Warren Buffett on Monday confirmed plans to step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO at year’s end, but said he will keep a “significant amount” of shares in the company for now. The 95-year-old billionaire will hold onto his “A” shares in the conglomerate until Berkshire investors “develop a comfort” with successor Greg Abel, who will become chief executive in January. “That level of confidence shouldn’t take long,” Buffett said in his annual Thanksgiving letter to shareholders. “My children are already 100 percent behind Greg as are the Berkshire directors.” Berkshire’s “A” shares hold 10,000 times the voting power of “B”…
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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with a series of recent cocktail attacks in the capital. Initial police investigation has identified him as a member of Chhatra League, the outlawed student wing of the deposed Awami League whose activities have been banned by the government, said a press release of the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing this afternoon. The suspect is being interrogated regarding multiple incidents, including the cocktail explosions on the premises of Kakrail’s St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Joseph School, a Catholic-run famous educational institution. According to the release, the DMP, in coordination with…
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved 12 development projects involving an overall expenditure of Taka 7,150.21 crore. The entire amount will be financed from the government’s own resources. The approval came at the 5th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY26) held at the NEC Conference Room on the Planning Commission premises today with Chief Adviser and ECNEC Chairperson Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus in the chair. Among the approved projects, eight are new projects, two are revised ones, while two projects received time extensions without cost escalation, said a Planning Ministry press release. Planning…
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today expressed hope that the trial of the crimes against humanity case lodged over the killing of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) student Abu Sayed during the July Mass Uprising would be concluded by January 2026. “The 12th prosecution witness (PW) today testified in the case against 30 accused, including former BRUR Vice-Chancellor (VC) Hasibur Rashid. We plan to conclude our testimony after recording the depositions of 30 to 35 witnesses. We hope the trial will be completed by January,” said prosecutor Mizanul Islam. Earlier in the day, BRUR student Akib Reza…
Election Commissioner (EC) Brigadier General (Retd.) Abul Fazal Mohammad Sanaullah has said the Election Commission is relentlessly working to ensure the voting rights of overseas Bangladeshis, noting that a significant portion of the country’s voters reside abroad. “Inclusive elections cannot be achieved without incorporating them into the voting process,” Sanaullah told an online views exchange meeting with overseas voters from the Asia and Oceania regions on postal voting and the Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) system. Sanaullah said, “Seven to eight percent of our population lives abroad. How can we hold inclusive elections without including them? Voting is their right. The EC…
The interim government has reiterated its unwavering commitment to safeguarding interfaith unity and communal harmony, declaring that any attempt to disrupt the nation’s religious coexistence will be met with the full weight of the law. The government reaffirmed the commitment in a press release issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing this afternoon over the arrest of a suspected 28-year-old man in connection with a series of recent cocktail attacks in the capital Dhaka. The release said, initial police investigation has identified him as a member of Chhatra League, the outlawed student wing of the deposed Awami League whose activities…
Syria is joining the global coalition against the Islamic State group, a US official said Monday hours after President Donald Trump welcomed his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa for historic White House talks. Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, was the first Syrian leader to visit the White House since the Middle Eastern country’s independence in 1946. But the 43-year-old’s landmark visit to the Oval Office came just days after Washington removed him from its terrorism list. Sharaa’s group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), was formerly affiliated with Al-Qaeda. “During the visit, Syria announced that it…
Staff Correspondent : Public records and business observers say that BTRC recently announced the formulation of its policy NEIR (National Equipment Identity Register), which will be effective from December 16, 2025. Business sources and concerned people say that BTRC made such an announcement on October 29, 2025, but it was made without any prior consultation or detailed socially acceptable dialogue, small and medium traders and market observers claim. The main promise of the announcement is that new unregistered devices will not be able to connect to the national network from December 16. While there is a rationale for taking such…
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin today said the upcoming national election will be a milestone for the nation. “On one hand, the whole world is watching; on the other, our people across the country are eagerly waiting to exercise their right to vote,” he said. The CEC said this in a video message titled “Expectations of the Election Commission on the Upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad Election” uploaded today on the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat’s official Facebook page. Four Election Commissioners and the EC Secretariat’s Senior Secretary also expressed their views in the video message. The CEC said, “The…
Dhaka today described the recent comments made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus as “incorrect” and “not respectful of propriety and diplomatic nicety.” “We consider that Mr. Singh’s comments are incorrect and unhelpful and not respectful of propriety and diplomatic nicety,” said Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson S M Mahbubul Alam when BSS sought Dhaka’s reaction to Singh’s remarks. In an exclusive conversation with Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, Singh had urged Bangladesh’s Interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to “watch his words.” “We do not seek tense relations with Bangladesh, but Yunus should be cautious…
