Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived in his hometown Chattogram this morning for the first time after assuming office as the head of the interim government. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and entourage reached Shah Amanat International Airport here at about 9:22 am. During his daylong tour, he will visit the Chittagong Port and will participate in a meeting on the NCT-5 premises inside the port. He will exchange views with senior officials of the port and shipping sector, representatives of various port users’ organisations and leaders of trade bodies. From the port, Prof Yunus…
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Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus today unveiled the foundation stone of the Kalurghat Bridge over the Karnaphuli River. The Chief Adviser, who is now in Chattogram in a day-long visit, unveiled the foundation stone virtually from Chattogram Circuit House here. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Adviser said the bridge will be built on the Karnaphuli River in three years. Once the bridge is built, South Chattogram and tourist town Cox’s bazar will be connected with Chattogram city with a third bridge, bringing huge benefit for the people of the country, he said. The much-anticipated bridge will be built connecting…
Terming the Chattogram Port the heart of the country’s economy, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said upgrading of the port is very crucial to increase its capacity aiming to strengthen the economy. “If the port facilities can be ensured, investors will come here,” he told a meeting on the NCT-5 premises of the Chittagong Port. Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain and Chittagong Port Authority Chairman Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman also spoke on the occasion. The Chief Adviser said the Chattogram port must be built as one of the world’s best ports to change the country’s economy.…
The United States on Tuesday announced fresh sanctions on Iranian oil sales to China, as President Donald Trump’s administration continues its “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran while backing ongoing nuclear talks. “The United States is today sanctioning an international network facilitating the shipment of millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil worth billions of dollars to China,” US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement. The sales, she added, were being conducted “on behalf of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) and its front company, Sepehr Energy.” The sanctions follow similar designations in recent weeks, at the same…
Staff Correspondent > The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will give decision on providing the next two tranches of its US$4.7 billion loan package for Bangladesh amounting to $1.3 billion tomorrow. “A series of meetings were held in Washington between Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur and senior IMF officials. IMF will give their decision tomorrow regarding the loan installments. We hope that a positive decision will come tomorrow to this end,” said BB Spokesperson Arif Hossain Khan. He said the central bank will hold a press conference tomorrow at its Jahangir Alam conference room at BB headquarters in…
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam has called upon the pro-July uprising forces to take far-sighted and practical steps in rebuilding the state. “There can be ideological conflicts, electoral competition and various tensions, of course. But, for the sake of the country’s independence, integrity and sovereignty, we must unite, simultaneously or even separately, to continue an all-out mass struggle in favor of July mass uprising,” he wrote in a facebook post from his verified account on Monday. Mahfuj said Awami League’s activities have been banned but the fight is still on as the cultural politics and political economy of…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will visit his hometown Chattogram tomorrow for the first time since assuming office as head of the interim government. During the daylong visit, he is scheduled to attend several official programmes, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. Besides, Prof. Yunus will attend the fifth convocation of Chittagong University (CU) as the chief guest. He is expected to visit his ancestral home in Bathua village under Shikarpur Union in Hathazari Upazila in Chattogram. Upon arrival in Chattogram, the Chief Adviser will first visit Chittagong Port and attend a meeting at the…
Staff Correspondent : The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been split to improve efficiency and broaden the country’s tax base, the interim government said today. “The interim government has announced a major structural reform: the dissolution of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), to be replaced by two distinct entities under the Ministry of Finance – the Revenue Policy Division and the Revenue Management Division,” said a statement issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing this afternoon. “This decision aims to separate tax policy-making from tax administration to improve efficiency, reduce conflicts of interest, and broaden the country’s tax…
Bangladesh today urged both India and Pakistan to remain calm, show restraint and refrain from taking any steps that could further aggravate the situation. “The Government of Bangladesh is closely observing the evolving situation in India and Pakistan …Bangladesh expresses its deep concern over the situation,” the foreign ministry said in a statement here this afternoon. It said that in the spirit of regional peace, prosperity and stability, Bangladesh remained hopeful that tensions would be defused through diplomatic endevours. Dhaka also hoped that peace will ultimately prevail for the benefits of the peoples in the region.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, to undergo eye treatment in the early hours of today. He departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with his wife on a Thai Airways flight around 2:45 am on Tuesday, BNP Media Cell member Shyrul Kabir Khan told BSS. Khan said doctors at United Hospital in Gulshan recommended urgent retinal surgery following several medical tests. On the advice of the doctors, an appointment was made at Rutnin Eye Hospital in Bangkok for the treatment. Yunus Ali, personal assistant to the BNP Secretary General, said…
