Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus paid tributes this morning to the Liberation War martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar marking the 55th Independence and National Day. The Chief Adviser placed a wreath at the altar of the memorial around 6:11 am. He stood in solemn silence for few minutes in memory of the martyrs of the great Liberation War in 1971. A contingent of Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force presented a state salute while a melancholy tune was being played on the bugles. The chief justice, advisers to the interim government, chiefs…
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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus’s visit to China will focus on attracting foreign investment to Bangladesh, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said today. “The main focus of the Chief Adviser’s visit will be to talk to Chinese investors, manufacturers, energy companies, and Chinese top private and state-run companies,” he told a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy here this afternoon. Chief Adviser Prof Yunus will leave here for China tomorrow on a four-day official visit. Alam said as part of his economic diplomacy, Prof Yunus is presenting Bangladesh before the world as a manufacturing hub. The interim government…
Historical records testify that Major Ziaur Rahman had declared the independence of Bangladesh soon after the Pakistan occupation forces resorted to barbaric military crackdown codenamed “Operation Searchlight” on the innocent unarmed people of this country on March 25 night, 1971, that saw myriad causalities across the country. Gallant freedom fighters recounted with respect Ziaur Rahman’s proclamation of independence, saying his voice had an electrifying effect on the suddenly bewildered nation, raising hope among the people exposed to the brutal atrocities of Pakistani barbarian army. Sector-3 Commander during Liberation War, Maj. Gen. K M Safiullah Bir Uttam, who was later elected…
Staff Correspondent : Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave here for China tomorrow on a four-day official visit. “A special flight carrying the Chief Adviser and entourage will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 1 am tomorrow,” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told BSS. On March 27, Prof Yunus will address the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference focusing on the changing role of Asia in the world. On the sidelines of the forum, he is expected to have meetings with chief executive officers (CEOs) of giant global and Chinese firms. The first…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said the countrymen were long deprived of their voting rights during the fallen Awami League regime. “…in independent Bangladesh, a just society could not be established yet. For a long time, the countrymen have been deprived of their voting rights,” he said while conferring Independence Award-2025 on seven luminaries at Osmani Memorial Auditorium here. The chief adviser said fascism was formed in the country through a reign of corruption, looting and enforced disappearances and killings. Turning to black night of March 25, Prof Yunus said, “Today is March 25, a day…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will address the nation at 7 pm today to convey greetings on the occasion of Independence Day and the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. The speech will be broadcast live by Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today conferred the Independence Award-2025 on seven luminary individuals in recognition of their glorious and outstanding contributions to the national level. The awardees are: Professor Jamal Nazrul Islam (posthumously) in science and technology, Mir Abdus Shukur Al Mahmud (posthumously) in literature, Novera Ahmed (posthumously) in culture, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed (posthumously) in social service, Mohammad Mahbubul Haque Khan alias Azam Khan (posthumously) in Liberation War and culture, Badruddin Mohammad Umar in education and research, and Abrar Fahad (posthumously) for his role as a young protester. Family members of the six awardees received the prestigious award…
Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus today stressed the need for introducing rules to award distinguished persons during their lifetimes as he conferred Independence Award-2025 on seven luminaries for their outstanding contributions to the national level. “The joy that the country, families and the individuals get if people are awarded during their lifetimes, – such joy cannot be found if awards are conferred posthumously,” he said at the award distribution function at Osmani Memorial Auditorium here. At the onset of his speech, Prof Yunus said among the awardees, six persons being honoured are “no more with us”. “We should introduce rules…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said initiatives have been taken to declare Sandwip as a seaport and open Kumira-Guptachara ghat. “Initiatives have been taken to declare Sandwip a seaport, open Kumira-Guptachara ghat, launch Dhaka-Kumira bus service, build roads in ferry ghat area and dredge waterway regularly,” he told a public gathering arranged on the occasion of the launch of ferry service on Chattogram-Sandwip route. The Chief Adviser joined the function virtually from the State Guest House Jamuna here. He said once these initiatives are implemented, the long-standing suffering of the Sandwip dwellers will minimise. With the launch of the…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has pledged to build a just society imbued with the spirit of the great War of Independence and the July uprising. “The interim government aspires to move forward by embracing the spirit of the great War of Liberation and the July uprising to build a just society and establish the rule of law,” he said in a message issued today on the occasion of the Genocide Day. In the July uprising, he said, the nation was unshackled from the tyranny of dictatorship through the valour of the students and the masses. “The New Bangladesh will…
