Staff Correspondent : US Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday invited President Donald Trump to address a joint session of Congress on March 4, for his first formal speech to lawmakers since returning to power. The Republican speaker, a staunch Trump ally, sent a letter to the president inviting him to “share your America First vision for our legislative future.” Johnson’s letter also praised Trump for his “strong leadership and bold action” in the first week of his second term. “America’s Golden Age has begun,” the letter said, invoking a phrase used by Trump in his inaugural address on Monday. Trump’s…
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Staff Correspondent : The reports on a Hindu man killing at Tetultala in Khulna, published by several Indian news outlets, were misleading, Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said. “Several Indian media outlets have published misleading news about the murder of a Hindu young man at Tetultala in Khulna on Friday night,” the press wing said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook page – CA Press Wing Facts yesterday. Police confirmed that Arnab Kumar Sarkar was killed in Khulna on Friday but the killing was not connected to the victim’s religion. It was also not reported as a hate crime…
DJ Desk World Trade Organisation Director General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala today said the global trade body would help Bangladesh graduate smoothly from Least Developed Country (LDC) and persuade top businesses to shift their supply chains to the South Asian nation. The WTO Director General made these comments when she called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in the Swiss mountain city of Davos, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. Referring to Bangladesh’s impending graduation from the LDC category, Dr. Ngozi said the WTO would make…
The administration of President Donald Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to start terminating staffers working in positions related to diversity programs, after placing them on paid leave earlier this week. “Each agency, department, or commission head shall take action to terminate, to the maximum extent allowed by law, all DEI, DEIA, and ‘environmental justice’ offices and positions within 60 days,” said a memo from the US Office of Personnel Management, referring to jobs aimed at boosting “diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.”
Staff Correspondent BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia went to her son and party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s home after undergoing treatment at London Clinic, UK for 17 days. As her health condition improved considerably, doctors have advised her to receive treatment staying at home for the time being. Her son Tarique Rahman took Khaleda Zia to his house at 9:30 pm London local time on Friday (3:30 am Bangladesh time). Earlier, Tarique Rahman participated in the doa mahfil at the Bricklane Mosque on the death anniversary of his younger brother Arafat Rahman. Khaleda Zia’s personal physician Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain…
Staff COrrespondent Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has left Switzerland for home wrapping up his four-day visit to join the World Economic Forum annual meeting in the Swiss city of Davos. “A commercial flight of the Emirates airline carrying the chief adviser and his entourage departed the Zurich International Airport at 9:50 pm (local time) on Friday (January 24),” CA’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. Prof Yunus is expected to reach the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:00 pm (BD Time) today. The chief adviser joined a total of 47 formal events during…
Staff Correspondent : US President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated ending federal disaster relief and leaving states to fend for themselves during emergencies in his first Oval Office interview since returning to power. With Los Angeles scorched by wildfires and the eastern United States still recovering from two devastating hurricanes, Trump falsely accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of turning its back on victims. “FEMA has not done their job for the last four years. You know, I had FEMA working really well. We had hurricanes in Florida, we had Alabama tornados,” Trump told Fox News. “But unless you…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has sought the assistance of the European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde to recover billions of dollars stolen from Bangladesh during the fallen Sheikh Hasina dictatorship. The two dignitaries met in the Swiss city of Davos on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting. Prof Yunus told Christine Lagarde, also a former chief of the IMF that some US$ 17 billion alone were taken out from the country’s banking sector by oligarchs close to the dictatorship, and US$ 16 billion were siphoned off annually during the 15 years…
Staff Corres[pondent : UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has said the UN fact-finding report on the atrocities during the July-August uprising is at final stage and would be released by mid-February. The UN high commissioner made the comments when he called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in the Swiss mountain city of Davos. Türk said the report would also be shared with the Bangladesh side ahead of its publication from the UN rights office in Geneva. Prof Yunus thanked the UN rights office…
Staff Correspondent : The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Tuesday said his agency would support Bangladesh in its quest to find a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis. Grandi made the comments after he called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss city of Davos. “We stand ready to cooperate with you,” Grandi said after the chief adviser sought his support for the Rohingya crisis, in particular, hosting a major global conference on the issue later this year. “Your voice will be more critical,” Prof…
