Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said that the nation is ready for the next general election as the country has come to a stable situation after a mass uprising mixed with the killing spree last year. “Now, we are ready for another transition in our political history . . . the country has come to this stable enough and ready to have the election. So, we announce the election in the first half of February 2026. The interim government will be replaced by an elected government,” he said. The chief adviser said this while addressing the ongoing three-day international…
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Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin visited Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here this evening to assess the effectiveness of measures taken to curb abnormal air ticket price hikes and fraudulent practices. During the visit, the adviser spoke with passengers and listened to their grievances, said a press release. He later held a meeting with senior officials of the relevant agencies, where he stressed the need for improving the quality of passenger services. The meeting underscored enhancing mobile court operations through the deployment of additional magistrates, incorporating mobile courts into the Civil Aviation Rules, expediting services at the…
Donald Trump threatened to deploy National Guard troops Sunday to yet another Democratic stronghold, the Maryland city of Baltimore, as the US president seeks to expand his crackdown on crime and immigration. The Republican’s latest online rant about an “out of control, crime-ridden” city comes as Democratic state leaders — including Maryland Governor Wes Moore — line up to berate Trump on a high-profile political stage. Trump this month deployed the National Guard to the streets of Washington, in a widely criticized show of force the president said amounts to a federal takeover of US capital policing. The Guard began…
BNP Standing Committee Member Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar visited BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to inquire about her health and wished her a speedy recovery. The meeting took place at around 7 pm at Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence ‘Firoza’. The visit lasted approximately 45 minutes. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain were present during the meeting. A six-member delegation, including Pakistan’s High Commissioner Imran Haider, accompanied Ishaq Dar during the visit. After the meeting, Dr Zahid briefed journalists, saying that the Pakistani…
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna here today. The two leaders discussed strengthening bilateral ties, boosting trade, youth-to-youth exchanges, increased education and cultural exchanges and revitalizing regional cooperation through SAARC. Deputy Prime Minister Dar conveyed greetings from Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. “Our Prime Minister sends you his best wishes,” he told the Chief Adviser. Professor Yunus warmly reciprocated, recalling past exchanges with Prime Minister Sharif. “Every time Prime Minister Sharif and I met, we spoke about SAARC.…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus joined the stakeholders’ dialogue on the Rohingya crisis in the district town this morning. He will formally inaugurate the event. The three-day international conference titled “Stakeholders’ Dialogue: Takeaways to the High-Level Conference on Rohingya Situation” began on Sunday at the Hotel Baywatch in the coastal district that hosts over a million Rohingyas. The dialogue brings together a wide spectrum of participants, including diplomats, international experts, Rohingya community representatives, global organizations and academics from both home and abroad. Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam told BSS that this dialogue has been organized as a preparatory step for…
Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today termed the recent outcome of tariff negotiations with the United States -securing a 20 percent tariff – as one of the interim government’s major achievements. “This negotiation was the government’s biggest foreign policy related challenge, but with the right preparation and confidence, Bangladesh has achieved the desired outcome,” he said. The press secretary said this at a roundtable discussion titled “Bangladesh and Trump Tariffs: Economic Diplomacy in a World after Trade Regime” held at the Daily Star Bhaban in the city’s Farmgate area this morning. Bangladesh Research Analysis and Information Network (BRAIN) organized…
(BSS/AFP) – Turkey’s First Lady wrote to her US counterpart Melania Trump on Saturday, asking her to show the same concern for Gaza’s children as she has shown for those of Ukraine. Emine Erdogan asked Donald Trump’s spouse to write to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show mercy to Gaza’s children. In a letter presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Alaska Summit earlier this month, she appealed to him to make peace in Ukraine for the sake of the children. Turkey’s First Lady wrote: “I have faith that the important sensitivity you have shown for the 648…
Turkey’s First Lady wrote to her US counterpart Melania Trump on Saturday, asking her to show the same concern for Gaza’s children as she has shown for those of Ukraine. Emine Erdogan asked Donald Trump’s spouse to write to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show mercy to Gaza’s children. In a letter presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Alaska Summit earlier this month, she appealed to him to make peace in Ukraine for the sake of the children. Turkey’s First Lady wrote: “I have faith that the important sensitivity you have shown for the 648 Ukrainian children…
Shipping and Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain has visited the Jingjiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co Ltd shipyard in China to observe the progress of the ships being constructed there as part of the fleet expansion programme of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) under the Ministry of Shipping. He visited the shipyard in China on Friday, a handout said today. With its own financing, the BSC is implementing a project to procure two modern bulk carriers with capacity of 55,000 to 66,000 deadweight (DWT). The government recently approved the project based on the recommendations of the advisory…
