Dhaka pins hope on last-minute talks
Bangladesh has pinned its hope on the ongoing negotiation to avert 35 per cent US tariff on its exports threatened by president Donald Trump in a letter to chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday...
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Yunus urges Islamic NGOs to take up social business
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday urged Islamic non-government orgnisations to take up more social business to support the Muslim world...
Yunus urges Japan to enhance coop with Bangladesh
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged Japan to further strengthen its cooperation with Bangladesh in areas such as investment, fisheries, Rohingya humanitarian response, and youth development, including education and sports.
US reaffirms support for reform efforts
The United States has reiterated its strong support for the ongoing reform initiatives, led by the interim government of Bangladesh under the leadership of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, during the celebration of US Independence Day in Dhaka Wednesday evening...
CEC remark on polls time frame can create confusion
THE remark of the chief election commissioner, AMM Nasir Uddin, that the commission is making preparations for the national elections with two time frames in mind, February and April, appears confusing, especially after the meeting of the chief adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, with the acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Tarique Rahman...
Yunus urges all to resist dictatorship resurgence
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday urged people to resist any resurgence of dictatorship in the country, emphasising that history testified that when the people wake up, no force can resist them...
Yunus to launch NU July Scholarship today
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will inaugurate the National University July Martyred Memorial Scholarship programme on Tuesday...
US state secy holds phone talks with Yunus
United States secretary of state Marco Rubio held a telephone conversation with Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday evening to reaffirm their shared commitment to deepening economic ties with Bangladesh and enhancing security and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
Ordinance approved to amend CrPC
The interim government on Sunday approved an amendment incorporating a new provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure to prevent arbitrary arrests and false cases...
Professor Yunus celebrates birthday with global social business family
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday celebrated his birthday with the global social business family by joining the participants of the 15th Social Business Day-2025 online...
Social business can drive lasting positive changes
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Friday stated that transformative power of social business could make real and lasting positive changes to create 鈥榓 beautiful and better world鈥� for everyone, not just for Bangladesh.
Yunus orders installing solar panels on rooftops of all govt buildings
Bangladesh interim government Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday instructed the authorities concerned to take initiatives to generate power by installing solar panels on the rooftops of all government buildings in the country.
Professor Yunus urges all to stop destroying nature
Highlighting the importance of a healthy lifestyle, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged all to avoid destroying nature and join hands in planting trees and stopping production and use of single-use plastic products to enjoy this beautiful world and creating a beautiful environment for the generations to come...
Professor Yunus urges building future world with scouting experience
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday called for moving forward in creating the future world applying the scouting experience...
US envoy hails Yunus-Tarique meeting
A US embassy delegation in Dhaka on Sunday appreciated and recognised the significance of the recent meeting between interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and BNP acting chair Tarique Rahman in London...
CJ reaffirms need for separate judicial secretariat
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday reiterated the urgent need for establishing a separate judicial secretariat to ensure full administrative autonomy of the judiciary.
Govt committed to making judiciary independent, Yunus says
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said the government was committed to making the judiciary independent and efficient.
Yunus鈥揟arique meeting paves peace: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader AZM Zahid Hossain has said that the meeting between chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has prevailed the way of peace and ended many chaos and misunderstanding in the political arena.
Prof Yunus for accurate hydrographic data for development
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said every country needs accurate hydrographic data for development.
June 22 judicial seminar will be turning point for judiciary: chief justice
Bangladesh chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday said that the upcoming national seminar on judicial independence and efficiency, scheduled for June 22, will mark a turning point for the country鈥檚 judiciary.
UGC for working directly under PM or president
The University Grants Commission is about to send its recommendations to chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, aiming at empowering it to work more independently...
Development projects should not harm nature: Yunus
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday emphasised the imperative of safeguarding natural ecosystems during the execution of development projects, says a press release.
Yunus asks SSF to work with professionalism
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday asked Special Security Force to work with professionalism staying above political ideologies...
Acting foreign secy admits failure
Acting foreign secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique on Tuesday said that the Bangladesh foreign ministry had some responsibility for not taking place an expected meeting between interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and British prime minister Keir Starmer in London during his June 10-13 visit to the United Kingdom...
Yunus thanks Australia for resuming visa processing in Dhaka
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus thanked Australia for resuming visa processing operations in Dhaka as newly appointed Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday.
BNP urges govt to convey London meeting outcome to EC
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday urged the interim government to promptly inform the Election Commission of the decisions made during a recent meeting between chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and the party acting chairman Tarique Rahman in London regarding the upcoming general election, tentatively scheduled for February 2026...
Yunus orders probe into organisers of controversial polls
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the authorities concerned to immediately form a committee to investigate the role of former chief election commissioners, election commissioners and secretaries of the election commission secretariat...
Professor Yunus, the crown, and diplomatic impropriety!
PROFESSOR Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 recent visit to London, marked by the distinguished honour of receiving the King Charles III Harmony Award 2025, was a moment of significance鈥攏ot only for him personally but also for the Bangladeshis and the wider global community who value peace, equity, and sustainable development. It also, perhaps unintentionally, served as...
Govt hires UK lawyers to recover stolen funds: Yunus
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said the interim government had hired lawyers to try to recover any allegedly stolen funds from the UK, and the British government was 鈥榚xtremely supportive鈥� of that effort.
Govt should carry out reforms, trial, BNP should also step in
THE problem of confidence that earlier surfaced between the government and political parties centring on the time frame for the next general elections appears to have been resolved for the time being at a meeting between the chief adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, and Tarique Rahman, the acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in...