Bangladesh Bank has announced the release of a newly designed Taka 100 banknote which will enter circulation on August 12. According to a media release of the central bank today, the process of printing new series banknotes has been initiated featuring designs inspired by Bangladesh’s historic and archaeological architecture across all denominations. As part of this initiative, the new Taka 100 banknote, signed by Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur will be released following the recent introduction of redesigned Taka 1000, Taka 50, and Taka 20 notes. Initially, the new Taka 100 notes will be available from Bangladesh Bank’s Motijheel…
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Staff Correspondent : Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), the national university of Malaysia, will confer an honorary doctorate degree on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus during his visit to Malaysia on August 13 next. “Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia will confer an honorary doctorate degree on the Honorable Chief Adviser,” Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shah Asif Rahman told a press briefing here on Sunday. He said the Bangladesh Chief Adviser will then deliver a commemorative lecture to the students of the university. On the third day of the visit (August13), Asif Rahman said, Prof Yunus will also pay a…
(BSS) – The National Consensus Commission has started discussions with experts to ensure the legal binding of July National Charter and find ways to implement the charter. The commission held a discussion with law and constitutional experts at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here today. Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Professor Dr. Ali Riaz, Members Justice Md. Emdadul Haque, Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder, Safar Raj Hossain and Dr. Md. Ayub Mia and Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant Manir Haider were present at the time. Retired Supreme Court Justice MA Matin, Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury, Dean of the Faculty…
Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today said that the government is closely monitoring the activities of Awami League (AL) abroad as the party’s activities remained ban in the country. “We are monitoring what they are doing abroad,” he said, replying to a question from journalists over the operation of AL’s party office in Kolkata while speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy in the city. The press conference was organized on the occasion of the Chief Adviser’s visit to Malaysia. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is leaving the country on a three-day state visit to Malaysia…
Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday. “Until Israeli and Palestinian statehood is permanent, peace can only be temporary,” he told reporters. “Australia will recognise the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own.” Several countries, including France, Britian and Canada, have announced plans to recognise statehood for Palestinians since Israel launched a bombardment of Gaza nearly two years ago in response to the Hamas attacks. Albanese added that he had received assurances from the Palestinian Authority that there would be “no role for the…
Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago. Russian influence still endures in parts of the remote state on the northwest edge of the North American continent, which extends just a few miles from Russia. – Former Russian colony – When Danish explorer Vitus Bering first sailed through the narrow strait that separates Asia and the Americas in 1728, it was on an expedition for Tsarist Russia. The discovery of what is now known as the Bering…
Migration and investment issues will be given priority during Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus’s visit to Malaysia, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said here today. “The Chief Adviser is leaving for Malaysia tomorrow on a three-day state visit. This is a very important visit. Many agreements will be signed during this visit. Through this visit, we want to deepen our relations with Malaysia. The main focus of the visit is to talk about immigration, the second focus is investment,” he said. Alam said these at a press briefing organised on the Chief Adviser’s Malaysia tour at the Foreign Service…
(BSS) – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has confirmed that 84 individuals, out of 209 accused in 30 miscellaneous cases of crimes against humanity related to the July Uprising, are now in custody. The prosecutor of the ICT, Gazi MH Tamim, told BSS, saying that the tribunal has, so far, received approximately 450 complaints related to these cases. “Out of the 30 miscellaneous cases, charges have been submitted in five and formal charges have been framed in three of them,” he said. Among those currently imprisoned in connection with the crimes committed during the July Uprising are renowned figures like…
“Amra BNP Paribar (We BNP Family)” will provide medical assistance to the injured of the July Uprising, cancer-stricken, helpless and sick people this afternoon. Under the directive of Tarique Rahman, Acting Chairman of the BNP and Chief Patron of the “We BNP Family”, the financial grants will be given in a humanitarian program to be held at the BNP Chairperson’s political office, Gulshan 3pm today. BNP National Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed will be present at the programme as the Chief Guest while BNP Media Cell Convener Professor Dr. Moudud Hossain Alamgir Pavel as the special guest. The event will…
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has urged all taxpayers to act as responsible citizens by truthfully declaring their actual income, expenditure, assets, and liabilities in their returns and thus contributing to the nation’s development. The revenue board also warned taxpayers not to fall into the trap of fraudulent ‘zero return’ schemes circulating on social media and urged them to protect themselves from the risk of imprisonment or fines, said an NBR press release. It said that the NBR has noticed several misleading posts on social media regarding the filing of so-called ‘zero returns.’ These posts claim that an income…
