DJ Desk : Mark Carney has been elected as the new leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party and is set to become the country’s next prime minister, securing 85,9% of the vote in the party’s leadership election. According to the data announced at the party congress, Chrystia Freeland received only 8% of the vote. Canadian government leader in the House of Commons (lower house of parliament) Karina Gould and Liberal MP Frank Baylis secured around 3% each. National TV channels are broadcasting the session. Carney will take office as prime minister only after the current head of government Justin Trudeau…
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Staff Correspondent : Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today voiced warning of stern action against criminals saying no criminals involved in mob violence, rape, mugging and other offensive activities, would be spared. “Those who are creating a mob situation in an organized manner, committing rape, theft, robbery, kidnapping, extortion, and deteriorating law and order situation, will be exposed to justice. No one will be given any exemption,” he said. The home adviser made the remarks after visiting four police stations -Tejgaon, Dhanmondi, Shahbagh and New Market- in the capital early this morning. Jahangir said his inspection…
Staff Correspondent : The National Independent Investigation Commission on the 2009 BDR carnage has issued a public notice urging 15 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to testify as part of its ongoing inquiry. It made the call in a special notice issued today, saying that due to time constraint, the Commission hopes to complete the process of taking the testimony of the 15 individuals by March 31 of this year. Apart from Sheikh Hasina, the other individuals are former army chiefs General Moeen U Ahmed and Aziz Ahmed, Maj Gen (Retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former prime minister’s security…
Staff Correspondent ” Several Bangladeshi firms have partnered with Starlink to support the setup of ground earth stations in Bangladesh. The firms have signed contracts with Starlink for collaboration, as a US telecommunications service provider team is currently visiting Bangladesh. The collaboration includes space allocation, construction support, and ongoing infrastructure maintenance, said a press release issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing today. The visit of the Starlink team helped Bangladeshi firms know a few locations of the former’s interest. At some places, firms are providing support using their own properties, while at some locations the Starlink is considering the…
Staff Correspondent Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has asked two ministries and two government departments to digitize their daily activities including their public services on priority basis. The ministries and departments are- Land Ministry, Commerce Ministry, National Board of Revenue (NBR) and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). To this end, the Chief Adviser today gave necessary instructions to his Special Assistant Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said. To achieve this goal, decision has been taken to automate the internal working procedures of the ministries, ensure 100 percent use of electronic files and a…
More than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have the pressing need for foods and essentials, Al Jazeera television reported. According to it, 2.3 mln people face acute shortage of foods, medications and essentials because Israeli authorities block all the humanitarian deliveries to the region. Fuel required for heating of residential spaces and power generations is not being delivered to Gaza during the last seven days. Gaza residents have no funds to repair houses and organize shelters and “search for any available materials in the debris,” the TV channel said.
Wild weather has blacked out more than 300,000 homes and businesses on Australia’s east coast, officials said Sunday, with one driver confirmed dead and a dozen troops injured. After days hovering off the coast as a category 2 tropical cyclone generating heavy weather across the region, Alfred weakened into a tropical depression before making landfall on Saturday evening. Strong gusts and heavy rain have brought down power lines and sparked flood warnings on swollen rivers along a 400-kilometre (250-mile) stretch of the coast straddling southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. Utility companies said about 310,000 properties in southeast Queensland…
The UN rights office has said its fact-finding mission found no ‘genuine effort’ by the ousted regime to hold the security and law enforcement agencies and their activists accountable for serious rights violations and abuses during last year’s uprising. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on human rights violations in Bangladesh in July-August 2024 stated that despite being warranted by Bangladesh’s own domestic laws, former senior officials confirmed that no investigations into the security forces’ use of firearms were conducted. Between July 1 and August 5, 2024, OHCHR was unable to ascertain any genuine…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus today expressed the hope that the country’s womenfolk will move forward in line with the developed world to materialize the dream of building a developed Bangladesh. “The women of Bangladesh will move forward in line with the developed world to realize the dream of building a developed Bangladesh. This should be our commitment to the development and empowerment of women in Bangladesh,” he said in a message marking the International Women’s Day, to be observed in the country tomorrow. “In 1975, the United Nations recognized March 8 as International Women’s Day.…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has been invited by Holy See Pope Francis to attend the World Meeting on Human Fraternity in Vatican City on September 12-13 in 2025. The invitation was personally delivered by Father Francesco Occhetta, General Secretary of the Vatican’s Fondazione Fratelli Tutti, who met Prof Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna here today. During the meeting, Occhetta expressed high regard for the Nobel Laureate’s global influence, telling him, “You are a top leader; you’re a sensational figure.” The World Meeting on Human Fraternity is set to be a historic gathering, bringing together…
