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DHAKA : Five-day Sharadiya Durgotsob, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will begin tomorrow. Preparations are afoot for the annual festival at temples and makeshift puja mondops across the country. On Sunday last, the Hindu community members celebrated...

NEW YORK : Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today said the presence of six political leaders at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session accompanying Professor Muhammad Yunus sent a message to the world that Bangladesh is united and...

NEW YORK : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said healthcare should not be left to money makers. "In the case of healthcare, it may be money making, very simple. Profit maximisation is behind them. So, healthcare gets derailed...

NEW YORK : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof in the UN Headquarters on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) here in the...

NEW YORK : President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly here in the USA on Wednesday. The meeting, held at a New York city hotel, covered a...

NEW YORK : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today called on the US companies to invest more in Bangladesh as he spoke at the US-Bangladesh Executive Business Roundtable, titled "Advancing Reform, Resilience and Growth" here. The US-Bangladesh Business Council (USBBC)...

DHAKA : Final preparations are underway to hold the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections in the first half of next February, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin. “We are taking all necessary preparations to hold the elections in the...

NEW YORK : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus attended a reception hosted by US President Donald Trump here on Tuesday where he extended an invitation to the President to visit Bangladesh at his convenience. Prof Yunus joined the event at...

NEW YORK : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said the upcoming February election will usher in a new era for Bangladesh’s democracy as he was called on by Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo at his hotel here on Tuesday. “The...

NEW YORK : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus attended a meeting of the public and private sector leaders on social innovation here on Tuesday. The event was being organised by the World Economic Forum on the sidelines of the UN...