US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a telephone conversation with Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus this evening. The 15-minute discussion from 7.30 pm was warm, cordial, and constructive, reflecting the strong bilateral engagement between the two nations, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said. During the call, both the leaders discussed issues of mutual interests, including Bangladesh’s trade talks with the United States, ongoing reforms processes, transition to democracy, upcoming general election and aid for Rohingya refugees. Secretary Rubio expressed support for Bangladesh’s reform agenda and its move to hold elections early next year. Highlighting that the US…
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A media sub-committee of BNP has been formed to highlight the programme titled ‘Mass Uprising 2024: National Unity and Democratic Campaign’ in local and international media and social media. The campaign is going to be taken at the initiative of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), said a BNP press release signed by its Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. The media sub-committee has been formed to provide overall support to the ‘July-August Mass Uprising, Mourning and Victory Anniversary Celebration Committee’. BNP Media Cell convener Professor Dr Moudud Hossain Alamgir Pavel has been made the convener of the sub-committee. Other members…
The Election Commission (EC) is going to start voter registration and NID distribution activities for the Bangladeshi expatriates living in Japan. In this regard, a technical team will conduct the activates from the Bangladesh Embassy in Japan form July 7. EC Senior Secretary Akhter Ahmed will monitor the campaign. He will stay in Japan from July 13 to July 17 to observe the activities. Earlier on June 26, a notification has been circulated seeking a list of an officer and four data entry operators from the Bangladesh Embassy to this end. EC official informed that voter registration and NID distribution…
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today expressed deep concern and strongly condemned and protested the rape incident in Cumilla’s Muradnagar. “The criminals who abuse women cannot have any political identity. They are enemies of human civilization. I immediately call for exemplary punishment for the miscreants who raped and tortured the wife of a Hindu expatriate,” he said in a statement. In the statement, Fakhrul said, “The brutal, shameful, disgusting and barbaric incident of rape and torture of Hindu woman shocked the people of the country. However, a malicious group is involved in a deep conspiracy to politically divert…
The interim government has issued a statement where it hoped that the officials and employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) would return to their respective work stations immediately and thus shift from their anti-law and anti national interest destructive activities. “Otherwise, the government will be bound to go tough for protecting the country’s people and its economy,” it said. The statement of the interim government, issued here today on the ongoing NBR issue, said that the biggest limitation towards conducting development operations in budget management is the weak revenue mobilization system. The revenue collection is very less compared…
The Bangladesh Embassy in Mexico City hosted a vibrant cultural programme on Sunday marking the Bengali New Year 1432, the 164th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the 126th birth anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam and an Eid-ul-Azha reunion with the Bangladeshi expatriate community in Mexico. Bangladesh Ambassador to Mexico Mushfiqur Fazal Ansari welcomed guests at the event, expressing gratitude for their presence and continued support in upholding the cultural heritage of Bangladesh abroad, according to a press release received here today. During the cultural segment, the Ambassador mesmerised the audience with his recitation of Tagore’s timeless poem “1400 Sal” and…
The Council of Advisers today approved in principle the draft of ‘The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025’. The approval came at a meeting of the council held at the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO) with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the chair, a Cabinet Division press release said. The council also approved a proposal of declaring all services of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) as ‘Essential Services’. A draft on ‘Memorandum of Understanding between the Turkey and Bangladesh for Counter Terrorism and Security Cooperation’ was also approved at the meeting. In addition, the council of advisers has…
US senators were inching Sunday towards a vote on Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” spending bill, a hugely divisive proposal that would deliver key parts of the US president’s domestic agenda while making massive cuts to social welfare programs. Trump is hoping the “One Big Beautiful Bill” will help seal his legacy, extending his expiring first-term tax cuts at a cost of $4.5 trillion and beefing up border security. But Republicans eyeing 2026 midterm congressional elections are divided over the package, which would strip health care from millions of the poorest Americans and add more than $3 trillion to the country’s…
At least two people were killed Sunday when firefighters tackling a blaze were ambushed by an unknown number of gunmen in an ongoing standoff in the northwestern US state of Idaho, the local sheriff said. A blaze was still raging on the mountainside in Kootenai County, a popular park and hiking area, as law enforcement exchanged gunfire with the shooter or shooters, Sheriff Robert Norris told reporters. “We now have two deaths. We have an unknown amount of casualties. We still have civilians that are coming off of that mountain…. We are actively taking sniper fire as we speak,” he…
Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has said pro-Awami League propagandists recently circulated an Indian viral old video falsely labeling it as evidence of ‘July Gang Culture’. “Pro-Awami League propagandists recently circulated a video of a violent clash between two groups of teenagers, falsely labeling it as evidence of July Gang Culture,” the press wing said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook page – CA Press Wing Facts – on Sunday night. The footage shows students in school uniforms slapping and kicking each other during a physical altercation. “However, this video is not from Bangladesh. According to Indian media reports,…
