Business Report : Planning and Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud emphasised on Monday that generating more employment is now a higher...
BSS, Dhaka :About ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (WC) scheduled to be hosted in Bangladesh from 3 to 20 October this year, Adviser to the Youth and Sports Ministry of the Interim government Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan on Sunday said that ensuring security in WC is very important.“We have talked to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) about the Women’s T20 World Cup. Among many matters, the most important is to ensure safety to this end,” he told newsmen after assuming...
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...
Deutsche Welle : Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, took over as interim leader of Bangladesh last month after violent political unrest led to an unceremonious end to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule. In an interview with DW, he addressed an array of issues, including the domestic political situation, Bangladesh’s relations with India and the influx of the Rohingya into the country. The 84-year-old leader, who holds the official position of chief adviser in the interim government, said...
City Desk : Religious Affairs Adviser Dr A F M Khalid Hossain has called upon the government officials to submit their wealth statement for ensuring good governance and transparency. “All the government officials will have to submit their wealth statement. We, the advisers, are submitting our asset details. Accountability is a must in case of (unnatural) increase in the assets. A state can’t run without good governance and the rule of law,” he said. He made the remarks in a...
Staff Reporter : Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan warned on Saturday that anyone attempting to shut down factories to destabilise the government and harm the economy would be remembered. “The government will implement special measures to tackle the unrest in ready-made garment (RMG) factories,” he said during a views exchange meeting on the ongoing crisis in RMG factories, held at the BGMEA Building. Though Adilur did not provide further details about these measures, he announced that a decision had been...
News Desk : Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina should remain in India....
BSS, Dhaka : New sensation Nahid Rana, who hogged the limelight with his express pace, wants the cricket world to...
City Desk : Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) central publicity and Dawah affairs secretary Maulana Ahmad Abdul Qaiyum on Sunday said if the rules of Islam are established, the real beauty of Islam will be exposed to the global community.“People of all faiths and paths can enjoy the benefits of Islam. Even an animal will regain its dignity, reports BSS.For this, Islam has to be established as the superb ideology at the state level,” he said while speaking as the chief...
Staff Reporter : Finance Adviser Dr. Saleh Uddin Ahmed has stated that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is optimistic about providing Bangladesh with an additional $3 billion in budget support. Speaking to a group of journalists at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday, Dr Ahmed said, “The IMF sought to understand whether interim governments have plans to implement the reform conditions associated with the $4.7 billion loans.” He assured the IMF that reform efforts have already commenced and that the government...
Staff Reporter : Lieutenant General (Retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Choudhury, the Home and Agriculture Adviser, has identified the improvement of law and order as the main challenge currently facing the Ministry of Home Affairs. Speaking to journalists on Monday at his office in the Secretariat, the Adviser stressed the urgency of tackling the issue. “Our main challenge at the Ministry of Home Affairs is law and order. The goal is to improve the situation as quickly as possible,” Jahangir Alam...
Staff Reporter : Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Senior Joint General Secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has expressed concerns that India is supporting the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina solely for its own strategic interests, disregarding the welfare of Bangladesh and will of its people. He made these remarks while inaugurating a relief distribution programme in front of the BNP’s Naya Paltan headquarters on Monday. Rizvi accused India of providing shelter to Sheikh Hasina, whom he labelled as a...