DJ Desk : Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen S. Murshid has called for enhanced global cooperation to accelerate the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. She also urged stronger partnerships, increased investments, and renewed commitments to ensure that no woman or girl is left behind. She made this call while delivering Bangladesh’s national statement at the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in New York on Thursday, according to a message received here. Adviser Murshid underscored the role of women, who have historically been a part of every national struggle for…
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Staff Correspondent : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today urged all to work towards building a democratic Bangladesh. He made the call while speaking at an Iftar mahfil, organized by BNP in honor of professionals at the Ladies Club in the capital. The BNP secretary general said, “We are going through a very difficult time at the moment. You all know that an interim government has been formed by defeating and expelling a terrible fascist government through a student uprising. After that, a new democratic government will be formed, the people of this country are…
Staff Correspondent : Commerce Adviser Sk. Bashir Uddin has said that the interim government has been delivering its maximum efforts as much aspossible imbued with patriotism to ensure smooth graduation of the country from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). “Be rest assured, we’re doing as much as possible imbued with patriotism in this regard,” he said. The Commerce Adviser said this in an interview with the national news agency at his Secretariat office here recently while shedding light on the various aspects of the country’s LDC graduation in November 2026 and subsequently facing the reaction from the private sector over the matter. Regarding the…
Dj Desk : US President Donald Trump made good Friday on a threat to revoke the security clearances of his predecessor Joe Biden and several senior former White House and national security officials. The list of names stripped of their authorization to see state secrets included Biden, his family members, and former vice-president and Trump presidential rival Kamala Harris. Former secretary of state and defeated presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was on the list, along with Biden’s secretary of state Antony Blinken and national security advisor Jacob Sullivan. In a memorandum to agency heads and distributed by the White House communications…
DJ Desk : The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain called late Friday for an “immediate return” to a Gaza ceasefire, as Israel’s military pressed its renewed offensive in the Palestinian territory. Israel on Tuesday began a fresh assault on the war-battered enclave, shattering the relative calm since a January 19 ceasefire. “The resumption of Israeli strikes in Gaza marks a dramatic step backward for the people of Gaza. We are appalled by the civilian casualties and urgently call for an immediate return to a ceasefire,” the ministers said in a joint statement. The joint appeal came after Israeli…
Staff Correspondent : The Council of Advisers today approved the draft of Women and Children Repression (Amendment) Act. The Council approved the amended act at its meeting held at the Chief Adviser’s Office here today. It also approved amendment to the Public Procurement Ordinance to increase transparency and competition in public procurement process and to break syndicates, according Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder. The provision of rejecting tender proposals if the estimated value is less than 10 percent has been abolished in the amended ordinance. The previous matrix for evaluating works, due to which the same…
Staff Correspondent : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to take legal action against Jatiya Party Chairman Golam Mohammad Quader (GM Quader) as its investigators found graft allegations against him. ACC Director General (Prevention) Md Akhter Hossain told this journalist in a formal briefing today. “The ACC investigation team found sufficient evidences of taking bribes from MP (Member of Parliament) nominees and using party position to earn money illegally and laundering assets abroad,” the ACC official told. Citing confidential sources, the ACC said after the 11th Jatiya Sangsad polls in 2018, GM Quader took bribes worth Taka 18.10 crore from…
Staff Correspondent : Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami has submitted their opinions on the proposals of key reforms to the National Consensus Commission. The present interim government has formed the seven-member National Consensus Commission headed by chief adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus aiming to review and adopt the recommendations made by six key reform commissions. A Jamaat-e-Islami delegation led by its secretary general and former lawmaker Professor Mia Golam Parwar submitted their opinions to vice president of the National Consensus Commission Professor Dr Ali Riaz at the commission’s Sangsad Bhaban office here today. Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general and former lawmaker Hamidur Rahman…
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has removed Justice Khizir Hayat of the High Court Division from his post on March 18. Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry sources said the Law and Justice Division issued a gazette notification on March 19 regarding this. The gazette, signed by Law and Justice Division Secretary Sheikh Abu Taher, said the President removed Justice Khizir Hayat from his post as per section (6) of Article 96 of the constitution.
Staff Correspondent : European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller today paid a courtesy call on BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at party chairperson’s Gulshan office here. BNP Standing Committee member and Chairperson’s Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Organizing Secretary and Chairperson’s Special Assistant on Foreign Policy Advisory Committee Shama Obaid were present. After the meeting, Amir Khasru told reporters that BNP will present reform proposals to the interim government on Sunday. “There was extensive discussion on various political, economic and foreign issues. The Reform Commission’s efforts to create a consensus were also…
