BSS : International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has pledged support to Bangladesh’s reform initiatives, saying the Washington-based lender has sent a team to Dhaka to hold talks with the stakeholders over the matter. The IMF managing director expressed her support at a meeting with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the UN headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday. “It is a different country. It...
Day: September 26, 2024
Reza Mahmud : Abdus Salam, the pioneer of satellite television in Bangladesh and Chairman and CEO of Ekushey Television (ETV),...
Staff Reporter : The Cabinet Division has directed government officials, who have purchased vehicles through interest-free loans, to refrain from using unauthorised vehicles from other government organisations. In line with a directive from the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO), the Cabinet Division issued the order on Wednesday to all government departments. Earlier on 2 September, CAO sent letters to the secretaries of all ministries and divisions, instructing them to stop government employees from using unauthorised government vehicles. The letter mentioned that...
Staff Reporter : Chief Advisor to the Interim Government Professor Muhammad Yunus in a pivotal address at the 79th UN General Assembly high-level side event on the Rohingya crisis called for immediate and collaborative efforts to address the Rohingya crisis. He has also placed three proposals to address it to prevent deteriorating human security facing the Rohingya people. The event, co-hosted by Indonesia, the Gambia, Turkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union, highlighted the urgent need...
Staff Reporter : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday revised its economic growth forecast for Bangladesh down to 5.1...
Reza Mahmud and Abu Jakir : The Chief Adviser of the interim government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has echoed the Army...
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Army has arrested six people involved who directly involved in the killing of Lieutenant Tanzim Sarwar Nirjon in Cox’s Bazar. The accused persons have been identified as Md Babul Prakash, 44, Md Helal Uddin, 34, Md Anwar Hakim, 28, Md Arif Ullah, 25, Md Ziabul Karim, 45, and Md Hussain, 39. In a statement, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said following the incident, the army members conducted a combing operation in Chakaria and detained six people...
Court Correspondent : A Supreme Court lawyer on Wednesday filed a writ petition with the High Court Division of the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the interim government’s decision to allow exporting 3,000 tons of HILSA fish to India. Advocate Md Mahmudul Hasan submitted the petition as a public interest litigation also seeking its order on the government to cancel the decision and to issue a ban on the exports of HILSA fish captured from Padma and Meghna Rivers...
Staff Reporter : The Chief advisor, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has sought support from foreign friends to build a new Bangladesh after fall of Dictator Sheikh Hasina. Dr. Yunus sought the cooperation while addressing a reception hosted marking the 50th year of Bangladesh’s membership in the United Nations on Tuesday evening. “Through the sacrifice of lives and strong leadership of the youth, revolutionary changes have taken place in Bangladesh. They sacrificed their lives to build a discrimination-free society and a...
News Desk : CITES, the international endangered wildlife trade convention, has suspended Bangladesh, one of its signatory countries, due to the illegal trade of birds – mainly import – for commercial purposes. Bangladesh, a signatory nation of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), has failed to control illegal bird trade and has recently been suspended from the convention, reports media. Data shows that Bangladesh has been importing several species of endangered birds...