Bangladesh

Secretary-General of rights group Amnesty International (AI) Agnes Callamard called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus during the World Economic Forum Summit at Davos on Thursday. Robert Maersk Uggla, Chair of Danish shipping and logistics company A.P. Moller – Maersk, also met the Chief Adviser during the summit, CA’s Deputy Press Secretary Apurba Jahangir told BSS. Meanwhile, DP World Group ...

Some Tk 12,000 crore has been borrowed against the names of 16, out of 32 factories, at the Beximco Industrial Park which have no existence, according to the advisory council committee formed to review the labour and business situation of the companies at the industrial park. Brigadier General (Retd) Sakhawat Hossain, convener of the committee, and Labour and Employment adviser, ...

An election-time neutral government may be needed if the current interim government doesn’t remain impartial, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said. He made the remark while speaking at a discussion at Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Thursday (January 23). The discussion was organized by Shaheed Asad Parishad on the 56th death anniversary of Shaheed Asad ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has said the UN fact-finding report on the atrocities during the July-August uprising is at final stage and would be released by mid-February. The UN high commissioner made the comments when he called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting ...

After serving 16 years, a total of 168 former members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) were released from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on bail on Thursday in an explosive case related to BDR mutiny. Their families have been waiting at the main of the jail since morning to receive them. The prisoners are coming out one after another. ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has sought the assistance of the European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde to recover billions of dollars stolen from Bangladesh during the fallen Sheikh Hasina dictatorship. The two dignitaries met in the Swiss city of Davos on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting. Prof Yunus told Christine Lagarde, also a ...

Leaders of Khelafat Majlish held a meeting with senior leaders of BNP on Wednesday (January 22). The meeting was held at the BNP Chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in the capital. The meeting was held with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. The party’s standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan was present. Both BNP and Khelafat Majlis reached consensus ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, currently under treatment at a London clinic, will not undergo a liver transplant for the time being. Instead, she is receiving human serum albumin to reduce stress on her liver, as recommended by the medical board considering her health risks. A member of the medical team confirmed that the decision to defer a liver transplant was ...

Sarjis Alam, the student leader, has resigned as general secretary of the July Shaheed Smrity Foundation. He shared the information on his verified Facebook profile on Wednesday morning. “I am no longer the General Secretary of the July Shaheed Smrity Foundation. To accelerate the progress of this foundation, changes have been made in its constitution, structure, and working processes. The ...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Tuesday said his agency would support Bangladesh in its quest to find a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis. Grandi made the comments after he called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss city of Davos. “We stand ready ...