The Council of Advisers today approved a number of ordinances, including the Police Commission Ordinance 2025, at its weekly meeting at the Chief Adviser’s Office in the city’s Tejgaon area. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus chaired the meeting. “The government has approved the Police Commission Ordinance 2025, establishing a five-member Police Commission with the mandate to modernize the police, ensure accountability, and make the force more people friendly,” said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. She was addressing a press conference on the meeting outcomes at the Foreign Service Academy here this afternoon. Rizwana said the Police…
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The Council of Advisers today approved a number of ordinances, including the Police Commission Ordinance 2025, at its weekly meeting at the Chief Adviser’s Office in the city’s Tejgaon area. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus chaired the meeting. “The government has approved the Police Commission Ordinance 2025, establishing a five-member Police Commission with the mandate to modernize the police, ensure accountability, and make the force more people friendly,” said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. She was addressing a press conference on the meeting outcomes at the Foreign Service Academy here this afternoon. Rizwana said the Police…
President Donald Trump’s envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russia. Two days after the envoys met Russian President Vladimir Putin, the US Treasury Department partially suspended measures that Trump had announced in October when he finally vowed to get tough on Moscow. The Treasury Department suspended until at least April 29 economic sanctions against Lukoil-branded gas stations outside of Russia. A ban remains in place to prevent the money from flowing back to Russia, which has…
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya called Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus over phone this evening and thanked Bangladesh “for the support and expressions of solidarity” following the devastating cyclone and floods there. “Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya called Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus by phone at 6:45 pm local time on Thursday,” said a press release of the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. It added that Prime Minister Amarasuriya thanked the Chief Adviser “for the support and expressions of solidarity” following the devastating cyclone and floods that have killed hundreds and ravaged large parts of Sri…
The government today released a documentary highlighting the uncompromising leadership of three- time former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. The Chief Adviser’s Press Wing released the documentary tonight, noting, “With combination of her etiquette, courtesy, determination, foresight and wisdom, she has become a unique character in Bangladesh’s politics.” The Ministry of Cultural Affairs made the 2:40-minute documentary titled ‘The Long Walk to Democracy’ highlighting Begum Khaleda Zia’s role in the country’s democratic movement. It also portrayed her role in the anti-autocratic movement, restoring democracy and returning to parliamentary democracy from the presidential one. The documentary reflected her…
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has received the probe report in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising against Sajeeb Wazed Joy and three others. “We have received the probe report over July Mass Uprising crimes against humanity against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq,” prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told newsmen. Although the prosecutor declined to provide details, various media outlets have reported that Joy, former ICT affairs adviser to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and Palak have been accused of shutting down internet services…
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan today said Islamic scholars play an indispensable role during the country’s crucial moments. “The role of Islamic scholars is indisputable in realizing the rights of the people and supporting the democratic movement,” he said. The adviser made the remarks while addressing as the chief guest the ‘International Kerat Conference’ organized by Jameya Islamia Darul Huq Madrasha at Hajaribagh Park in Dhaka. He added that the country cannot progress by ignoring Islamic scholars and leaving them behind in future initiatives. “We want to move forward alongside…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he believes Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants to end the Ukraine war despite inconclusive talks in Moscow, as US officials prepared for a follow-up meeting with Kyiv’s top negotiator. Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner huddled into the early hours with Putin in the Kremlin but reached no breakthrough on halting Europe’s worst conflict since World War II. The Kremlin said afterward it found parts of the US plan to end the war unacceptable, even though the proposal includes Ukraine ceding parts of the eastern Donbas region it still holds nearly four years after…
A four-member medical team from China has arrived in Dhaka to assist in the treatment of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, who is receiving care at Evercare Hospital. The Chinese doctors – Chi Jianfang, Yun Xin, Zhang Yuhui, and Meng Hong O – reached the capital at 10:10 pm and went directly to the hospital from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed the arrival. Earlier, former secretary Abdul Khaleque received the visiting team at the airport, after which they were escorted to the hospital with special security arrangements. Begum…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Evercare Hospital in the city this evening to inquire about the health condition of three-time former Prime Minister, wife of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. The Chief Adviser reached the hospital shortly after 7 pm, said the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. Upon his arrival, Prof Yunus was received by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Begum Khaleda Zia’s personal physician Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, Professor Dr Shahabuddin Talukder, her younger son late Arafat Rahman Koko’s wife Syeda Sharmila Rahman and her younger brother Shamim Iskander. The Chief…
