists.The aircraft went missing on Saturday after taking off from a base near the Vachkazhets volcano in the Kamchatka peninsula. Officials said on Sunday that 17 bodies had been found so far.That area, a popular tourist destination, is famous for its active volcanoes. The cause of the crash in unclear.Such accidents are relatively...
AFP : Israel announced on Sunday its troops had found six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel, as Israeli police...
City Desk : Chief Adviser to the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today started his office at the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO), previously known as Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), at Tejgaon in the capital.Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed the matter to BSS.The Sheikh Hasina government was toppled on August 5 in 2024 in a student-people revolution. Later, on August 8, Nobel Peace Laureate and economist Prof Yunus was sworn in as the chief adviser to the interim...
City Desk : Bangladesh Meteorological Department today predicted light to moderate and moderately heavy rainfall or thundershowers with temporary gusty wind at places over all eight divisions of the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9 am on Sunday.“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Barisal divisions with moderately heavy falls...
City Desk : Labour and Employment Ministry Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain on Sunday expressed his government’s firm conviction to meet all the logical demands of the labourers and work to upgrade their living standard and congenial atmosphere for works.“The new government will work for improving the living standard of the labourers. We’re firmly committed to fulfill their every reasonable demand,” he said, reports BSS.The adviser made the remarks when International Labur Organisation (ILO) country director Tuomo Poutiainen paid a...
City Desk : Adviser of the Interim government Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan on Sunday asked officials of his ministries to maintain austerity in their all activities.In this regard an office order has been issued from the adviser’s office on Sunday, reports BSS.The order will be applicable for the officials of all level of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Road Transport and Bridges and Highways Department and Railways ministries and their subordinate organizations.The office order said that snacks and foods to...
City Desk : A high-level delegation from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) led by its Resident Representative Stefan Liller met Adviser for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan at her office at the Bangladesh Secretariat here.During the meeting, they discussed wide ranges of critical environmental and climate change issues facing Bangladesh, reports BSS.The topics included enhancing collaboration between the government of Bangladesh and UNDP on sustainable environmental management, climate resilience, climate change adaptation, ecosystem-based management in Ecologically...
