Home Affairs Adviser Lt. Gen. (Retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said comprehensive preparations are in progress to ensure that the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election is conducted in a fair, peaceful and festive environment. He made the remarks on Wednesday afternoon following a views-exchange meeting with officials from various administrative sectors on law and order, agricultural production, fertilizer and seed supply and irrigation management. The meeting was held at the conference room of the Narsingdi Deputy Commissioner’s office. The adviser said the upcoming election will see a larger deployment of law enforcement personnel compared to previous polls to help…
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The schedule for the 13th national election and referendum on July National Charter will be announced at 6pm today. Senior Secretary of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat Akhtar Ahmed said yesterday after the recording of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin’s address by Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar.
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr. Asif Nazrul today said that the National Prevention Mechanism against torture will soon be constituted while the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Ordinance 2025 has been gazetted. He made the announcement a seminar on the “Operationalisation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in Bangladesh” at the BRAC University auditorium, said a press release here. As Bangladesh ratified the OPCAT earlier this year, the seminar brought together key stakeholders, including representatives from the government, the UN, civil society, NGOs, development partners and young participants to discuss practical steps for the…
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md. Mahfuj Alam today said all stakeholders must work together to present Bangladeshi films on the global stage. “Such efforts will improve the livelihoods of film-industry professionals and help the country move forward,” he said while addressing a cultural evening as chief guest here. The event was organised on the occasion of launching the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation’s (BFDC) Business Automation Service, Cine-Archive, renovated Digital Sound Recording Studio and renovated Jharna Spot. Highlighting ongoing development activities at the BFDC, the adviser said the current interim government has taken effective initiatives for its improvement. Over the past…
President Donald Trump blasted Europe as “decaying” and “weak” on immigration and Ukraine in an interview published Tuesday, deepening a rift between the United States and some of its oldest allies. Speaking to Politico, Trump also called on war-battered Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to hold elections despite Russia’s invasion and said that Moscow had the “upper hand.” Trump’s comments doubled down on extraordinary criticism of top US partners in his administration’s new national security strategy last week, which recycled far-right tropes about civilizational “erasure” in Europe. “Most European nations, they’re decaying,” Trump told Politico in the interview, conducted Monday. The…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today emphasised building the post uprising new Bangladesh with ensuring the participation of women, especially being imbued with the spirit of Begum Rokeya’s struggle to establish the women rights. “Today’s women society is totally different. The post uprising women society is one to build the new Bangladesh. The journey of the new Bangladesh started with them. They are inspiring not only for women but for all. We need to uphold them,” he said. The Chief Adviser made remarks referring to the Begum Rokeya Padak 2025 winners after distributing the award among the recipients at a…
The interim government today urged all to refrain from holding any illegal or unauthorized gatherings, rallies, or movements after the announcement of the schedule for the upcoming national elections. “The schedule for the upcoming parliamentary polls will be announced within the next few days. The interim government is calling on everyone to refrain from all types of illegal and unauthorised public gatherings and movements after the announcement of the election schedule,” said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing this evening. It said the call was made from a meeting of the Home Affairs Ministry held this afternoon at the instruction of…
Cambodia’s influential former leader Hun Sen said Tuesday his country had retaliated in reignited border clashes with neighbour Thailand, after Phnom Penh denied firing back for two days. “After being patient for more than 24 hours in order to respect the ceasefire and for time to evacuate people to safety, yesterday evening we retaliated with more (responses) last night and this morning,” Senate president and former prime minister Hun Sen said in a Facebook post. “Our forces must fight at all points that the enemy has attacked,” he said, while telling troops to “implement the strategy to destroy the enemy…
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul has refuted the propaganda being carried out on social media over the mobile phone sets of expatriate workers. “Lying about the interim government or about me is nothing new. Some people on social media are now spreading rumours that expatriates are being treated unfairly and discriminated over their mobile phone sets,” he wrote in a post shared on his verified Facebook account today. Revealing the real information in this regard, he said falsehood is being spread on social media that the government has made a new rule that if one brings…
President Donald Trump said Monday he had reached an agreement with President Xi Jinping to allow US chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. The announcement marked a significant shift in US export policy for advanced AI chips, which Joe Biden’s administration had heavily restricted over national security concerns about Chinese military applications. Democrats in Congress quickly dismissed the shift as a huge mistake that will help the Chinese military and economy. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he had informed Xi that Washington would permit Nvidia to ship its H200 products…
