Bangladesh interim govt chief stresses unity for nation鈥檚 prosperity
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday stressed maintaining firm national unity to find a path of prosperity for the nation.
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Prof Yunus vows to announce July Charter on political consensus
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday said the July Charter will be announced by reaching consensus with all political parties.
Maxwell calls time on ODIs
Explosive Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell called time on his one-day international career Monday, but will continue in Twenty20 cricket with his eye on next year's World Cup.
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.
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.
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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.
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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...
4,242 factories clear festival allowances
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IndiGo orders 30 Airbus A350
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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.
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Expat鈥檚 microbus robbed
A rented microbus carrying a female expatriate and her family was robbed on the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway in Tangail early Saturday...
NRBC Bank holds strategic business conference
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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...
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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....
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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.
Yunus for making youths aware of tobacco's harmful effects
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday called for making the country鈥檚 youth aware of the harmful effects of tobacco products to keep those at bay.