Bangladesh

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today placed six proposals for a complete transformation of the global food and economic systems to end hunger, saying hunger is caused by the failure of the existing economic framework. “Hunger is not caused by scarcity. It is caused by the failure of the economic framework that we have designed . . . we must ...

Teachers affiliated with the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme have announced a renewed phase of protest, including a “March to the Secretariat,” demanding increased house rent and medical allowances. The demonstration is scheduled for Tuesday at noon, following an indefinite nationwide strike launched on Monday (October 13). The movement will continue until the government issues an official notification addressing their ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus received a warm reception upon his arrival at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Monday. FAO Director General Qu Dongyu welcomed Prof Yunus at the entrance of the FAO headquarters, according to Abul Kalam Azad Majumder, Deputy Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser. During his visit, Prof ...

Bangladesh Jamaaat-e-Islam has said that they wants to hold the referendum in November. “We’ve told them that the referendum and the national election are on two separate days…you, take preparation mentally for conducting these separately,” said Nayeb-e-Ameer Dr Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher while responding reporters after a meeting between a Jamaat delegation and the Commission in the capital. Dr Taher ...

The European Union (EU) and its partners have launched the broadened Team Europe Initiative on Climate and Energy in Bangladesh, pledging over €3.7 billion (around Tk 525 billion) to support the country’s transition toward sustainable energy and climate resilience. Announcing the initiative at a high-level event in Dhaka on October 9, EU Ambassador Michael Miller called on Bangladesh to mainstream ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged young people across the globe to have their own dream of the kind of world they want, rather than merely trying to fit themselves into the existing system. “Young people must be courageous enough to transform their dreams into reality. They have the power to create society,” Professor Yunus said during a meeting ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka today for Rome to attend the flagship event of the annual World Food Forum (WFF), organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying Prof Yunus and his delegation departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at around 11:30 am, confirmed Shafiqul Alam, Press ...

The Bangladesh Army has issued alerts across all land, air, and sea ports to apprehend former CTIB Director Major General Kabir Ahmed, accused in two cases of crimes against humanity linked to enforced disappearances during the previous Awami League government. At a press briefing in Dhaka Cantonment on Saturday, Adjutant General Major General Md Hakimuzzaman said Kabir Ahmed has been ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Saturday announced that Presiding Officers will serve as “Chief Election Officers” at their respective polling centres, with full legal authority to ensure fair and lawful elections. Speaking at a training workshop for polling officials at RPADC auditorium in Chattogram, the CEC said, “Presiding Officers will be fully empowered under the law. If ...

People from all walks of life on Saturday paid their last tribute to eminent writer, essayist, and Emeritus Prof of the English Department at Dhaka University Syed Manzoorul Islam at Aparajeyo Bangla of Dhaka University and the Central Shaheed Minar. The body of Manzoorul Islam was taken to Aparajeyo Bangla of Dhaka University at around 10:30AM and then it was ...