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Tarique greets cricket team for winning test match

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman greeted the Bangladesh Cricket Team for winning their opening game with a huge margin against Pakistan at Rawalpindi today. In a felicitation message, signed by the BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed, Tarique Rahman greeted all the players, coach and officials of the national cricket team as well as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials concerned for the win. "I feel overwhelmed and proud to see how the brave ...

One of our targets is to bring back people’s confidence, says CA

Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Dr. Muhammad Yunus said, "One of our targets is to bring back people's confidence in institutions at every sector in the administration." He said a free, fair and participatory election will be held in the country after necessary reforms to administration, judiciary, the Election Commission (EC), electoral system and law-order sector. "A free, fair and participatory election will be held after necessary reforms  to administration, judiciary, the Election Commission, electoral system, law- order sector and free flow of information to give the student-people a successful culmination," he said while addressing the nation at 7.30 pm on Sunday. BTV, BTV World and BTV Chattogram centre broadcasted his address. Prof Yunus ...

Russian loans repayment to be delayed

The government has recently implemented new measures to alleviate the burden of foreign debt payments. The payment of Russian loans for the Rooppur nuclear power plant project is set to be postponed for two years, with Russia having already responded favorably to Bangladesh's proposal. This deferral could save the government approximately USD 800 million, according to sources at the Economic Relations Division (ERD). Officials have indicated that the ERD is in the process of revising the previous loan agreement...

Impose moratorium on debt repayments leveraging UNSC 1483

Farrukh Khosru

Bangladesh’s external debt dramatically increased under the oligarchic kleptocracy of the Sheikh Hasina regime from 2009 to 2024, with the average external debt stock rising from $10.7 billion between 1972 and 2008 to $52.6 billion from 2009 to 2023. The country has seen a significant increase in external debt since 2009, with the debt stock rising from $23.3 billion in 2008 to $100.6 billion by December 2023. This increase is largely at...

Help flood-hit people regardless of political, religious identity

Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman called upon the leaders and workers of the party for not considering political or religious identity while extending cooperation to flood-affected people. “Stand beside the flood-hit people in a coordinated way. Extend hands of cooperation to them. Provide food, clothes, treatment and medicine and take measures for the people affected by the flood,” he said in a video message on Friday. Urging the party men to stay alert, Tarique said...

CCC gets Div Commissioner Tofail as administrator

Chattagram Divisional Commissioner Md. Tofail Islam has joined as administrator of Chattagram City Corporation. After joining the City Corporation office at Tigerpass on Tuesday morning, the administrator exchanged views with the department heads of City Corporation. Chief Executive Officer Sheikh Muhammad Touhidul Islam briefed the administrator about the activities of City Corporation. Administrator Md. Tofail Islam said in the meeting that effective steps should be taken to free Chattagramfrom flooding. Chattagram
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