National,Diplomachy
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday.During the meeting, Tobgay thanked the Chief Adviser for holding a free, fair, peaceful and credible election at a critical time, said the Chief Adviser&rsquo...
National,Jatiya Sangsad,Diplomachy
Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha Om Birla arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday to represent the government of India at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected government of Bangladesh led by Tarique Rahman, Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is accompany...
National,Politics,Jatiya Sangsad
BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman was sworn in as the 11th Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday.President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad.Earlier, the BNP Parliamentary Party (BPP) unanimously elected party Chairman Tarique Rahman as the Leader of ...
Newly elected BNP MPs have not taken oath as members of the proposed Constitution Reform Council (CRC) saying that the provision for such council must be incorporated in the Constitution first following endorsement of the Parliament.They took oath as only members of the 13th Parliament at 10:43am at...
Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, Pakistan’s Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday.The Pakistan Planning Minister met the Chief Adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna, according to CA’s press wing.During the meet...
President of the Maldives Dr Mohamed Muizzu arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday morning to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s new cabinet.Foreign Adviser M Touhid Hossain received the Maldivian President at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.Diplomatic relations between the Maldives a...
National,Politics
Forty-five government vehicles have been kept ready at the Secretariat for ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers-to-be.Officials concerned said according to the Cabinet Division’s requirements, the vehicles were arranged through the transport pool of the Ministry of Public Administra...
National,Business & Commerce,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas,VAT, TAX, Revenue
The government has reduced value Added Tax(VAT) on LPG in a move aimed at stabilising the market and keeping the essential fuel within consumers’ purchasing power.In a press release issued on Monday night, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said it had issued two separate notifications on Feb...
National,Business & Commerce
Bangladesh’s booming food industry, now estimated to be worth over Tk 10,000 crore, is expanding at an unprecedented pace across urban and semi-urban areas but experts warn that this growth is outpacing quality control and regulatory oversight, posing a serious public health risk.From roadside...
The BNP Parliamentary Party (BPP) on Tuesday elected party Chairman Tarique Rahman as the Leader of the House.The decision came at a meeting of the BPP at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.This means Tarique Rahman is set to form the new government as ...
National,Passport, Vissa, Immigration
Bangladesh has climbed three places in the latest Henley Passport Index, moving up to 93rd position from 96th in the previous ranking.According to the new list, Singapore remains at the top of the index, retaining its position as the world’s most powerful passport. Japan and South Korea jointl...
Law Adviser Dr. Asif Nazrul has outlined a wide range of legal and institutional reforms carried out by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs since the July mass uprising, amid criticism over his role.In a Facebook post, he said while the work was done collectively by the ministry, ...
BNP Chairman and Prime Minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman paid a courtesy call on Pir and Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) Ameer Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim on Monday evening, just a day before forming the next government following his party’s landslide victory in Thursday’s national elect...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday identified the July National Charter as the biggest achievement of the interim government, on the basis of which the people of the country decided to implement it with a huge majority in a referendum.“If the July Charter is implemented, the paths to ...
National,Economy ,Budget
The Annual Development Programme (ADP) implementation rate has remained at a five-year low in the first seven months of the running fiscal during the tenure of the interim government, continuing the trend observed over the past several months, according to the latest progress report.Data released by...
National
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has brought back 73 Bangladeshi fishermen who were detained by the Arakan Army at different times while fishing in the Naf River and the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.The fishermen were returned through the Jaliapara transit gh...
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will launch a large-scale mobile truck sales program across the country tomorrow, (February 17), to provide essential commodities at subsidized rates for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.According to a press release issued by the corporation today, the i...
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said his party will welcome any move by the opposition to form a ‘shadow cabinet’, as the practice exists in many developed democracies.“In many developed democracies, the opposition forms a shadow parliament. If they take su...
National,Politics,Jatiya Sangsad,Election
Bangladesh’s 13th parliamentary election will be remembered as a ‘role model’ in the country’s electoral history, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday.Speaking at a farewell reception at the Police Headquarters, he praised the role of l...
City,Accident, Fire, Disaster
Miscreants set a bus on fire on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Hemayetpur in Savar early Monday.Witnesses said the miscreants set fire to a bus of ‘Hanif Paribahan’ which was parked near Kofil Petrol Pump in the area and fled the scene.On information, two firefighting units rushed to the sp...
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