Envoys from Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands has expressed support for Bangladesh’s Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants Ordinance 2025. The envoys expressed the support for the ordinance at a meeting at the office of the Chief Advisor’s Special Envoy, Lutfey Siddiqi, on Wednesday, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing this morning. Senior officials from the Special Branch and the Criminal Investigation Department attended the meeting, along with representatives from National Security Intelligence, the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In an effort to address the root…
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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the repatriation of more than one million Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar’s Rakhine State remains the only viable and sustainable solution to the crisis. He urged the UN refugee agency to continue its active engagement to facilitate their safe return. The Chief Adviser made the remarks when the newly appointed country representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ivo Freijsen, paid a courtesy call on him at the State Guest House Jamuna here on Wednesday, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing this morning. During the meeting, the UNHCR…
Chief Adviser’s Special Envoy on International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi today said that PayPal has shown its interest in Bangladesh, but it would take time as the multinational financial technology company uses to follow a lengthy procedure to enter any market. “On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting last week in Davos, Switzerland, I held a meeting with PayPal . . . the company is now, in principle, interested in entering the Bangladesh market,” he said. He, however, stressed that this interest “should not be misreported as immediate entry since the company follows a lengthy process before…
Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant Professor Ali Riaz today said the July National Charter will ensure the religious rights of every citizen and establish a society based on equality, human dignity, and social justice. “July National Charter will establish a society based on equality, human dignity, and social justice, where the state will not discriminate between individuals on the basis of religious belief. The Charter will guarantee equal rights for all as citizens,” he said. Ali Riaz made these remarks while speaking at a views-exchange meeting with members of Hindu community on referendum campaigning and voter motivation at the auditorium of…
Russian forces in Ukraine killed 12 people and struck energy infrastructure and a passenger train overnight on Tuesday, authorities said, days after negotiators from both sides held direct talks aimed at ending nearly four years of war. In northeastern Kharkiv region, a drone hit a carriage of a train transporting nearly 200 passengers, killing at least five people, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko posted on X. “There is not and cannot be any military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram. Prosecutors posted images of the smouldering carriage on social media, which…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today formally inaugurated the e-Learning Programme in 12 schools across the three hill districts in Chattogram. He launched the programme virtually from the state guest house Jamuna here this noon and exchanged views with teachers and students of the 12 schools- three primary and nine secondary schools, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. The e-Learning Programme will be launched in phases in 149 selected primary and secondary schools in the three hill districts within the shortest possible time. Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma, SDG Principal Coordinator Lamiya Morshed, Special Assistant to the Chief…
The National Taskforce on Restructuring the Tax System today submitted its report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, outlining specific short-and long-term recommendations aimed at raising Bangladesh’s tax-to-GDP ratio to the desired level. The report proposed necessary restructuring of the tax system to support overall economic development and to formulate tax policies conducive to both domestic and foreign trade. An eleven-member taskforce led by its head and Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) Chairman Dr Zaidi Sattar handed over the report to the Chief Adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna here, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing this evening.…
A ‘top terrorist’ identified as Dilip alias Binash ordered the killing of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal leader Azizur Rahman alias Musabbir (44) from abroad. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner and Detective Branch (DB) Chief Md. Shafiqul Islam made the disclosure at a press conference held at the DMP Media Center on Minto Road here this morning. According to the DB, Musabbir was shot dead by two hired gunmen—Jinnat and Abdur Rahim—in exchange for money. Both were captured on CCTV footage at the scene. Jinnat was arrested earlier, while Rahim (45) was arrested early Friday morning from Madhabdi police station area…
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Professor Dr Asif Nazrul today said Bangladesh is firmly committed to developing a skilled workforce to meet future challenges and to respond to the growing global demand for skilled manpower. He made the remarks while addressing the Global Labor Market Conference held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he highlighted the qualitative transformation of Bangladesh’s labour market. Dr Asif Nazrul said among South Asian countries, Bangladesh has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring fairness, welfare and accountability in the labour market by ratifying all 10 core conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO). In line with…
In a significant move to boost foreign capital inflow, the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has approved a policy to offer cash incentives to Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) who facilitate Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country. The decision was made today during a recent meeting of the BIDA governing board held under the chairmanship of the Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO) in the city’s Tejgaon area. After the meeting at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy (FSA), BIDA Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun announced that the scheme is designed to…
