Chief Adviser with whom he may meet in New York
The chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh on the sidelines of the United Nations General Session in New York. Top leaders of several countries are scheduled to meet with Muhammad Yunus. However, Yunus’ meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is uncertain. The Chief Adviser will leave Dhaka for New York on September…
Chunnu slams lawmaker for posting MPs’ salaries, fund allocation on FB
Opposition Chief Whip Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday in parliament criticised independent MP Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon for his recent Facebook post on MPs’ salaries and allocation of funds. Without mentioning Sumon’s name, the JP MP said, “We are all victims of what he said on his Facebook post.” He said this while participating in an…
Arrest of Shahriar Kabir of Khatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee
The police have arrested Shahriar Kabir, the president of the advisory board of the Khatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee of 1971. He was arrested from Banani’s house in the capital on Monday night. Tejgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Mubarak Hossain confirmed the arrest and said that he was arrested in the case against Shahriar Kabir. He…
Reserves fall below $19 billion, first time in 11 months
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves fell below the $19 billion-mark for the first time in 11 months. It hit $18.26 billion today after the central bank settled $1.63 billion worth of import bills of two months through the Asian Clearing Union (ACU), an arrangement for settling transactions, Bangladesh Bank Spokesperson Md Mezbaul Haque told The Daily…
2 killed, 5 injured in road accident on Dhaka-Barisal highway
Two people were killed and five injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Kashipur area of Barisal. The accident took place on Sunday (June 16) in Gariapar when a passenger bus hit the back of a truck full of gas cylinders. Among the dead, one is Sohag (18) and the identity of the…
Awami League says it will provide jobs from house to house, it has given cases and bodies from house to house: Jamaat Amir
Amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said, ‘Awami League has given cases and dead bodies from house to house, saying it will provide jobs from house to house. Awami League killed the people with weapons bought with people’s money. In the past 15 years, every citizen of the country has been a victim of…
US-Israel talks
The US has been supplying Israel with weapons since the beginning of the Gaza operation. But President Joe Biden and administration officials under his leadership have repeatedly called on Israel over the past eight months to reduce civilian killings in Gaza. But each time Netanyahu has avoided that call on some pretext. There has been…
United Hospital authorities have behaved inhumanely, claims Rizveer
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has claimed that the United Hospital authorities have behaved inhumanely by not cooperating with the treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. He said, if the common people of this country take away the bricks of this hospital now, they will have nothing to do….