President Donald Trump on Sunday said foreign workers sent to the United States are “welcome” and he doesn’t want to “frighten off” investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia. In a post on his Truth Social platform, the 79-year-old Republican wrote: “I don’t want to frighten off or disincentivize investment.” Some 475 people, mostly South Korean nationals, were arrested at the construction site of an electric vehicle battery factory, operated by Hyundai-LG, in the southeastern US state of Georgia on September 4. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials alleged South Koreans…
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Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today joined a meeting of National Consensus Commission (NCC) at the Foreign Service Academy on Bailey Road here. The Chief Adviser also addressed the meeting attended by representatives of different political parties to discuss different aspects of implementing the ‘July National Charter, 2025’. State-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) telecast live the event.
Nepal’s new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters’ demands to “end corruption” as she began work as interim prime minister, after “Gen Z” youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor. “We have to work according to the thinking of the Gen Z generation. … What this group is demanding is end of corruption, good governance and economic equality,” said Sushila Karki, the 73-year-old former chief justice, in her first public comments since taking office on Friday. “You and I have to be determined to fulfil that.” Karki added that she and her interim government would not “will not stay here one day…
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) today inaugurated seven new buses for carrying the students on the campus. The buses provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC) were hired from BRTC on rental basis. The measure will resolve the transportation crisis on the campus, students and officials hoped. Vice-chancellor of the university Professor Dr Md Showkat Ali inaugurated the new buses at a colorful ceremony. BRUR Syndicate Member and Vice-chancellor of Kurigram Agricultural University Professor Dr Rashedul Islam and Professor of the Department of Marketing of Dhaka University Dr ABM Shahidul Islam were present. Vice-chancellor Professor Dr Md Showkat Ali thanked…
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus today said that the role of the youth in the development progress of Bangladesh is immense. “The role of the youth in the development progress of Bangladesh is immense. Harnessing the power of youth, our youth led the bloody July Uprising,” he said in a message issued on the occasion of Youth Volunteer Award 2025′. “I am happy to know that the ‘Youth Volunteer Award 2025’ is being presented like every year at the initiative of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. I extend my warmest greetings and congratulations to all those who have…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today stressed the need for building a financial system where every individual has the opportunity to become an entrepreneur rather than merely a job-seeker. “Human beings are not born to do jobs; they are born to be entrepreneurs. Our financial system should be built in such a way that everyone gets the chance to become an entrepreneur,” he said. The head of the interim government said this while addressing a function, marking the inauguration of the new building (Bhaban-2) of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) at Khilji Road in the city’s Mohammadpur area. Highlighting the…
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said today that law enforcers successfully fulfilled their responsibilities in ensuring peaceful and orderly elections to the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (JUCSU). “The law enforcement agencies were able to perform their duties one hundred percent,” he told reporters while responding to a question on the DUCSU and JUCSU polls. He made the remarks after emerging from a meeting of the Core Committee on Law and Order at the Ministry of Home Affairs held at the Bangladesh Secretariat. The Home Adviser said that there…
Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus will attend a meeting of National Consensus Commission (NCC) at the Foreign Service Academy on Bailey Road here today. The Chief Adviser is expected to arrive at the venue at 3 pm and remain present until 4 pm. Following his departure, the Commission will continue its discussions with political representatives. Due to inclement weather, the CA’s press wing, however, requested journalists to wait at the briefing shade in front of the Jamuna until the Chief Adviser leaves the Foreign Service Academy. The event which will be live on Bangladesh Television (BTV) will remain restricted…
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to make its first interest rate cut of the year at its policy meeting this week, spurred by a weakening jobs market — but political tension looms over the gathering. The Fed’s likely move would follow a monthslong push from President Donald Trump to slash rates, and comes amid growing concern about political pressure on the independent central bank. Since the bank’s last reduction in December, it has held interest rates at a range between 4.25 percent and 4.50 percent as policymakers monitor the effects of Trump’s sweeping tariffs on inflation. Analysts now…
The interim government has condemned attempted attack on Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam in London. On 12 September 2025, as Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuz Alam left a SOAS-University of London programme marking the first anniversary of Bangladesh’s July uprising, a group of demonstrators threw eggs at Bangladesh High Commission vehicles and briefly tried to block their path. London’s Metropolitan Police intervened effectively; reports indicate Mr Alam was not in the cars struck, said a statement issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing today. The Bangladesh High Commission in London said police were in constant contact and assured “full…
