Labour and Employment Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain has said Bangladesh wants to work more intensively taking technical assistance from the International Labour Organization (ILO) for ensuring workers rights, safe working environment and implementation of labour laws. “The Labour Law-2006 will be amended soon,” he said while addressing the plenary session of the 113rd International Labour Conference held at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland) yesterday, an official release said here today. Representatives from 187 countries, including Bangladesh, took part in the conference. The process for amending the Labour Law by withdrawal of the politically harassment related…
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Honouring the visions and dreams of the country’s young people, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said their excitement to voting will be used to build a new Bangladesh. “We honour their (young people’s) visions, their dreams…we want to say goodbye to the old Bangladesh,” he told an event here. The event titled “In conversation with HE Professor Muhammad Yunus” was hosted by the Royal Institute of International Affairs in Chatham House. Prof Yunus said in the last 17 years, the young people, who are coming to voting age, never had the opportunity to cast their first vote. “The excitement…
The UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, met Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus here on Wednesday. The meeting focused on enhancing bilateral trade relations and fostering investment opportunities between the two friendly nations, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said. Discussions encompassed mutual interests, including strategies to boost trade and attract increased British investment in Bangladesh. Reynolds reaffirmed the UK’s support for Bangladesh’s interim government’s initiatives to recover misappropriated funds siphoned off to various countries. Prof Yunus highlighted the interim government’s efforts in economic recovery,…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said there is no way that he would be interested to be part of the next elected government. He mentioned that their job is to ensure a well-managed transition to hand over power to an elected government through polls. “No way, no way. I think no one of our cabinet members (Council of Advisers) would like to do that,” he said responding to a question whether he has any desire to become part of the next democratically elected government. The question and answer session was followed by his conversation at the Royal Institute of…
The UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, met Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus here on Wednesday. The meeting focused on enhancing bilateral trade relations and fostering investment opportunities between the two friendly nations, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said. Discussions encompassed mutual interests, including strategies to boost trade and attract increased British investment in Bangladesh. Reynolds reaffirmed the UK’s support for Bangladesh’s interim government’s initiatives to recover misappropriated funds siphoned off to various countries. Prof Yunus highlighted the interim government’s efforts in economic recovery,…
Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said Bangladesh has expedited efforts with the UK authorities to bring back its stolen money. Recovering stolen money is a very hard task and time consuming, and that is why the interim government has expedited efforts to bring back the stolen money, he told a press briefing in London on Wednesday (local time). Alam said Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen and Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur are accompanying Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus during his London tour. He said the ACC chief and the central bank governor jointly…
Staff Correspondent UK National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel here on Wednesday. National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman, Principal Coordinator on SDG affairs Lamiya Morshed, Chief Adviser’s Special Envoy Lutfey Siddiqi, Chief Adviser’s Press Shafiqul Alam and Bangladesh High Commissioner to UK Abida Islam were present at the meeting, among others.
As part of his public diplomacy efforts, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will deliver a special speech at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs today. He is expected to deliver his address at Main Hall of Chatham House between 11.00 am -12.00 pm London time. The session will be recorded, live streamed, and partially open to media, according to the programme schedule of the Chief Adviser. The Bangladesh Chief Adviser will join a reception hosted by Chatham House in honour of him. In the evening, he will join a dinner hosted by His Majesty King Charles III on…
An overnight curfew went into effect in protest-hit downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, with Mayor Karen Bass earlier saying it was to “stop the vandalism, to stop the looting” after several days of unrest. Scores of protesters remained in the central area of the second-largest city in the country as the curfew came into effect at 8:00 pm (0300 GMT), AFP reporters saw.
The country reported 13 more Covid-19 cases out of 101 in last 24 hours till this morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total Covid-19 caseload rose to 20,51,760, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). It said that two people have recovered from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. As a result, the number of recovery has now reached 20,19, 378. However, no one has died from COVID-19 during this period. The official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,500. The first case of corona virus was detected in the country on March 8, 2020.…
