Staff Reporter : The Interim Government has strongly condemned the killing of any Bangladeshi citizen by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and has called on the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to carry out their duties with professionalism. Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Choudhury firmly reminded India that this government no longer wants to witness tragic incidents like Felani’s death at the border. Speaking at a meeting with senior BGB officials at a border conference center...
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Staff Reporter : The government is intensifying efforts to apprehend key figures behind financial corruption, including money launderers, Finance and...
Reuters : Pakistan is renegotiating contracts with independent power producers to rein in “unsustainable” electricity tariffs, the head of the power ministry said, as households and businesses buckle under soaring energy costs. Rising power tariffs have stirred social unrest and shuttered industries in the $350 billion economy, which has contracted twice in recent years as inflation hit record highs. “The existing price structure of power in this country is not sustainable,” Awais Leghari, a federal minister heading Pakistan’s Power Division,...
Staff Reporter : After the fall of its long-time political rival, the Awami League-led government, the BNP has initiated discussions with its political partners to formulate new strategies for the evolving political landscape. On Friday, the BNP began its scheduled talks with its allied political parties. The first day of discussions was held at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan Office, where the party met separately with Gonoforum, Bangladesh People’s Party, and NAP Bhashani. BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury...
Abu Jakir : The interim government, led by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, has completed its first month in office...
Staff Reporter : Badrul Hasan, a prominent leader of the anti-discrimination student movement in Khulna, has been missing for the...
BSS : Adviser of the interim government on religious affairs Dr AFM Khalid Hossain has said the present government will not do anything to create controversy in the country. “We are an interim government, our responsibilities are to reform the constitutional institutions, arrange a free, fair and participatory election and finally hand over power to an elected government,” he said. The adviser said this responding to questions of journalists before attending a meeting with leaders of different religious communities and...
Md Abdur Rakib, JnU : Jagannath University (JnU) is witnessing a significant movement among its teachers and students demanding that the next vice-chancellor be appointed from within the university. This demand arises from frustrations over the appointment of external vice-chancellors since the university’s establishment in 2005, which many believe has hindered development in education, research, and infrastructure. The resignation of former Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Sadeka Halim on August 5, 2024, following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, has intensified...
Staff Reporter : BNP Standing Committee Member, Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, on Friday accused the ‘ghosts’ of deposed leader Sheikh Hasina of continuing to hatch conspiracies against Bangladesh, even after her removal from power. Speaking to journalists while distributing relief materials in Muhuriganj Bazar, Feni, Dr Zahid suggested that the recent floods in the southern part of the country were part of a larger plot. “The flood that hit the southern part of Bangladesh is also part of the conspiracy...
DU Correspondent : Protesting the water aggression of India to the downstream country Bangladesh and the dams in the inter-border rivers terming it illegal, the Inkibal Manch, a cultural organization led by Dhaka University students, staged a ‘long march’ towards Dambur Dam in Tripura. The students and people riding ten pick-up vans lunched their march from Shahbagh of the capital carrying national flags in their hand demanding the removal of all one-way dams in the inter-border rivers. Some people also...
Staff Reporter : India’s Adani Group has assured Bangladesh of an uninterrupted power supply while also requesting the country’s interim government to expedite the payment of outstanding dues, according to sources cited by India’s Moneycontrol portal. “The group has requested Bangladesh’s interim government to expedite the payment of dues,” one source said yesterday. The report stated that Adani Group has informed the Bangladesh government of mounting pressure from its lenders to repay the debt incurred in constructing the power plant....