President Donald Trump announced a 50 percent tariff Wednesday targeting Brazil as he blasted the trial of the country’s ex-leader, and said a US “national security” levy on copper would begin in August. In a letter addressed to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Trump criticized the treatment of his right-wing ally Jair Bolsonaro as an “international disgrace.” Bolsonaro is facing trial over accusations he plotted a coup after his narrow 2022 election loss to Lula. In response to Trump’s tariff letter, Lula warned of possible reciprocation, writing on X that “any unilateral tariff increases will be addressed in…
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Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said BTRC instructed to telecom operators to provide 1GB free internet to their subscribers on July 18 to commemorate the July Uprising. As part of the government initiative to commemorate the July Uprising, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has instructed the operators to provide 1GB free internet to their subscribers on July 18, he wrote in a post shared on his verified Facebook page Wednesday.
The first day of the second round of three-day tariff talks between Bangladesh and the United States ended in Washington DC on Wednesday. The talks were very comprehensive, touching upon almost all the key aspects of the trade relationships between the two nations, according to a message received here this morning. Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin led the Bangladesh delegation in Washington DC. National Security Adviser Dr. Khalilur Rahman, the Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant on ICT and Telecommunications, Faiz Ahmed Tayeb joined the talks virtually from Dhaka. Senior Commerce Ministry officials also attended the meeting in the US capital. Senior…
US President Donald J. Trump sent a letter on Monday to Chief Adviser of the interim government, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, announcing to impose a 35 percent tariff on Bangladeshi products. In the letter, Trump stated that from August 1, Bangladeshi goods entering the United States would be subjected to such 35 percent tariff. However, he also kept the door open for bilateral tariff negotiations, indicating that parts of the letter could be reconsidered. Referring to President Trump’s letter to the Chief Adviser, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary, Shafiqul Alam, in a post on his verified Facebook page today, said that…
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed today expressed his high optimism to get a much better result during the one-to-one negotiation meeting with the USTR in the USA. “After the meeting scheduled for today (July 8) in USA (early morning in Bangladesh on July 9), we will be able to know about the further developments on the tariff issue,” he said replying to queries of reporters after chairing two separate meetings on the Advisers Council Committee on Economic Affairs and the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase at Bangladesh Secretariat here. Dr Salehuddin said US President Donald J. Trump has sent…
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin today firmly said the foreign observers who were biased in certifying the last three national elections will not be allowed to monitor future polls. The CEC made the declaration while talking to media after a meeting with Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Ajit Singh, held at the Election Commission office here in Agargaon. “Why should we approve those who certified the last three elections? Should we accept the observers who declared those elections to be very good and acceptable? We will only accept the observers who are experienced, defendable, reliable, and…
(BSS) – Professor Haluk Görgün, Head of Turkey’s Defence Industry Agency, and his team called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today. They met Prof Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna here, according to the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing.
Iran’s foreign minister has held talks with Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, the Saudi foreign ministry said, two weeks after a ceasefire between regional rivals Iran and Israel began. Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman said his country hoped the truce would contribute to regional stability, and emphasised Riyadh’s position “in supporting dialogue through diplomatic means as a path to resolving disputes,” the ministry said in a post on X early Wednesday. According to the Saudi ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi “expressed his gratitude” to Riyadh for its condemnation of Israel’s attacks on Iran last month. Israel launched its unprecedented…
The USTR has invited Bangladesh to the second round of negotiations on the Agreement on Reciprocal Tariff during July 9-11, 2025. Bangladesh is among the first countries to restart negotiations following the issuance of President Trump’s letter to leaders of 14 countries on July 7, according to a statement issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin, who is leading the Bangladesh delegation, will participate in person in Washington DC while National Security Adviser Dr. Khalilur Rahman will join virtually from Dhaka. Senior officials, including the Commerce Secretary and an Additional Commerce Secretary, have arrived in…
Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said the ongoing ‘Youth Festival’ aimed at building a new Bangladesh by energizing the youth power in the country will continue till December 31, 2025. He made this comment at a review meeting of the National Committee on the Implementation of the Youth Festival-2025 at the conference room of the Ministry of Public Administration on Tuesday. Asif Mahmud, also LGRD and Cooperatives Adviser, chaired the meeting while representatives from 25 ministries concerned including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, participated in…
