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Professor Yunus directs to bring bank looters to justice

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday directed the Bangladesh Bank governor and the authorities concerned to bring those involved in looting money from banks to justice as soon as possible.

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Prof Yunus mourns death of ex-CEC Abdur Rouf

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep sorrow and condolences over the death of former chief election commissioner justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf.

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Govt for basic reforms before election

The interim government on Saturday announced that it would complete some basic reforms based on a political consensus before the next general election.

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Govt employees threaten strike from March 1

The government employees belonging to the grade 11 to grade 20 at a grand rally on Friday gave an ultimatum saying that they would begin a work abstention on March 1 across the country if their demands, including...

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Experts sceptical about success of provincial govt

A provincial government system, as proposed by the public administration reform commission on Wednesday, would create multi-dimensional complexities in the country’s unitary governance system, public administration experts have observed.

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Interim govt’s energy policy echoes AL-era essence

THE interim government appears to be missing out on the chance to walk away from the power and energy policy that the previous Awami League government had continued since 2009 to offer predatory profits to independent and rental power producers. An absence of effective initiatives on part of the interim government, which has been in office for about...

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Pakistan FM likely to visit Dhaka in April: Touhid

Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said that there was no reason to maintain strained relations with Pakistan, as he disclosed that Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar was expected to visit Dhaka in April...

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Victims’ visit to Aynaghar with Yunus uncertain

Uncertainty looms over the inclusion of the victims of enforced disappearances in the team that will accompany chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus during his visit to secret detention centres in the capital.

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ENERGY SECTOR: Govt moves termed AL’s carbon copy

Some of the steps taken in the power and energy sector by the interim government are carbon copies of the actions of the immediate past fascist Awami League regime, aimed at perpetuating the reign of the syndicate of looters and corrupt, speakers said in a seminar on Wednesday...

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Hundreds of US govt sites go offline

Hundreds of US government websites were offline on Monday, an AFP review showed, including that of the humanitarian agency USAID which president Donald Trump’s administration is shutting down...

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Dialogue on reforms in mid-Feb

The interim government will begin discussions with political parties and other stakeholders in mid-February regarding the implementation of proposals from the reform commissions.

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Professor Yunus asks for a command centre to monitor law, order

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday asked for creating a ‘command centre’ for monitoring the country’s law and order situation intensively and directed the police to introduce online system for filing cases across the country.

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Rail communications with Dhaka snapped for hours

Rail communications were restored at about 9:50pm Monday after protesting Government Titumir College students had lifted their six-hour-long blockade of the Mohakhali rail crossing in the capital.

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China to upgrade Mongla port  

The interim government on Sunday approved a project aiming at upgrading the container terminal at the Mongla port in Bagerhat with a loan of Tk 3,592.90 crore from China.

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Advisers’ walk on red carpet sparks criticism

Three advisers of the interim government on Sunday launched the canal restoration work at Mirpur-13 in the capital Dhaka, but they faced criticisms as they walked on a red carpet to board a floating excavator to inaugurate the programme.

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CA press secy describes Hasina as ‘butcher of Bangladesh’

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser press secretary Shafiqul Alam described former prime minister Sheikh Hasina as ‘butcher of Bangladesh’ and said the interim government’s job was to bring her back to Dhaka and try her for ‘crimes against humanity’.