Staff Correspondent : President Mohammed Shahabuddin today sought more investment to Bangladesh and expansion of bilateral trade from friendly countries across the world. There are huge potentials of expansion of cooperation with the four countries like Lao PDR, Kenya, Zambia and Cyprus in different areas including trade and investment, climate change, energy and ICT , he said. The President made the remarks after receiving credentials from the envoys of the four countries who are concurrently accredited to Bangladesh in separate ceremonies at Bangabhaban here. Apart from these, the President stressed on enhancing cooperation in other areas like education, skills development…
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DJ Desk : US President Donald Trump signed a memo Friday calling for curbs on Chinese investments in strategic sectors like tech and critical infrastructure — including restrictions by a foreign investment review panel. The move comes at a time of growing trade tensions and strategic competition between the world’s two biggest economies. It is aimed at promoting foreign investment, while protecting US national security interests “particularly from threats posed by foreign adversaries” like China, the White House said. In particular, the memo took aim at China for “increasingly exploiting United States capital to develop and modernize its military, intelligence, and…
Germany’s rocky path towards Sunday’s early elections began when the outgoing coalition government collapsed on November 6, the very day Donald Trump won re-election to the White House. The campaign period since has been shaken by a series of deadly attacks, a heated battle in parliament around the far-right AfD and unprecedented hostility from the United States. Here is a look at the bombshell events that have made this an election campaign like no other. Spate of attacks Five days after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in December, a man drove an SUV at high speed through a Christmas…
Staff Correspondent : Loan disbursements through agent banking surged 55.95 percent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), reaching Taka 24,028.31 crore at the end of December, 2024, on the back of improved access to finance for rural people, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data. In December last year, loan disbursements stood at Taka 15,407.33 crore. At the end of December 2024, a total of 31 banks offered agent banking services through 21,248 outlets operated by 16,021 agents. The number of accounts opened through agent banking reached 2,40,78,230 of which 1,19,82,675 accounts belong to female customers and 2,06,10,405 accounts belong to the customers of the…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement, marking the Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day. He paid homage by placing a wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city at 12:12 am today. The Chief Adviser arrived on the Shaheed Minar premises when the clock struck 12 midnight. He proceeded to the altar of the Central Shaheed Minar in slow pace while playing the historic immortal song on the Amar Ekushey “Amar Vaiyer Rokte Rangano Ekushey February . . . Ami Ki Vulitey Pari?”…
Staff cOrrespondent : Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today said importance of the language movement in the history of nation’s liberation struggle is immense as through this movement the foundation of a non-communal, democratic, language-based nation and state system was laid. “Although the ‘Rashtrabhasha Bangla’ movement was initiated to protect dignity of the mother tongue of Bengalis, Bangla, its main spirit was to establish independence. It was a movement for the political, economic and cultural liberation of Bengal. So for Bengalis, Ekush means a firm determination not to bow down,” he said while inaugurating a four-day programme marking the…
Staff Correspondent : Visiting Italian Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi today assured that long-pending visa applications of Bangladeshi workers would be processed expeditiously, reaffirming Rome’s commitment to strengthening legal migration between the two nations. She made the assurance while holding a meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain at the foreign ministry here. During the meeting, they prioritized the need for expanding legal migration pathways and affirming joint efforts to tackle irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant exploitation. Both sides commended the contribution of the Bangladeshi diaspora in Italy to the economies of both…
BSS National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Professor Dr Ali Riaz has said national election in December this year appeared possible as political parties are committed to undertake the reform process. “I am optimist that in major ways it (reforms) can be done. It is not impossible and I am more optimistic because of the commitment of the political parties,” he told BSS in an exclusive interview in Dhaka. Riaz, who also led the interim government instituted Constitution Reforms Commission, added “I think we need to be optimistic” though many sounded to be “very pessimistic” and some expressed their skepticism on the…
