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France President Macron greets Chief Adviser Prof Yunus

France President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on his assumption as the chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh. "Allow me to extend my sincere congratulations to you on your appointment as Chief Adviser to the Interim Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh," he wrote in a letter to Prof Yunus. The letter was received here today. Macron said as Bangladesh now enters a period of transition, the interim government Yunus leads will have the important task of preparing the ...

ISPR terms Indian newspaper report ‘motivated and misleading’

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) protested the report published in different media outlets with tiled "Army Chief faces angst by young army officers at a meeting of that day". In a rejoinder on Tuesday, ISPR said that the news published merely based on a report in the Indian Newspaper "The Week" which was motivated and misleading. It is advisable to contact ISPR for accurate presentation of any internal information related to army affairs, an ISPR press release said here today. In fact, the meeting was ...

Papon steps down, Faruque becomes BCB president

Ending all speculations, Nazmul Hassan Papon stepped down from his role as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president today. The decision of his resignation came from the BCB's emergency meeting today, held at the conference room of the Youth and Sports Ministry. Former chief selector Faruque Ahmed was elected as new BCB president, the board's media department confirmed. In a message sent through whatsapp, the board's media department termed Faruque Ahmed as newly elected president and informed that he will hold a press conference...

Khaleda’s bank accounts activated after 17 years

Former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's all bank accounts have been activated after 17 years.

In this regard, a letter from the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been sent to Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday to activate all bank accounts of Khaleda Zia. According to NBR and BB sources, the newly appointed chairman of NBR Md. Abdur Rahman...

WHO urges South-East Asia to address mental health crisis

Climate change is increasingly impacting mental health and psychosocial well-being, the World Health Organization said calling on member countries in South-East Asia Region to strengthen mental health systems and services to address this growing challenge. “Climate change exacerbates many social, environmental, and economic risk factors for mental health and psychosocial well-being. Among WHO regions, South-East Asia is most vulnerable to this,” said Saima Wazed, Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia, in her opening remarks at a regional workshop for ‘Strengthening capacity of countries to address the impact of climate change on mental health’, held in Ball, Indonesia from 12 – 14 August. The WHO Regional Director said that in many countries significant gaps exist between menta...
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