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Employments more important than GDP growth

Putting utmost priority on generating more employments and stabilizing the economy, Adviser to the interim government on the Ministries of Planning and Education Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud today said that generating more employments is now more important than boosting the GDP growth. "Massive problem now exists centering the GDP and it won't work only with increasing the GDP growth. Qualitative standard was not ensured over the years and our priority is now to generate more employments and stabilizing the economy," he said. Th...

City mayors removed, administrators appointed

The Local Government Division has removed mayors of the 12 city corporations and appointed administrators for those corporations. The Administrators were appointed in the vacated positions, said a gazette notification issued by the local government division today. The notification said, the mayors were removed from their offices as per the section 13(Ka) of the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024. The 12 city corporations are: Dhaka South, Dhaka North, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajsha...

Complaint lodged against ex-CJ Khairul

A complaint has been filed against ABM Khairul Haque, the former Chief Justice and recently resigned Chairman of the Law Commission, accusing him of allegedly engaging in fraud to manipulate a judgment. Md Mujahidul Islam, a lawyer at the Bangladesh Supreme Court, lodged the complaint on Sunday afternoon at Shahbagh Police Station in the capital. However, the complaint has not yet been officially registered as a case due to the absence of the Officer-in-Charge (OC) at the police station, according to Sub-Inspector (SI) E...

Students in no other country make such sacrifices, says Yunus

During a briefing with foreign diplomats about the nation's current situation at Hotel Intercontinental on August 18, Dr. Yunus recounted the harrowing scenes he witnessed in hospitals. Dr. Yunus highlighted that students in no other country had to make such sacrifices in their quest for democratic rights and human dignity. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser of the interim government,  paid tribute to the students and young individuals who sacrificed their lives and suffered severe injuries during the quota reform movement,...

Youth, students should be at heart of strategies in Global South

Chief Adviser to the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today said the youth and students should be placed at the heart of strategies in the Global South as they are committed to creating a new world. "We must place the youth and students, who constitute a significant portion of the Global South's population, at the heart of our strategies. Two thirds of our population are youth. They are the most powerful segment of the society," he said. The Chief Adviser was virtually addressing the Inaugural Leaders' Session of 3rd Voice of Global South Summit 2024 hosted by India.

India faces the gravest geopolitical fallout from Sheikh Hasina’s exit

In the hours before Sheikh Hasina fled Gonobhaban, her official residence in Dhaka, on 5 August, Bangladeshi security forces killed scores of protesters who had joined a huge march to the capital demanding an end to her autocratic rule. Around the same time, it has since been reported, Hasina had pressured the army chief to enforce a curfew using deadly force, which would have meant the military joining the bloodbath. The army chief refused.
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