Staff Cortrespondent : British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Donald Trump on Thursday to plead for a US backstop to any Ukraine ceasefire, insisting it would be the only way to stop Russia’s Vladimir Putin from invading again. Starmer arrived in Washington late Wednesday to build on a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, amid growing concerns in Europe that the US leader is about to sell Kyiv short in negotiations with Putin. London and Paris are spearheading proposals to send a European peacekeeping force to Ukraine if Trump’s shock decision to pursue talks with Russia’s president brings a…
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Staff cOrrespondent Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today instructed the authorities concerned to launch the ‘Hajj Management Centre’ to make the Hajj pilgrimage easy, beautiful and safe and to provide round-the-clock services for the pilgrims. He came up with this instruction at a meeting of the National Committee on Hajj Management at the State Guest House Jamuna here at 5 pm. The Chief Advisor said: “Almighty Allah has given us all an opportunity to make the holy Hajj easier; we should utilise this opportunity. Efforts should be made to ensure that not a single pilgrim faces any kind of suffering.”…
Staff Correspondent : State security forces and Awami League men were involved in crimes against humanity during the July uprising as the security forces in some cases shot defenceless protesters from point blank range to kill them, said a United Nations (UN) report said. “…it would appear that a significant number of the killings by State security forces and Awami League supporters would amount to the crime against humanity of murder, as set forth in Article 7 of the Rome Statute,” said the recent fact-finding report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). In some…
Staff Correspondent : A devastating fire that broke out at Zaman Tower early morning today, a multi-story building in the city’s Purana Paltan area, was brought under control. Nine fire engines doused the blaze at 7:35 am today after nearly two hours of intense efforts, Fire Service and Civil Defence media officer Md Anwarul Islam told BSS. The fire originated on the 4th and 5th floor of the tower at 37, Box Culvert Road, Putana Paltan, at 5:35 am today, he said. After receiving information, the firefighting units rushed to the scene within five minutes and successfully rescued two persons…
DJ Desk : The US House of Representatives passed on Tuesday a budget blueprint designed to deliver President Donald Trump’s hardline agenda on immigration, tax reform and deep government spending cuts. It was the first real test of Trump’s agenda in Congress, and after a nail-biting session, the Republicans’ resolution passed by 217 to 215, with a lone ruling party holdout joining all of the chamber’s Democrats in voting against. The resolution sets the blueprint for the 2025 federal government budget, with House committees now tasked with finding more than $1.5 trillion in spending reductions and $4.5 trillion in extended…
Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) made a surprise inspection of patrol of different law enforcement agencies in Dhaka metropolitan areas aimed at maintaining public safety and the law and order. During the inspection, he spoke to security personnel on duty and instructed them to remain on maximum alert to uphold law and order across the country, including the capital, said a press release issued by the Home Ministry. The adviser inspected various checkposts and checkpoints set up by the police and other law enforcement agencies at key intersections and important points in the capital, as…
DJ Desk : US President Donald Trump unveiled plans Tuesday to sell new “gold card” residency permits for a price of $5 million each — and said Russian oligarchs may be eligible. Trump said sales of the new visa, a high-price version of the traditional green card, would bring in job creators and could be used to reduce the US national deficit. “We’re going to be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We’re going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million,” Trump told reporters in the Oval…
staff COrrespondent : United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that the UN would continue to mobilise the international community to support Bangladesh as a host to the forcibly displaced Rohingyas. In a letter to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on February 25, Guterres said he shared the Bangladesh chief adviser’s concerns regarding the impact of the Rohingya crisis on Bangladesh and the region, as well as the worsening humanitarian situation in Rakhine. “I will continue to exercise my good offices, including through my Special Envoy on the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, to work closely with…
Staff Correspondfent : Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said the main reason Elon Musk’s Starlink is invited and being launched in Bangladesh is to stop the business of online shutdown forever. “The Sheikh Hasina dictatorship shut down internet on scores of occasions during her 16 years rule,” he wrote on a post in his verified Facebook account today. Internet shutdown is a favourite tool of the dictators and autocrats to crack down protests or suppress any major opposition agitations, Alam said. But in the process, he said, hundreds of thousands of free lancers were affected. “Some lose their…
Staff Corresp;ondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today requested consideration of the government of Maldives for regularisation of the undocumented Bangladeshi expatriates living in the country and to recruit more workforce from Bangladesh. The Chief Adviser conveyed this to High Commissioner of Maldives Shiuneen Rasheed when she called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna here. Bangladeshi expatriates are working in the Maldives, mainly in the tourism and fishing industries. A good number of Bangladeshi physicians are also working in the Maldives. The High Commissioner conveyed thanks to the Chief Adviser informing that Maldivian students are currently studying…
