The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has recommended that the UN General Assembly take a final decision on Bangladesh’s request for a three-year extension of its preparatory period before graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category. The recommendation was made through a consensus decision adopted by ECOSOC member states at a meeting of the council on Tuesday, according to a message received here today. A similar recommendation was also made regarding Nepal’s request, it added. Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury introduced the draft decision on behalf of Bangladesh and Nepal, outlining the…
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The United States is set to impose new tariffs that could hit dozens of countries soon, trade envoy Jamieson Greer signaled Tuesday, with President Donald Trump’s temporary global levies due to expire this week. The Trump administration has prepared fresh tariffs targeting 60 trading partners over their alleged failures to act against forced labor, as officials push to rebuild the US leader’s trade agenda after legal setbacks. “We expect to see some action soon,” Greer told CNBC when asked if new duties were incoming. He did not specify a timeline. Trump imposed a 10-percent global duty this year after a…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam has called for stronger institutions, coordinated implementation and greater accountability to accelerate global efforts to reduce road traffic deaths and serious injuries. The minister made the call while co-chairing a multi-stakeholder panel session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, held in recognition of Bangladesh’s leadership in improving road safety, according to a message received here today. Referring to the Progress Declaration, Rabiul stressed the need for close coordination among transport, health, police, finance, education, environment and local government authorities, backed by clearly defined institutional responsibilities and coherent public…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is chairing a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the Bangladesh Secretariat here today. The meeting began at 10:00am at the Cabinet Division’s conference room at the Secretariat with the Prime Minister in the chair, said Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has directed members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to maintain the highest level of vigilance along the borders to check illegal infiltrations, push-ins, human trafficking and other cross-border crimes. “Maintain the highest level of vigilance along the borders alongside strengthening maximum efforts to prevent illegal infiltration, push-ins, drug and arms smuggling, human trafficking, and other cross-border crimes,” he said. The Home Minister issued the directives while addressing BGB personnel during a visit to the BGB Headquarters at Pilkhana in Dhaka on Monday. Earlier, upon his arrival at the headquarters at around 11:00am, the Home Minister…
The government has appointed senior journalist Md Saidur Rahman as Minister (Press) at the Press Wing of the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, India. In a notification issued here today, the Ministry of public administration made the appointment on a contractual basis for one year. “The appointment is contingent upon his relinquishing work-related ties with any profession, business, or government, semi-government, or private organization,” it said. “The terms and conditions of the appointment will be determined through a separate contract,” it said, adding that the appointment has been made in the public interest. Saidur Rahman is currently serving as Political and Election Editor of the Daily Ittefaq…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said that his government is attaching the highest importance in protecting workers’ rights, ensuring a safe working environment, and implementing international labour standards. The Prime Minister said this when International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo paid a courtesy call on him at his office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this morning, said PM’s Assistant Press Secretary Gazi Shahriar Pamir. At the outset of the meeting, he said, the ILO director general congratulated Tarique Rahman on assuming office as the head of the government. Houngbo said that international confidence in Bangladesh had been further…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today stressed maintaining unity among the political parties that took part in the joint anti-fascist movement along with BNP in the last 17 years to fulfil the aspirations of the country’s people. “We were together in the past, we are together and we will remain together. There is no reason for us to part ways. So, let us all work together in the days ahead to fulfil the expectations of the people,” he said. The Prime Minister made the call before exchanging greetings and hosting a dinner for the leaders of the parties that joined the…
New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power Monday promising a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and restore political stability, signalling a leftward tilt for his ruling Labour party. Burnham, 56, pledged to re-industrialise Britain and end sleeping rough on the streets after he met King Charles III at Buckingham Palace to become the head of government after Keir Starmer stepped down. Accompanied by his wife Marie-France van Heel, Burnham arrived at Downing Street to resounding applause from supporters and acknowledged he was the country’s seventh prime minister since the start of 2016. Britain needed to show the world…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they hit US military targets including air defence systems in Bahrain and Kuwait, state news agency IRNA reported. The Guards said they struck two air defence systems and a radar installation at two different US outposts in Bahrain, as well as missile defence systems and radars and satellite reception systems in Kuwait. “With this radar sweep, the enemy should prepare for even more decisive and powerful waves of drone and missile attacks,” the Guards said in a statement carried by IRNA.
