Bangladesh

Bangladesh and China have signed nine instruments during the Chief Adviser’s Professor Muhammad Yunus’s ongoing China tour, reports BSS. An agreement was signed on Economic and Technical Cooperation between the two governments, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. He said eight other documents were signed for cooperation in the areas of development, translation and publication ...

A video of a verbal altercation between Sarjis Alam, the chief organizer (Northern Region) of the Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP), and Motiar Rahman, a member of the convening committee of BNP’s Atwari Upazila in Panchagarh. The incident took place on Thursday, March 27, in front of the Upazila Nirbahi Officer’s (UNO) office in Atwari, Sarjis’s home district. Prior to this, ...

A court in Dhaka on Thursday declared BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) cancelling the result of 2020 DSCC election. Dhaka First Joint District Judge and Election Tribunal Judge Md Nurul Islam handed down the judgment. The court in its order cancelled the government’s gazette of former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle ...

Executive Vice Premier of the State Council of China Ding Xuexiang met Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference in China. The meeting was held at Bo’ao State Guest House at Qionghai, Hainan this morning. Energy Adviser M Fouzul Kabir Khan, High Representative to the Chief Adviser Dr ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said Asia must step up and strengthen cooperation in four key areas — financial, trade; food and agriculture and technology, stressing Bangladesh faces multiple challenges which are shared by other Asian countries. “In this changing world, the destinies of Asian countries are intertwined. We must chart a clear roadmap for a shared future ...

US President Donald Trump has extended felicitations to the people of Bangladesh and Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on the occasion of National and Independence Day. “On behalf of the American people, I wish you and the people of Bangladesh a happy Independence Day. This time of transition presents an opportunity for the people of Bangladesh to build capacity for ...

The holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr (the Night of Decree) when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), observes on Thursday night. The Muslims will pass the night offering special prayers, reciting the holy Quran, holding zikr and other religious rituals, seeking blessings of the almighty Allah for long life, peace and progress ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived here today to join the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference. “A special flight carrying the Chief Adviser and entourage arrived in Qionghai Boao International Airport in Hainan at about 4:15pm (Bangladesh Standard Time),” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said. On his arrival, Bangladesh Ambassador to China Md Nazmul Islam and ...

Expressing disappointment over the speech of interim government head, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said, “I am very disappointed that the Chief Adviser did not mention a clear election roadmap in his speech on Tuesday.” “We sough election roadmap.” He made this demand while speaking to media personnel on Wednesday after paying homage to BNP founder Ziaur ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left here for China today on a four-day official visit. “A special flight carrying the Chief Adviser and entourage departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 1 pm,” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told BSS. On March 27, Prof Yunus will address the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference focusing ...