CA Yunus arrives in Tokyo on four-day official tour
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon in Japan on a four-day official visit.
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CA off to Tokyo on four-day official tour
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka for Tokyo in the early hours of 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.
Sri Lanka鈥檚 leftist govt begins privatisation
Sri Lanka鈥檚 leftist government said Tuesday it was selling a failed hotel project, marking its first privatisation move in line with an IMF bailout...
Pry teachers continue full-day strike
Assistant teachers of different government primary schools across the country continued their indefinite whole-day strike for the second day running on Tuesday, pressing for an increase in the entry-level pay scale as well as promotion...
Secretariat demo suspended on govt assurance
The government employees, who have been demanding the withdrawal of the new 鈥楪overnment Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025鈥� that introduced a provision for removing government employees from jobs on disciplinary ground in an easier way, suspended their protest at the secretariat for Tuesday...
CA keen to turn Maheshkhali-Matarbari into Singapore-like developed port area
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus wants to turn Maheshkhali-Matarbari into a developed port area like Singapore as Japan is keen to invest there, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Tuesday.
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...
Law Adviser credits July uprising for Azharul鈥檚 acquittal
Bangladesh interim government law adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday credited the 鈥榰ndaunted leadership of the July mass movement鈥� for creating the conditions necessary to ensure that death row convict and Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, convicted of committing war crimes, gets justice.
Protests at govt service ord continues
Government employees on Monday staged protests inside the secretariat for the third consecutive day, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the new 鈥楪overnment Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025鈥�.
Mithamain elevated highway facing axe
The interim government has started a procedure for scrapping the costly and controversial project of constructing an elevated highway connecting Mithamain and Karimganj upazilas in Kishoreganj...
Admission test reinstated for govt polytechnic institutes
The government is reintroducing entrance examinations for admission to its polytechnic institutes starting from the 2025鈥�26 academic year.
Stakeholder engagement essential for effective reform
THE ongoing spate of protests by officials and employees, along with the resulting disruption in services and administrative activities across various government offices, is a cause for concern. These protests highlight fundamental issues with the government鈥檚 approach to implementing reforms and amending existing laws. On May 25, government officials and political...
Govt striving hard to build religious harmony, Yunus tells USCIRF chair
Stephen Schneck, chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, met Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Monday.
Political council to maintain nat鈥檒 unity demanded
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Sunday called on the interim government to form a political council to maintain unity among pro-uprising political parties...
Public service ordinance issued amid protests at secretariat
The government on Sunday promulgated the 鈥楪overnment Service (amendment) Ordinance 2025鈥� in a gazette, introducing stricter disciplinary measures for government employees.
Govt, parties should reassess priorities
The meetings of the chief adviser to the interim government with political parties on May 24, presumably aimed at resolving the ongoing political and other crises that had led the increasingly frustrated chief adviser to consider resignation, appear not to have decisively eased the stalemate. Conflicting demands from various political parties, especially the...
Pry teachers to go for full-day work abstention from Monday
Assistant teachers of the government primary schools will begin a countrywide full-day work abstention from Monday, demanding upgrading the entry-level pay scale and promotion.
Govt employees continue strike for 2nd day over draft service ordinance
Government employees continued their protest for the second consecutive day on Sunday at the Secretariat, demanding the withdrawal of the draft Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, disrupting official activities...
Cultural activists express concern over national security
Cultural activists on Saturday expressed concern over national security that arose from controversial moves by the interim government at a view-exchange meeting organised by the Ganatantrik Sanskritik Oikya...
Int鈥檒 community active to send back laundered money: BB governor
Regarding the issue of bringing back the money laundered abroad, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said that this is a political commitment of the interim government...
Major blunders and path forward
MANY people are now openly saying that the government and the state are not functioning well. There is no reason to brand everyone making such observations as fascists or their sympathisers. A significant portion of those who directly participated in or supported the anti-fascist movement in the past are also openly voicing such concerns, motivated by their...
Salehuddin urges all to work together to overcome economic challenges
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Friday urged all to work together for overcoming all challenges of the country鈥檚 economy.
Bangladesh interim govt performing three tough responsibilities: Rizwana
Environment, forest and climate change affairs adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Friday said that holding the election was not the only responsibility of the interim government.聽
Work abstention by pry, MPO teachers observed sporadically
The separate countrywide half-day work abstention programme by assistant teachers of the government primary schools and teachers of secondary-level schools under the monthly pay order system was observed sporadically on Thursday demanding pay hike and protesting at attacks on teachers...
Govt okays amended public service ordinance
The advisory council of the interim government on Thursday approved the draft of the 鈥楶ublic Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025鈥�, creating provisions for removing government employees from jobs for 鈥榠ndiscipline鈥�...
Cooperation difficult without polls road map: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday warned that it would be difficult for the party to continue its cooperation with the interim government unless a clear and immediate road map is announced for holding a free, fair, and neutral national election by December 2025.
Govt approves ordinance to rehabilitate July uprising heroes, families
The council of advisers of the Interim Government today gave聽 final approval of the 鈥楯uly Mass Uprising Martyrs鈥� Families and Injured Students-Citizens Welfare and Rehabilitation Ordinance, 2025鈥�.
MoFA cancels Shabab鈥檚 transfer as deputy high commissioner in Kolkata
Bangladesh interim government on Thursday cancelled its previous transfer order for Shabab Bin Ahmed, currently serving as minister, local, at the Bangladesh Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands, and asked him to return to headquarters instead of joining as deputy high commissioner in its Kolkata Mission.
Broadband prices cut by up to 20%: Asif
Bangladesh interim government local government, rural development and cooperatives, and youth and sports adviser, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said that broadband internet prices at the consumer level have been reduced by up to 20 per cent.