India needs to decide its tie with Bangladesh: Touhid
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday said that Delhi needed to decide what kind of relationship India wanted with Bangladesh.
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Countrywide combined patrols to begin tonight: adviser
The interim government will deploy combined patrol teams across Bangladesh from Monday night in a bid to curb crime and strengthen public security, home affairs adviser Lt Gen, retd, Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury announced.
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 18th day
Assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order on February 6, continued their protest for 18 days in a row on Sunday demanding their appointments...
Firm govt action needed against attacks on women
A SERIES of attacks on and harassment of women and the government鈥檚 failure to attend to the issues are a worrying sign. A significant number of women, especially players, athletes, celebrities and sex workers, have been attacked by people and groups with Islamist bent, weaving a pattern of the right wing rearing its head in the absence of deterrent government action...
EC working on two datelines for holding national polls: CEC
The chief election commissioner, AMM Nasir Uddin, on Sunday said the Election Commission was moving ahead centring the two datelines given by the interim government for the national elections.
Professor Yunus invites Elon Musk to visit Bangladesh, launch Starlink
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has invited top US businessman and chief executive officer of SpaceX Elon Musk to visit Bangladesh and launch Starlink satellite service in the country.
LOCAL GOVT REFORM:聽2 uniform laws suggested
The Local Government Reform Commission has submitted a primary report to the government, recommending a comprehensive overhaul of the country鈥檚 local government system.
Language Movement鈥檚 importance immense in liberation struggle: Professor Yunus
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday said importance of the language movement in the history of nation鈥檚 liberation struggle is immense as through this movement the foundation of a non-communal, democratic, language-based nation and state system was laid.
Foreign ministry observes International Mother Language Day
Foreign affairs ministry on Friday organised a programme to commemorate Martyrs鈥� Day and International Mother Language Day 2025 paying deepest respect to all language martyrs and the language movement veterans.
We respect other languages besides Bangla: Bidhan Roy
Bangladesh interim government primary and mass education adviser Professor Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Friday said, apart from the majority percent of Bangla-speaking people, we have to inquire about other people speaking in remaining 40 languages.
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 15th day
Assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order on February 6, continued their protest for 15 days in a row on Thursday demanding their appointments...
BNP demands polls road map without delay
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday urged the interim government to remove uncertainties surrounding the national election by announcing a road map to holding the polls without delay...
21 DCs sent on compulsorily retirement
Bangladesh interim government has sent 21 deputy commissioners on compulsory retirement due to their roles in the controversial elections held under the previous Awami League government, said senior secretary of the Public Administration ministry Md Mokhles Ur Rahman on Thursday.
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 14th day
Assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order, continued their protest for 14 days in a row on Wednesday demanding their appointments...
BNP doubts govt鈥檚 holding nat鈥檒 election
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday expressed doubt over whether the interim government was sincere in holding national elections...
Japan urges Taliban govt to respect human rights
Japan urged the Taliban government to respect human rights during a rare diplomatic meeting with a senior member of the visiting Afghan delegation, Tokyo said on Wednesday...
Violence should have no place in student politics
THE clash between the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and the Students Against Discrimination, which led the July-August uprising that toppled the Awami League government, at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on February 18 is shocking. The clash, which reportedly broke out over an altercation...
Professor Yunus releases commemorative postage stamp on Int鈥檒 Mother Language Day
The Bangladesh interim government chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Wednesday released a commemorative postage stamp, an opening envelope and a canceller on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day to be observed on February 21.
Hasina鈥檚 extradition is govt鈥檚 top priority: CA press secy
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday said the main aim of the government was to repatriate Sheikh Hasina from India and put her on trial.
RAB may be formed afresh: home adviser
Bangladesh interim government home adviser Lieutenant General, retd, Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said if there was a need, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) would be formed afresh changing its name and uniform.
Recommended pry teachers continue protests for 12th day
Recommended government primary school teachers, whose appointments were cancelled through a High Court order on February 6, continued their protest programme at Shahbagh in the capital Dhaka for the 12th consecutive day on Monday, demanding their immediate appointments...
Chinese minister meets Myanmar scam centre workers
A Chinese government minister met more than 1,000 alleged scam centre workers on the Thailand-Myanmar border on Monday, Thai media said, as the three countries vowed to crack down on the illicit compounds...
Govt needs to resolve the crisis, not be highhanded
THIS is unacceptable that the government has not yet addressed the grievances of 6,531 recommended assistant teachers in government primary schools in Dhaka and Chattogram and has, instead, been highhanded with them. It has already been 11 days that the recommended teachers are demonstrating against a February 6 High Court verdict that declared illegal and...
Gazette issued on lifting police verification for passport
The government has lifted the police verification system prior to issuing passport for simplifying services and easing the sufferings of the people...
Chief adviser Yunus to open 7th National Comdeca
The Bangladesh interim government chief adviser, Professor Muhmmad Yunus, will inaugurate the 7th National Comdeca 2025 to be held at the hard point of Sirajganj town protection embankment on February 19-25.
Bangladesh interim government chief calls for creating scopes for youth
The Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday called for creating scopes for youth to tap their immense potential.
Five reform commissions set to miss deadline
Five reform commissions on health, women affairs, mass media, labour and local government are going to ask for more time as they are set to miss the deadline for submitting their reports to the interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus today.
National charter likely to be prepared in six months
The interim government will prepare a 鈥榥ational charter鈥� within six months based on the national consensus on reforms among the political parties.
Udichi protests attacks at book fairs, cultural events
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi, protesting mob attacks at different book fairs and cultural events, urged the interim government to ensure that no new fascist forces emerge undermining the spirit of the student-led mass uprising of 2024.
Prof. Yunus speaks to Elon Musk, urges him to bring Starlink to Bangladesh
The head of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Thursday urged billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk to introduce the Starlink satellite internet service in Bangladesh.