Bangladesh

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday had brief interactions separately with a number of leaders as COP29, UN’s biggest climate conference, is underway. Prof Yunus met with Prime Minister Daniel Risch of Liechtenstein and Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan, reports UNB. He also met with President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives and President Denis Becriovic of Bosnia and ...

Bangladesh and Singapore have expressed satisfaction with the launching of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiation and hoped that FTA would facilitate more economic engagements between the two countries. The observation was made when Singapore non-resident High Commissioner to Bangladesh Derek Loh Eu-Tse called on the Foreign Secretary Md. Jashim Uddin at the foreign ministry here on Monday, said a press ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday ordered to send Awami League Advisory Council Member Amir Hossain Amu to prison after remand in trader Abdul Wadud murder case. Earlier this morning, investigation officer DB police’s Romna zonal team police inspector Jahangir Arif prayed to keep Amu inside jail for proper investigation. Later, after hearing Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman sent him ...

Rapid Action Battalion have arrested former lawmaker for the Sylhet-2 constituency Yahya Chowdhury from Uttara area in the capital. A joint team of RAB-1 and RAB-9 conducted a drive and arrested him from the area on Monday night, RAB legal and media wing director Lt Col Munim Ferdous confirmed. The former lawmaker was shown arrested in a case filed over ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reached Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday evening (local time) to attend the UN’s biggest climate conference, COP29, which is seen as a “pivotal opportunity” to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11am (local time). Prof Yunus ...

New Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumdar has said the government has taken measures to import rice to counter the recent Aman crop losses caused by recent flood. The adviser disclosed the decision while talking to reporters at the secretariat after joining office on Monday. He said Aman crops suffered losses, prompting the government to take necessary measures. “I have been ...

Sheikh Bashir Uddin, the newly appointed Commerce Adviser, has pledged to address economic challenges and improve the standard of living for citizens. Speaking at a meeting with officials at the Ministry of Commerce on Monday, he outlined his commitment to tackling inflation and enhancing the country’s trade efficiency. The meeting, held in the ministry’s conference room, marked Bashir Uddin’s first ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday inaugurated a special lounge for the country’s migrant workers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital. “Our migrant workers are nation builders. In the July-August mass uprising, they played a big role. We will always be grateful to them,” he said, reports BSS. “We believe this lounge will make their travel ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday stayed 10-year jail sentence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam, passed the order after holding hearing on two separate leave to appeal petitions filed by Khaleda. The court also said the punishment ...

There have been no arrests or crackdowns on the supporters of US president-elect Donald Trump in Bangladesh, said Chief Adviser’s press wing on Sunday night. Some Indian newspapers have been “aggressively spreading misinformation” about the student-led mass uprising since former Prime Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a popular revolution in August, said the press wing through its fact-checking Facebook page. ...