Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said the interim government is sincere in developing country’s telecommunication and information technology (IT) sectors and it has ensured transparency and accountability in all the activities of these sectors. The chief adviser made the comments in his message given on the eve of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, which is to be celebrated in the country tomorrow with the theme ‘Gender Equality in Digital Transformation’, an official release said. “I am delighted to learn that World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is going to be celebrated on May 17 in Bangladesh like elsewhere…
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Information and Broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam has extended a personal invitation to Mohammad Hossain, the youth accused of assaulting him during Jagannath University recent protests, to visit at his residence after the movement ends. The invitation was followed by a meeting at the Detective Branch (DB) office, where the adviser met with Hossain and his family following his release after primary interrogation, according to the adviser’s Facebook posted this evening. “Mohammad Hossain, who attacked the Information Adviser, has been released after primary interrogation. The Information Adviser spoke with him and his family at the DB office,” read the post. Hossain,…
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has said that Malaysia, in principle, has decided to recruit a large number of Bangladeshi workers in the days to come. “Malaysia, in principle, has decided to take a significant number of workers from Bangladesh … the country has also assured of ensuring proper wages, security, and overall welfare of the workers,” Asif said in a post on his verified Facebook account. Asif, also Youth and Sports Adviser, mentioned that the development came following a recent meeting between Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul and high…
The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched “extensive strikes” as part of a fresh offensive in Gaza, after rescuers reported 100 people killed in the besieged Palestinian territory. The army said on Telegram it had begun the “initial stages” of the offensive, known as Operation Gideon’s Chariots. The operation was part of “the expansion of the battle in the Gaza Strip, with the goal of achieving all the war’s objectives, including the release of the abducted and the defeat of Hamas”, it said in a post in Arabic. A separate statement in English said the army was “mobilizing troops…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) building in the capital’s Agargaon area this morning. Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant Dr Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur and Microcredit Regulatory Authority executive vice chairman Prof Mohammed Helal Uddin were present.
The World Health Organization said Thursday that the last hospital in Gaza providing cancer and cardiac care had stopped functioning after an Israeli attack. The UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that an attack on Tuesday left the European Hospital in Khan Yunis “severely damaged and inaccessible”. It is “no longer functional”, he said, adding that a WHO team had evacuated emergency medical staff who had worked through the attacks. “A strike hit nearby just before the mission,” Tedros said, adding that the staff had been taken to the Nasser Medical Complex. The WHO chief said…
Turkey’s foreign minister was on Thursday meeting with the Russian delegation that is in Istanbul for their first direct peace talks with Ukraine in three years, a ministry source said. “The meeting between Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and the Russian side, headed by Vladimir Medinsky has started,” the source said of talks taking place at Istanbul’s Dolmabahce Palace. The talks had been announced earlier in the evening by a foreign ministry spokesman. Russia and Ukraine had been expected to meet on Thursday in Istanbul for their first direct peace talks in more than three years at the Dolmabahce Palace on…
Staff Correspondent British High Commissioner to Dhaka Sarah Cooke met with Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam at the latter’s office at the Secretariat here today. During the meeting, they discussed the ongoing activities of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, according to a press release. Mahfuj said that several reform initiatives have been undertaken following the recommendations of the Media Reform Commission. He added that the formulation of an ordinance concerning the responsibilities and protection of journalists is also under consideration. Highlighting the ministry’s efforts in disseminating information about the events of the July Uprising, Mahfuj stated that…
Staff Correspondent Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul today said Bangladesh will get the highest priority in sending workers to Malaysia soon. “We have learned from different sources that Malaysia is going to recruit one lakh to 1.5 lakh foreign workers within the next couple of months. I have had talks with their Human Resources Minister (Steven Sim Chee Keong) and he assured us that Bangladesh will be given the highest priority in recruiting laborers. Maximum number of laborers will be recruited from Bangladesh, we have received this assurance,” Dr Asif Nazrul, who is currently visiting Malaysia,…
Staff Correspondent > US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Thursday downplayed expectations for the Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul, after Moscow sent a low-profile delegation and both sides traded insults ahead of the negotiations. “I want to be frank… we don’t have high expectations of what will happen tomorrow,” Rubio told reporters after NATO talks in Antalya, Turkey, echoing what his boss Donald Trump said about the negotiations earlier. The US president appeared to concede that progress in Turkey was unlikely, saying there would be no movement towards ending the war until he met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian…
