Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the people are united to protect the country’s national security. “I think we agree on one thing, that we are united as a people in protecting the national security of our country,” he told a discussion at a city hotel in Gulshan. Foundation for Strategic and Development Studies (FSDS) organised the discussion on national security. Mirza Fakhrul said some people here have tried to say that there is some division. But there is no division among the countrymen, he said, adding that there may be some differences in…
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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged Islamic NGOs to take up more social business to support the Muslim world. He made the call when a group of NGO leaders from different Muslim countries met him at the state guest house Jamuna here. “In our world we focus on women, health care. If you are poor, you have health care problems. We approached health care as a means to support the poor,” the Chief Adviser said. He said social business is a good way to carry out this support, adding that he was encouraging young people around the world to…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed former ally Elon Musk’s launching of a new political party as “ridiculous,” deepening the Republican’s feud with the man who was once his biggest backer. Trump also branded the SpaceX and Tesla tycoon a “TRAIN WRECK” who had gone “off the rails” after Musk said he wanted to challenge the current US political system. The world’s richest man was almost inseparable from Trump as he headed the cost-cutting “Department of Government Efficiency,” but they fell out hard over the president’s “big beautiful” tax and spending mega-bill. “I think it’s ridiculous to start a…
Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has strongly criticized the “unbridled and unbelievable looting” carried out under state patronage during the Awami League regime. In a post on his verified Facebook profile, Asif Mahmud, also adviser to the Ministry of LGRD, stated, “Looting on such an unbridled and unbelievable scale under state patronage is a key feature of the Awami League era.” He highlighted the ongoing “July Prelude” poster series created by artist Debashis Chakraborty, noting that posters numbered 5 to 8 focus specifically on the theme of the corruption. The series is part of a broader effort…
Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed today said that the government is committed to returning money to depositors. “Confidence is returning to the bank. A Bank Resolution Act has also been enacted. The first condition is that the government is committed to returning money to depositors. No one’s money will be lost – it might take a little time, as many people have taken money and left. Such incidents have not happened in any other country in the world,” he said. The adviser said this following a meeting with government officials at the Nabinagar Upazila auditorium under Brahmanbaria district. Referring to the…
Dhaka will cooperate with the Malaysia in terror investigation while Bangladesh mission in Kuala Lumpur is in close communication with the relevant authorities regarding the issue, said the foreign ministry here today. “Bangladesh High Commission will extend necessary support to the expatriate Bangladeshis wherever needed,” said the ministry in a statement here today. “The government of Bangladesh is closely monitoring the developments, and the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur is in close communication with the Malaysian authorities,” read the statement. On June 27, Malaysia’s Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail informed that 36 Bangladeshi nationals had been detained…
(BSS) –The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting today strongly protested a report published by Bangladesh Pratidin on July 4, 2025, captioned ‘Film grants are shared among themselves (Chalachittra Onudan, ‘Nijeder Moddhei VagBatoyara).’ The ministry has termed the allegations made in the article as “baseless and misleading” and clarified the procedures followed in awarding government film grants. In an official statement, the ministry affirmed that the selection of films for grants was conducted in accordance with the Government Grants for Full-length and Short-length Film Production Policy, 2025. As per the policy, two separate committees were formed: the Full-length Film Selection and…
As the government was trying to ignore the students’ movement demanding reinstatement of the 2018 government circular that cancelled quota system in government jobs, saying it was a matter of court, the protesters announced new programme identifying as ‘Bangla Blockade’ on July 6 to realize their demand. “Our programmes until July 6 were protest processions only. The ‘Bangla Blockade’ was observed on July 7 as the court was prolonging process,” Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, one of the key coordinators of the anti-discrimination student platform, wrote in his book titled ‘July: Matribhumi Othoba Mrityu’. The hearing on the High Court order…
(BSS) – Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today said journalism of the last 15 years during the Awami League regime will be investigated under the supervision of the United Nations (UN). He made these remarks while speaking as the chief guest at the Media Reform Commission report review event organized by the Broadcast Journalist Center (BJC) at the Daily Star Bhaban in the capital today. Shafiqul also underlined the need for ensuring Taka 30,000 as minimum salary of journalists working in electronic media. He said three controversial elections and countless people have been victims of disappearances and murders during…
Elon Musk, an ex-ally of US President Donald Trump, said Saturday he had launched a new political party in the United States to challenge what the tech billionaire described as the country’s “one-party system.” The world’s richest person — and Trump’s biggest political donor in the 2024 election — had a bitter falling out with the president after leading the Republican’s effort to slash spending and cut federal jobs as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has clashed with Trump over the president’s massive domestic spending plan, saying it would explode the US debt, and vowed…
