Second phase of talks between consensus commission and political parties begins
The second phase of talks between the National Consensus Commission and the political parties began at Foreign Service Academy on Bayley Road in the capital on Monday.
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Yunus receives images of new banknotes
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Monday handed over images of six newly designed banknotes to chief adviser Muhammad Yunus.
Yunus sits with political parties today
Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will start the second phase of talks between the National Consensus Commission and the political parties today to reach a consensus on state reforms and also to finalise the July Charter.
Big Japanese investors to come: Shafiq
Chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday expressed optimism about increased Japanese investment in Bangladesh following the highly successful visit of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to Japan...
China to cooperate with Bangladesh on agriculture, research
Visiting Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao on Sunday said his country was ready to extend cooperation with Bangladesh in trade and commerce, with a particular eye on agriculture, jute, marine fisheries and research.
Yunus urges Chinese investors to make Bangladesh production hub
Interim government鈥檚 chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday called upon Chinese businesses to invest in Bangladesh and make the country a production hub.
Yunus returns home wrapping up Japan tour
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home in the early hours of Sunday wrapping up his four-day packed official tour to Japan.
Yunus should start effective talks on election timing with parties
THE chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus, who stands his ground for holding the national elections by June 2026, has in Tokyo said that not all political parties want the elections by December and only one party so does. The remark that he has made at the Nikkei Forum 2025 has not named any party, but he has obviously alluded to the...
Yunus invites BNP to talks again on June 2
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has invited the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to talks again on June 2....
Dhaka, Tokyo to ink EPA by year end
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday announced that the two nations will conclude an Economic Partnership Agreement in the coming months to deepen economic and trade relationships between the two friendly nations.
Expatriates鈥� remittance helps Bangladesh make turnaround: Yunus
Recalling the contribution of Bangladeshi expatriates to nation building, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday said the expatriates help Bangladesh make a turnaround from ruins.
Yunus urges Japanese firms to invest in Bangladesh
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday called upon Japanese companies to invest in Bangladesh and help its economic recovery and rebuilding efforts.
Build 鈥榯hree zero clubs鈥� to save the planet, Yunus urges youths in Japan
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday urged the youths to build 鈥榯hree zero clubs鈥� to save the planet from destruction saying the planet will not sustain under the current civilization.
Yunus sticks to polls by June next year
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has remained stick to his position that the national election would be held anytime between December this year and June next year.
Japan to recruit 1,00,000 Bangladeshi workers in 5yrs
Japanese authorities and businesses on Thursday announced plans to recruit at least 1,00,000 workers from Bangladesh in the next five years to meet the country鈥檚 growing labourers鈥� shortage.
World passing time of uncertainty, global trust at risk: Professor Yunus
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said that global trust is at risk now as the world is passing a time of great uncertainty...
Prof Yunus to leave for Tokyo tonight
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave Dhaka early Wednesday on a four-day official visit to Japan to attend the 30th Nikkei Forum and hold talks with Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba to boost bilateral cooperation.
Yunus for speedy MIDI infrastructure work
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called for the expedited development of key infrastructure in the Matarbari region, aiming to transform the coastal area into Bangladesh鈥檚 premier manufacturing and export-orientated free trade zone...
Chief justice calls on Yunus
The chief justice, Syed Refaat Ahmed, held a meeting with the chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Sunday at the state guest house Jamuna...
41 Australian MPs write to Yunus for clear election road map
Forty-one Australian senators and members of parliament in a letter to Bangladesh interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus have called for an urgent announcement of a clear and specific electoral roadmap.
BNP, Jamaat, NCP stick聽to own positions
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has once again asserted its demand for an immediate announcement of a clear electoral road map to ensure that Jatiya Sangsad elections are held by December this year while Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has pressed for...
Nat鈥檒 govt with Yunus as president demanded
A group of people at an event in the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh area on Saturday demanded that chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus should be made the president of the country...
Govt stresses broader nat鈥檒 unity to聽attain goals
The advisory council at a meeting on Saturday resolved that a broader national unity was essential to ensure stability, justice, reform, organising free and fair elections, and preventing permanently a return of authoritarianism in the country.
Yunus to stay, interim govt to fulfill assigned duties: Wahiduddin
Planning adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Saturday affirmed that chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus would remain in the interim government, which is committed to completing its assigned responsibilities....
All eyes on Jamuna ahead of crucial political meetings
All eyes are now on Jamuna, the official residence of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami prepare to meet the head of the interim government amid rising political tensions in the country...
Professor Yunus to meet with advisers after ECNEC meeting
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is likely to sit with his colleagues at the Council of Advisers shortly after Saturday鈥檚 scheduled meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council to discuss the current issues, a senior official told UNB on Saturday...
BNP delegation to meet with Professor Yunus today
Amid growing political tensions and various speculations, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party delegation will hold a meeting with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday...
Yunus鈥檚 resignation intent draws mixed reaction
The interest expressed by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at an advisory council meeting on Thursday to resign under existing political circumstances drew mixed reactions from political parties.
Announce polls to avert unrest, BNP urges Yunus
Stating that the delay in holding the next parliamentary elections was fuelling instability in the country, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Zainul Abedin Farroque on Friday said that his party would be aggrieved if interim government...
Disappointed Yunus mulls resignation
Bangladesh's interim government chief, Professor Muhammad Yunus, apparently perturbed by the current political situation marked by frequent street protests and bickering among parties, told his cabinet colleagues on Thursday that he would not continue...