DHAKA : Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today expressed concern at the resource constraints of the UN peacekeeping missions and called for urgent international attention to address the funding gap.
He made the call while speaking as a panellist...
CHATTOGRAM : Chittagong University (CU) authorities conferred hononary Doctorate of Literature (D.Litt) degree on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus for his outstanding contributions to alleviating poverty through microcredit and establishing peace across the globe.
He was conferred with the degree...
DHAKA: Bangladesh is expecting to receive a total of US$3.5 billion in loans by June from different multilateral development partners, including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
“Now, the IMF agreed to release...
DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus visited the first branch of Grameen Bank in Chattogram this afternoon. The branch was first set up near Chittagong University campus and was later relocated at a building in Hathazari. Later, the...
DHAKA : The Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BRCS) have jointly distributed humanitarian assistance among the displaced Rohingya people in Cox’s Bazar, reaffirming China’s continued support for the forcibly displaced Myanmar citizens.
Under the Chinese-funded initiative,...
CHATTOGRAM : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said the Interim Government had taken initiatives to turn Chittagong Port into world class one by entrusting its management with global operators.
He said this while speaking at the New Mooring Container...
DHAKA : American lawyer, author and human rights activist Mary Kerry Kennedy called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday.
Kennedy met Prof Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna here, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad...
CHATTOGRAM : Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has asked all concerned authorities to take effective steps to ease water logging in Chattogram city.
He gave the directives in a meeting with the top government officials of the district at Chattogram...
DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today called for an integrated economic strategy among Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Seven North Eastern States of India, emphasising the potential of cross-border collaboration in hydropower, healthcare, and road connectivity.
The Chief...
DHAKA : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left Dhaka for Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, to undergo eye treatment in the early hours of today.
He departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with his wife on...