The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 17 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six of her cabinet colleagues, for irregularities in toll collection from Meghna-Gomoti Bridge. Deputy Director of the Public Relations Department of the ACC Md Aktarul Islam said that the anti-graft body today approved a proposal for filling the case against 17 people including Sheikh Hasina. The ACC brought allegations of irregularities in signing agreement for collecting tolls of the bridge and misusing of power that made losses of over Taka 300 crore of the government. The other accused of the case…
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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to establish a social business fund aimed at supporting young agricultural entrepreneurs, women, farmers, and food processors in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus made the proposal during a meeting with IFAD President Alvaro Lario on the sidelines of the World Food Forum in Rome, Italy, on Sunday (Rome Time), Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said. “I encourage you to create a social business fund,” said Professor Yunus. “Such a fund would address social issues including healthcare for poor and promote entrepreneurship among youth, farmers, women, and those involved in…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived here around 5:00 pm (local time) today to join the annual World Food Forum (WFF), the flagship event of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). Ambassador of Bangladesh to Italy ATM Rokebul Haque received the Chief Adviser at Rome Fiumicino Airport, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. Earlier in the day, a Bangladesh Biman Airlines flight carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka around 11.30 (BST) am. According to the tour schedule, Professor Yunus will deliver a speech as an invited guest at the main session…
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Shipping and Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain today said that organizing a free, fair, and credible election is a commitment of the interim government. “We want a free and fair election, and that is the pledge of the interim administration. We want to assure the people that Bangladesh will begin a free and fair democratic society with a good election,” he said. The adviser made these remarks while addressing a review meeting on election-related guidelines for journalists at the Daily Star Centre in Karwan Bazar in the capital. He said, “Which parties participate or…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left here today for Rome, the capital city of Italy, to join the flagship event of the annual World Food Forum (WFF). A Bangladesh Biman Airlines flight carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here around 11.30 am for Rome, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed BSS. According to the tour schedule, Professor Yunus will deliver a speech as an invited guest at the main session of the WFF. In addition, he will hold meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and heads of various international organizations. In…
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today said BNP has a tradition of changing people’s lives. “BNP government has a tradition of changing lives, and we reiterate our pledge to do much more if we get the opportunity,” he said. Tarique Rahman said this in a message issued on the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child. Regarding the International Day of the Girl Child, Tarique Rahman said, “Let us celebrate every girl’s right to dream, to learn, to lead and to live with dignity.” “As a father of a daughter, I know that the empowerment of girls is not…
Noted photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam has said the Israeli forces tortured him mentally after detaining from a Gaza-bound vessel on October 8. “The Israeli forces carried out mental torture on me. They carried out physical torture on many others of the flotilla,” he said. Shahidul Alam said this at a press conference at Drik office here today after returning home from captivity. Shahidul Alam said there have been attempts to create panic inside the detention centre and Israeli forces even threatened to shoot one of their fellow protesters, claiming to be Hamas supporter. He said Israeli forces…
The signing ceremony of the July National Charter has been rescheduled for October 17 to ensure greater public participation in the event. “The signing ceremony of the July National Charter will be held on October 17, instead of October 15. The decision to shift the event to the weekend was made to ensure greater public participation,” said a press release of the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing here this evening. It said the decision was taken at a meeting of the National Consensus Commission held at the State Guest House Jamuna today with Chief Adviser and Commission Chairman Professor Muhammad Yunus…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left here today for Rome, the capital city of Italy, to join the flagship event of the annual World Food Forum (WFF). A Bangladesh Biman Airlines flight carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here around 11.30 am for Rome, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed BSS. According to the tour schedule, Professor Yunus will deliver a speech as an invited guest at the main session of the WFF. In addition, he will hold meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and heads of various international organizations. In…
