Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said repayment of the country’s foreign debt has seen a significant increase in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year. In a statement shared via his verified Facebook account, Asif Mahmud, also the adviser to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, disclosed that Bangladesh has repaid USD 350 crore in foreign debt from July to April of the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25. This figure already surpasses the total repayment made in the entire previous fiscal year, he added. “The repayment amount in the…
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(BSS) – Adviser to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Affairs and the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs Farooq-e-Azam Bir Pratik today said the world has become hopeful through humanistic philosophy of microcredit. “A new economic system in world – microcredit and social business – has been invented from Chattogram. This humanistic economic philosophy has surprised and given hope to the world,” he said. The adviser said this while speaking as the chief guest at the ‘7th Economics Olympiad 2025’, Chattogram Chapter, organised by Chattogram College. Former adviser to the caretaker government and chairman of the Bangladesh Economics Olympiad…
Israel on Friday struck western Syria, the Israeli military and Syrian state media said, with one civilian reportedly killed in the first such attack on the country in nearly a month. It came after Damascus announced earlier this month indirect talks with Israel to calm tensions, and the United States called for a “non-aggression agreement” between the two countries, which are technically at war. “A strike from Israeli occupation aircraft targeted sites close to the village of Zama in the Jableh countryside south of Latakia,” state television said. State news agency SANA reported one civilian was killed “as a result…
(BSS/AFP) – Around ten people, including at least three minors, were charged in Paris on Friday over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions in France’s cryptocurrency world. Those charged are part of a group of 25 suspects expected to face investigating judges, with several already placed in pre-trial detention and three under judicial supervision. Others were still waiting to appear before detention judges late Friday evening, according to an AFP reporter. The investigation centres on a May 13 kidnapping attempt targeting the daughter and grandson of the chief executive officer of crypto firm Paymium, carried out in broad daylight…
(BSS)- Political analyst Maruf Kamal Khan today said the groundbreaking role played by Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam in nation building in a very short time is truly astonishing. Zia is still relevant due to his timeless ideals and his timeless ideology should be followed to take the country forward, he told BSS in an interview on the eve of the Ziaur Rahman’s 44th martyrdom anniversary. “There is no great leader in South Asia like Ziaur Rahman in the last few decades. By leading a fragile state of a weak nation, he was able to establish himself at…
(BSS) – Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday announced that the two nations will conclude an Economic Partnership Agreement in the coming months to deepen economic and trade relationships between the two friendly nations. They made the commitment during an official bilateral meeting between two leaders at the office of the Japanese Prime Minister in Tokyo, according to a statement issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing. Their talks encompassed the entire gamut of the relationships between the two friendly countries, with both leaders reaffirming their abiding commitment to strategic partnership. Japanese…
Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today urged the youths to build ‘three zero clubs’ to save the planet from destruction saying the planet will not sustain under the current civilization. “The civilisation we are building today is a self-destructive civilisation that will kill (the planet),” he said while delivering his lecture at Soka University in Tokyo. Prof Yunus said the human being will not be able to survive under the current civilisation as environmental destruction is going on all around the world. Highlighting his three zero theory – zero carbon emission, zero wealth concentration and zero unemployment, he said…
(BSS) – Recalling the contribution of Bangladeshi expatriates to nation building, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said the expatriates help Bangladesh make a turnaround from ruins. “It is the expatriates who help sustain the country (by sending their remittances in hard time),” he said while speaking at a community reception at the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo. Prof Yunus said the ousted government left the state exchequer and banks empty and if the expatriates would not support, Bangladesh would not have turned around. He said the interim government will, of course, perform the responsibilities bestowed upon it but the participation…
Staff Correspondcent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Tokyo this morning for home, wrapping up his four-day packed official tour to Japan. “A flight of Singapore Airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and entourage departed Narita International Airport for Dhaka via Singapore at about 11:20 am (Tokyo time),” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. He said during his visit to Tokyo, the Chief Adviser joined around 20 engagements including a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba. Azad said Prof Yunus is expected to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 10:40pm. On the third…
DJ Desk France has termed Bangladesh’s leadership in the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions as exemplary while the world is observing the International Day of UN Peacekeepers today. “On this occasion, the Embassy of France extends its deep appreciation to Bangladesh for its exemplary leadership and unwavering commitment to UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts,” said the French embassy in Dhaka in a statement. It said France remains strongly committed to United Nations peacekeeping operations and as a permanent member of the Security Council, France supports robust and modern peacekeeping missions and contributes significantly to their operational budget. “Bangladesh’s…
