Pakistan’s Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. Chaudhary arrived here to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s new cabinet led by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, marking a significant diplomatic engagement between the ...

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s new cabinet. He was received at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by the interim government’s Foreign Adviser M Touhid Hossain. Mohamed Muizzu landed at 9:07AM on Qatar Airways flight QR-640. Several high-level foreign dignitaries, including Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Speaker of India’s Lok Sabha ...

Despite earlier threatening to boycott the ceremony after the BNP declined to be sworn in as members of the Constitution Reform Council,Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami have taken oath as both members of the 13th parliament and the Constitution Reform Council. Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin administered the oath at 12noon. The newly elected members signed the oath register at 12:24pm. Earlier ...

BNP’s elected members of parliament will not take oaths as members of the proposed Constitution Reform Council, as it is not recognised in the constitution, said BNP Standing Committee Member and MP Salahuddin Ahmed on Tuesday. Speaking at the oath-taking ceremony before the chief election commissioner’s speech, Salahuddin said the decision was taken by the party. “None of us have ...

The newly-elected Members of Parliament from the 13th National Parliament Election took oath on Tuesday (February 17) morning. Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin administered the oath to the MPs around 10:45AM at the Oath Room of the Sangsad Bhaban. BNP Chairperson and prime minister-designate Tarique Rahman, along with members of his party, took oath in the first phase.After taking ...

The government has reduced value Added Tax (VAT) on LPG in a move aimed at stabilising the market and keeping the essential fuel within consumers’ purchasing power. In a press release issued on Monday night, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said it had issued two separate notifications on February 16, effective until June 30, 2026, revising the existing VAT ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO) in the city’s Tejgaon area. During the meeting, they exchanged greetings and briefly discussed various matters related to performing responsibilities during the interim government’s tenure. Prof Yunus expressed his sincere thanks and ...

Dr Nasimul Gani, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been appointed as the Cabinet Secretary. The appointment was announced in a notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Monday (16 February). Dr Gani has been appointed to the post on a contractual basis, according to the notification signed by Senior Assistant Secretary Mohammad Mamun Shibli. ...

Fran Perez, Oscar Valentin and Nobel Mendy fired Rayo Vallecano to a 3-0 win over an understrength Atletico Madrid on Sunday in a LaLiga match overshadowed by protests against Rayo owner Raul Martin Presa. With Atletico’s focus on Wednesday’s Champions League knockout playoff at Club Brugge, Diego Simeone selected a weakened side and paid the price, with Perez and Valentin ...

Ukraine’s NABU anti-corruption force said Sunday it arrested the country’s former energy minister German Galushchenko — who resigned last year during a massive corruption scandal — as he tried to cross Ukraine’s border. “Today, while crossing the state border, NABU detectives have detained the former Minister of Energy as part of the ‘Midas’ case,” the NABU said in a statement, ...