The bilateral meeting held between Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus and US President Joseph R Biden Tuesday was a rare opportunity for Bangladesh and a big step to take the relations to a new height. The meeting was held at the UN headquarters at 11 am (NY time), which was the first meeting of the Bangladesh interim government chief ...
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Prof Yunus joins reception by UN chief, exchange greetings with global leaders
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday joined in New York a welcome reception with heads of delegation representing various countries at the UN General Assembly hosted by Secretary General António Guterres at the UN headquarters, reports UNB. World leaders gathered here to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, “Leaving no one behind: acting together for ...
Read More »South Korean ambassador meets BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul
South Korean ambassador in Dhaka Park Young-sik on Tuesday (September 24) held a meeting with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam. The meeting was held at the BNP Chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in Dhaka around 4:00pm on Tuesday. On behalf of the BNP media cell, it was told that the BNP standing committee member Abdul Moyeen ...
Read More »Touhid, Jaishankar meet in NY, discuss Dhaka-Delhi bilateral ties
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has met Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and discussed issues of mutual interest. The meeting was held on Monday focusing on bilateral ties. “Had a meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain of Bangladesh in New York this (Monday) evening. The conversation focussed on our bilateral ties,” Jaishankar wrote on X, formerly ...
Read More »Army chief pledges support for Yunus’ interim govt
Bangladesh’s army chief vowed to back the country’s interim government “come what may” to help it complete key reforms after the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, so that elections could be held within the next 18 months. General Waker-uz-Zaman and his troops stood aside in early August amid raging student-led protests against Hasina, sealing the fate of the veteran ...
Read More »Attack on Bernicat’s convoy: Chargesheeted accused Siam arrested
Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday night arrested Siam Hasan, a chargesheeted accused in a case filed over the attack on the convoy of the then-US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia S Bernicat in August 2018. A team of DB from Tejgaon arrested Siam Hasan, 26, from a house on Tajmahal Road at Mohammadpur in the capital ...
Read More »Prof Yunus in New York with high-profile meetings lined up on UNGA sidelines
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reached New York on Monday night (NY Time) to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with a series of high-profile meetings lined up on the sidelines of the UNGA including a meeting with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith and CDA of ...
Read More »Adviser asks DIP employees not to lobby for postings
Home Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has asked the employees of the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) to refrain from lobbying for posting, rather perform duties with patriotism and dedication. “I ask you all officials not to lobby for postings,” he said while addressing an orientation programme to welcome 20 newly appointed assistant directors (AD) of ...
Read More »Hasina, Rehana sued in garment worker murder case
A case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her younger sister Sheikh Rehana and 69 others in a case filed over the death of garment worker Md Fazlu, who was killed during mass uprising at Mirpur-14 on August 5. Suraiya, wife of the deceased, filed a complaint on Monday against with the Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate ...
Read More »50pc bus fare for students 7 days a week
Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association has announced half bus fare for students in all metropolitan areas, including Dhaka, seven days a week. Saiful Alam, general secretary of the association, came up with the announcement at a seminar at the Engineering Institution auditorium in Dhaka on Monday (September 23). The title of the seminar is ‘Our Pledge for Safe Roads for ...
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