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BNP not happy: Fakhrul after meeting with CA

BNP on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus's repeated assurance that the national election would be held between December and June.

“We are not happy at all, we have clearly said if the election is not held by December, the country’s political and social situation will deteriorate further,” BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, emerging from the meeting with the Chief Adviser at the state guest house Jamuna.

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CA greets countrymen on Bangla New Year

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has greeted the countrymen during Bangla New Year 1432. In a video message on Bangla New Year, he called upon the countrymen to work with renewed pledge and enthusiasm to build a new Bangladesh. “The 2024 mass uprising has allowed us to build a discrimination-free country. Let us not lose this opportunity. In this New Year, building a discrimination-free Bangladesh should be our pledge,” he said.

Terming ‘Pahela Baishakh a day of ...

US senators call for insider trading probe into President Trump

Several US senators have called for an investigation into whether President Donald Trump engaged in insider trading or market manipulation by encouraging people to buy stocks just before his dramatic reversal on global tariffs. "Who in the administration knew about Trump's latest tariff flip-flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the public's expense?" California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff posted on X on Wednesday.

"I'm writing to the White House -- the public has a right to know," he added.

Trump announces 90-day tariff pause except for China

President Donald Trump announced a 90 day pause on his sweeping tariffs Wednesday, giving all countries a 10 percent baseline except China, which will see even higher levies.

"Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World's Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Saying that more than 75 countries had asked for negotiations ove...

US foreign investment shifts course

Alex Irwin-Hunt, fdiintelligence.com

The US is becoming a less prominent source of capital in an early sign that President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda is leading companies to shift investment plans to support US manufacturing and jobs.

Preliminary fDi Markets data for the first two months of 2025 show that the US’s role as a source of global foreign direct investment has continued to diminish und...

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