The foreign ministry today described Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus’s recent visit to the United Kingdom (UK) as “very successful,” highlighting his audience with British King Charles III and tangible progress in recovering stolen assets. “In our consideration, the visit was very successful,” Acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique told reporters at a media briefing held at the ministry. He noted that the Chief Adviser had more engagements than initially scheduled and was accorded full protocol during the official visit. Siddique outlined key achievements of the visit, including a significant step forward in the recovery of stolen assets, a…
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Vice-Chairman of the National Consensus Commission Professor Dr. Ali Riaz today expressed satisfaction over the progress in discussions with political parties and said that efforts are underway to finalise the ‘July Charter’ by the next month (July). “The discussions are extremely positive. We are making progress continuously, and we hope that by July, we will be able to finalize our desired national charter (July Charter) and establish consensus on many important issues in the national interest,” he said at a press briefing after the second round of day-long talks with political parties at the Foreign Service Academy. Asked about today’s…
(BSS) – Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has called misleading the Indian claim of vandalism at Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home in Shahzadpur of Sirajganj district. “Recently, Indian government, Indian political figures and Hindutva-aligned social media accounts have circulated misleading claims about an incident of vandalism at Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home in Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh,” it said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook page – CA Press Wing Facts – on Tuesday. It claimed that the attack, which stemmed from a local dispute, was falsely portrayed as a “systematic Islamist attack” or “terrorist act” against a symbol of Hindu heritage…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday that hypersonic missiles were used during the latest attack on Israel, as fighting between the archfoes entered a sixth day. “The 11th wave of the proud Operation Honest Promise 3 using Fattah-1 missiles” was carried out, the Guards said in a statement carried by state television, claiming that Iranian forces “have gained complete control over the skies of the occupied territories”.
The Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has urged social media users to be more cautious and avoid being deceived by AI-generated deepfake videos made showing Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus by gamblers. “Gambling ads targeting Bangladeshi users on social media aren’t new, but they’ve taken a disturbing turn-now exploiting the huge popularity of Professor Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh government-gamblers have been producing AI-generated deepfake videos to mimic news reports and fake statements in a bid to attract the public into their sites,” the press wing said in a statement today. The statement was posted on the press wing’s…
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said the government has taken an initiative to set up new diplomatic missions in five nations aiming to involve Bangladeshi expatriates in the country’s development process. “These missions will be established in Dublin of Ireland, Oslo of Norway, Buenos Aires of Argentina, Frankfurt of Germany, and Sao Paulo of Brazil,” he said in a post on his verified Facebook account. In the context of the changing geopolitical environment, international economic reality and transition from LDC, the adviser said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken the step to…
(BSS)- The United Nations (UN) today commended the Interim Government of Bangladesh for its significant initiatives in addressing the issue of enforced disappearances, particularly welcoming the country’s accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED). The appreciation came during a meeting between Acting Foreign Secretary Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique and Grazyna Baranowska, Vice-Chairperson, and Ana Lorena Delgadillo Perez, member of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), held at the foreign ministry, said a ministry’s press release here. During the meeting, the WGEID representatives briefed the Acting Foreign Secretary…
(BSS) – The interim government instituted commission on enforced disappearance has said, “culture of denialism” emerged as the major challenge in establishing truth and ensuring accountability over the issue that featured the ousted Awami League regime. “A major obstacle to truth and accountability in Bangladesh today is the culture of denialism around the issue of enforced disappearance,” said the commission in its second interim report, a copy of which was secured by BSS. It added the Awami League consistently denied the existence of a systematic practice of enforced disappearance and even after the changeover of 5 August 2024 “we have…
The Israeli army issued a brief air raid warning for Tel Aviv and Beersheva in the south early on Tuesday due to incoming Iranian missiles before dropping the alert. Sirens “sounded in several areas of Israel” at around 12:30am local time (2130 GMT), the army said, adding that the Israeli air force was “operating to intercept and strike where necessary to eliminate the threat.” In a second message shortly afterwards, it said it was “now permitted to leave protected spaces in all areas across the country.” The air raid warnings were the first overnight Monday-Tuesday following statements from the Iranian…
Iran has called upon the international community, including the UN and Islamic countries, to respond quickly against Israeli aggression to its territory. “We call upon the international community—particularly the United Nations, Islamic countries, and all peace-seeking member states—to swiftly and effectively respond to this act of aggression and the serious threat it poses to international peace and security,” read a press release issued by the Iranian Embassy in Dhaka today. “The occupying Zionist regime of Israel has committed a brutal act of aggression on the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, resulting in the martyrdom of commanders of the…
