Day: September 10, 2024

Staff Reporter : Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed reiterated on Monday that the government’s firm stance on curbing extortion is yielding positive results in the market, which is expected to help contain inflation. He hoped that the prices of the essentials will come down graduallyDr. Salehuddin stated this while addressing reporters at the Secretariat following a meeting with UNDP Resident Representative Stefan Liller. Dr. Salehuddin also noted that the general point-to-point inflation rate remained at 10.49 percent in...

News Desk : The Italian Embassy in Dhaka on Monday said Bangladeshi applicants were warned against submitting forged or false documents. The Italian Embassy said they are committed to working with the Bangladesh authorities and in partnership with the European Union (EU) to actively prevent irregular flows and promote legal pathways. A bilateral agreement has been proposed to further improve collaboration in migration and mobility issues, which they hope will soon be finalised. The Embassy assured of its commitment to...

Staff Reporter : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday criticised India’s foreign relations, stating that the country does not maintain good relations with its neighbouring countries. He expressed concern about India’s “dominance politics” in the region, emphasising that such an approach is detrimental both to India and its neighbours. “India continually adopts ‘dominance politics’ with its neighbouring countries, which is harmful for everyone involved,” Fakhrul said. He noted that India’s strained relationships extend beyond Bangladesh to other...

Staff Reporter : The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has directed officials to submit the demand for textbooks for the 9th and 10th grades for the 2025 academic year. The directive, issued on Monday, emphasised the government’s commitment to ensuring the timely printing and distribution of free textbooks to all students across the country by 1 January for the upcoming academic year. To accomplish this, all district, upazila, and thana secondary education offices under the Directorate of Secondary and...

Court Correspondent : The Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal said on Monday that they have started work to gather information on the number of dead during the recent student-led mass protests. Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam said they were sending letters to district commissioners, superintendents of police, civil surgeons, authorities of public and private hospitals, large graveyards and university Vice-Chancellors. He said, “Through letters we are requesting hospital authorities to give information about how many people went to...

Court Correspondent : A court of Dhaka on Monday sent former Chief Whip ASM Feroz to jail in a case lodged over the killing of a youth in the capital’s Bhatara area during the recent anti-discrimination student movement. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub passed the order as police produced the former Patuakhali-2 lawmaker Feroz before the court after end of his remand in the case filed over the murder of Sohagh Miah and pleaded to keep him behind the bar....

Diplomatic Correspondent : As Chief Adviser of the Interim Government, Dr Muhammad Yunus is grappling with a range of domestic and regional challenges while attempting to steer the country towards comprehensive reform. The ongoing conflict in Myanmar has further exacerbated the Rohingya refugee crisis, with the Arakan Army gaining new territory daily after intense battles with the Myanmar Army. The escalating violence in Myanmar is forcing more Rohingyas to flee their homes, joining the hundreds of thousands already residing in...