The European Union (EU) Delegation in Bangladesh today called on all stakeholders to engage constructively in this process as Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has announced a timeline leading to elections. “The Chief Adviser has announced a timeline leading to elections. The EU has consistently supported Bangladesh’s political transition, calling for it to be underpinned by the rule of law, fundamental rights and lead to democratic elections,” EU said in its verified facebook page after the chief adviser address to the nation on the eve of the Eid-ul-Azha. The European Union termed it as a pivotal moment for Bangladesh.…
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(BSS) – Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today said the government is going to frame a law to stop enforced disappearance in the country. In his address to the nation this evening the CA said the law is almost at final stages and will be finalized in a few days. “We have started the process of uncovering the truth about the past 16 years of enforced disappearances, murders and torture, including the massacres that took place in July-August last year, and the endless corruption, irregularities and crimes in the financial sector,” he said. He said trial of the…
(BSS) – Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today said propaganda is being spread that Bangladesh has provided a corridor for Rakhine state which is a complete lie. “We’ve noticed that propaganda is being spread that Bangladesh has provided a corridor for Rakhine. I am saying clearly, this is a complete lie. This is the work of those who are constantly misleading the people of Bangladesh by creating untrue stories and unrest,” he told a televised address to the nation on the eve of the Eid-ul-Azha. Yunus urged the nation to be careful about the propaganda and not to be…
(BSS) – Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today hoped that the government will be able to prepare a ‘July Charter’ based on the consensus of all political parties and present it to the nation in coming July. “The students who led and participated in the July Uprising announced that they would issue a ‘July Declaration’. They invited me there too. I said that it would be good to issue this declaration together with all the political figures of the country, representatives of civil society and others,” he said in a televised address to the nation this evening. “This July…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged the countrymen to continue their strong support for the interim government’s port management initiative. “I urge the countrymen not to allow themselves to be the victims of baseless opposition and propaganda. Continue your strong support for the interim government’s port management move. Resist those who oppose it,” he said while delivering his telecasted address before the nation on the occasion of the Holy Eid-ul-Azha. After Bangladesh became independent in 1971, Prof Yunus said, the country could not reach the height of economic progress that it was supposed to be at and the height…
Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today announced that the next national elections will be held on any day in the first half of April 2026. “Based on this announcement, the Election Commission will provide a detailed roadmap for the elections at an appropriate time,” he told a televised address to the nation on the eve of the Eid-ul-Azha. “I have repeatedly said that this election will be held between December and June next year. The government is doing whatever is necessary to create an environment conducive to elections in the country during this period,” he said. Yunus said, “I…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus offered Eid ul Azha prayers at National Eidgah on Saturday.
Investment in clean energy technologies is set to strike a record this year despite global economic uncertainty, double the spending on fossil fuels that will dip for the first time since 2020, the International Energy Agency said Thursday. While the Trump administration has been hostile to renewable energy sources and trumpets boosting oil production, the IEA said security concerns as well as rising demand for electricity — including from artificial intelligence and data centres — is driving investment in clean energy sources. “Amid the geopolitical and economic uncertainties that are clouding the outlook for the energy world, we see energy…
A court here today again sent listed terrorist and ‘seven star’ syndicate kingpin Subrata Bain to jail after end of his remand in an arms case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter passed the order as police produced Subrata before the court after end of an eight-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind bars till end of the probe. The court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain on May 28 had placed him on the remand. Bangladesh Army in a special operation on May 27 arrested four criminals including Subrata Bain and Molla Masud and…
Kyiv said on Thursday that two people had died after a Russian strike on army training facilities in eastern Ukraine, days after a similar strike saw a high-ranking officer resign. Moscow has repeatedly targeted military sites like bases far from the front, spurring online criticism in Ukraine that army officials are not doing enough to secure their safety. The missile strike in the Poltava region on Wednesday came after an attack Sunday on military training grounds in the industrial Dnipropetrovsk region that killed 12 soldiers. “Doctors unfortunately failed to save the lives of two people who were wounded as a…
