Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) today said there was no security threat around the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, reiterating that they have taken all possible measures to make the journey of the home-goers safe and unconstrained. “There is no security risk around the Eid,” he said while replying to a question after visiting North Shahjahanpur Cattle Market in the capital. The Home Adviser also said they have taken the measures required to make the Eid journey safe and unrestrained. He made the remarks after visiting the Mohakhali Bus Terminal in the capital following his visit to Kamlapur Railway…
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British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke today met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka, ahead of his official visit to the United Kingdom. During the meeting, High Commissioner Cooke extended her congratulations to Prof Yunus on his forthcoming receipt of the prestigious King Charles Harmony Award. “It is a great honour,” the Chief Adviser said, referring to the award. Prof Yunus is set to depart Dhaka on June 9 and return on June 13. During the visit, the Chief Adviser is expected to hold meetings with senior British officials. The discussions between…
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances toady submitted its second interim report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. The commission, led by its Chairperson Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury, submitted the report to the Chief Adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna here around 11am, said a press release of the Chief Adviser’s press wing. Commission members – human rights activists Nur Khan Liton and Sazzad Hossain and BRAC University teacher Nabila Idris were present. Housing and Public Works Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman and Principal Secretary to the Chief Adviser M Siraj Uddin Miah…
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today said Bangladesh will soon send a fresh and substantive diplomatic note to India over the continued push-in of people across the border, reminding New Delhi of the set mechanisms to address such matters. “We will give them a fresh letter (diplomatic note) today or tomorrow. We give them a substantive letter,” the Adviser told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs while responding to a query this afternoon. When asked whether the language of the letter would be soft or more in the form of a protest note, he said, “It depends on…
United Nations Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna here today. The Resident Coordinator commended the robust cooperation with the Interim Government, and both leaders engaged in comprehensive discussions on advancing development in Bangladesh. They explored the extensive support the UN could provide to bolster the government’s ambitious reform initiatives. The Resident Coordinator also highlighted the critical measures undertaken to ensure a seamless transition for Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) category. In the meeting, the Resident Coordinator and the Chief Adviser addressed the pressing issues surrounding the…
South Korea’s centre-left Lee Jae-myung was declared president Wednesday after winning a snap election, taking the helm of a nation deeply divided after his predecessor’s disastrous attempt to declare martial law. Lee won a thumping victory over conservative Kim Moon-soo, of disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s former party, with his term beginning immediately after the National Election Commission certified the vote tally early Wednesday. Lee secured 49.4 percent of the vote, far ahead of Kim on 41.2 percent — who was hampered by party infighting and a third party candidate splitting the right-wing vote. South Korea typically has a longer…
(BSS/AFP) – More than a million worshippers were set to join Islam’s most important rite under a beating sun as the hajj pilgrimage kicked off Wednesday, with authorities scrambling to avoid last year’s 1,000-plus deaths in sweltering heat. In temperatures that are expected to climb to more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), robed pilgrims will slowly circle the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site — the black cubic structure at the centre of Mecca’s Grand Mosque. About 1.4 million pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of the multi-day hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam that must be performed…
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed today said the government is working to build a society based on three zero. “Our main objective is to build a society based on the Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment and Zero Carbon principle where everyone will have a decent life and will be free from the vicious cycle of discrimination,” he said. The adviser said this while presenting the proposed national budget for FY26 through a pre-recorded speech aired through Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar. Salehuddin said, “We want to leave a livable habitat for the next generation by implementing the dream with which the…
Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud today described the proposed national budget for FY26 as a “realistic and austerity-driven roadmap” aimed at stabilizing a fragile economy strained by debt, institutional breakdown and unfinished infrastructures. “The primary objective of this budget is not to introduce sweeping structural reforms overnight but to begin a difficult but necessary process of stabilizing the economy and thus clearing the backlog of inherited challenges,” he said at a post-budget press conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium here. Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed and other concerned advisers and government officials were present at the press conference. Dr Mahmud…
