(BSS) – Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived here today to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with Bangladeshi expatriates and BNP leaders and activists in New York staging various programmes to welcome him. “A Turkish Airlines flight carrying the Prime Minister, his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and members of his entourage landed at John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport at 6.20pm (New York time) after a stopover in Istanbul,” Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony told BSS. The Prime Minister was received at the airport by Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United…
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US President Donald Trump will meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday in New York, where both leaders are taking part in the United Nations General Assembly, according to the White House. The meeting is scheduled for 5:35 pm (2135 GMT), according to Trump’s schedule published on Sunday evening. Macron will travel to New York from Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a small French territory off Canada’s Atlantic coast, where he met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The French president also plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the general assembly.
Women and Children Affairs Minister Prof Dr AZM Zahid Hossain today said the government plans to gradually expand deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) laboratory services to the divisional level to ensure transparency in the judicial process and further strengthen the legal protection of women and children. He said this when UNFPA Country Representative Catherine Breen Kamkong paid a courtesy call on him at his Secretariat office. Women and Children Affairs Secretary Dr. Rowsan Ara Begum was present. A range of issues, including the Family Card programme, women’s education, achieving gender equality, prevention of violence and sexual harassment against women and children, child…
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikrom, today called for concerted efforts to build a climate-resilient, energy-secure and sustainable Bangladesh and South Asia. “As lawmakers, our primary responsibilities are to enact effective laws, strengthen parliamentary oversight and ensure that the voices of affected people are reflected in budgetaryallocations,” he said. The Speaker made the remarks while addressing a high-level policy dialogue titled “Shaping the Climate and Energy Agenda in Bangladesh: A Parliamentarians’ Dialogue” at a hotel in the capital today. The dialogue was organised under the South Asian Regional Parliamentary Forum to determine goals and strategies for climate resilience and sustainable energy…
Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Minister Sa Ching Prue today sought cooperation from the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Ministry to improve connectivity in remote hill areas while preserving the region’s environment and natural resources. He made the call during a meeting with LGRD Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan at his office at Bangladesh Secretariat. During the meeting, the two ministers discussed various issues of mutual interest and cooperation between their ministries. Referring to the government’s ongoing efforts to improve communication networks across the country, including the CHT, Sa Ching Prue said the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) under the LGRD…
The government has revised fuel oil prices at the consumer level for September. The Energy and Mineral Resources Division issued a notification in this regard today. According to the notification, the revised prices have been fixed at Tk 135 per litre for diesel, Tk 165 for octane, Tk 160 for petrol and Tk 155 for kerosene. The adjusted prices will come into effect from September 21. Earlier, on August 31, the government had set the fuel prices at Tk 115 per litre for diesel, Tk 145 for octane, Tk 140 for petrol and Tk 135 for kerosene, effective from September…
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has assured its full cooperation in the development of Bangladesh’s civil aviation sector, including efforts to further strengthen aviation safety and security. The assurance came in a recent letter sent to Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat, congratulating him on assuming office as a full minister. ICAO Council President Toshiyuki Onuma and Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar extended their greetings to the minister on taking up his new responsibilities. The two senior ICAO officials said the organisation would continue its full cooperation with Bangladesh in further advancing international civil aviation and ensuring…
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is moving forward with a large-scale development initiative aimed at building a planned, modern, and citizen-friendly city. To this end, a plan has been finalised to implement development programmes involving Taka 1,074.08 crore during the fiscal 2026-27, with both ongoing and pipeline government projects. This development plan covers nearly all key sectors directly linked to city dwellers like road connectivity, drainage, footpaths, and canal restoration, waste management, modern parking facilities, community centres, and recreational infrastructure. DSCC Administrator and Freedom Fighter Md Abdus Salam said an allocation of Taka 554.84 crore has been earmarked for ongoing…
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has outlined a comprehensive reform and capacity-building roadmap to raise Bangladesh’s tax-to-GDP ratio from the current 6.8 percent to 15 percent by 2035 through pursuing the “One NBR” architecture focusing on widening the tax base, strengthening compliance, improving digital systems and integrating tax administration. To attain this goal, the income tax, customs and VAT wing will work in an integrated manner like “One NBR” architecture to attain this desired goal. The revenue authority presented the roadmap at the second meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Finance last month, highlighting the need…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman left here for New York early this morning to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). “A Turkish Airlines flight carrying the Prime Minister, his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and other entourage members departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6:05am,” Prime Minister’s Press Secretary AAM Saleh Shibly told BSS . Meanwhile, Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman said, “The Prime Minister is scheduled to address the UNGA session on September 24 as he is leading a 26-member delegation to New York .” LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan,…
