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US welcomes Dr. Yunus’s call to end violence in Bangladesh

The United States has expressed its strong support for the recent appeal by Bangladesh’s interim government Chief Adviser, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, urging an end to the ongoing violence in the country. In a statement released on Thursday, the U.S. government reiterated its commitment to working closely with the interim government under Dr. Yunus's leadership, as it seeks to steer Bangladesh towards a democratic future. The statement was reported by the United News of Bangladesh (UNB). During a press briefing in Washington, U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Matthew Miller emphasized the importance of the interim government in shaping a peaceful and stable future for Bangladesh. "I’m not going to speak to the private diplomatic conversations, but one of the things that we

Cabinet Division declares portfolios of interim govt

The Cabinet Division has announced the portfolios of the members of the interim government that was sworn-in on Thursday night. A gazette notification was published in this regard on Friday. The portfolios of the advisers to the interim government are as follows: Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus: Cabinet Division, defence ministry, armed forces division, education ministry, road, transport and bridges ministry, food ministry, housing and public works ministry, land ministry, textiles and jute ministry, agriculture ministry, science and technology ministry, railways ministry, public administration ministry, power, energy and mineral resources ministry, shipping ministry, water resources ministry, women and children affairs ministry, disaster management and relief ministry, information and...

Portfolio allocated: Who gets which ministry?

The cabinet responsibility in the interim government led by Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus has been announced, with the distribution of portfolios among the advisors. This information was released in a notification on Friday at 1 PM. According to the announcement, Professor Dr. Asif Nazrul has been assigned the Ministry of Law and Justice, Saleh Uddin the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Adilur Rahman the Ministry of Industry, Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Hasan Arif the Ministry of Local Go...

Advisers pay tributes to Lib War martyrs at Savar

Newly formed interim government Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus and thirteen advisers paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar this morning. At first, Dr Yunus placed the wreath around 10am amid heavy rain and stood in solemn silence here for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the martyrs of the 1971 War of Liberation. A smartly turned-out contingent drawn from Bangladesh Arm...

Why Harris picked Walz as running-mate

KEN MARTIN, the chairman of the Democratic-Farmer-Labour Party (DFL), Minnesota’s affiliate of the Democratic Party, tells a story about how the state’s governor, Tim Walz, got his start in politics. In 2004 Mr Walz was a high-school teacher in Mankato, a town of 45,000 people in the south of the state. In that year’s presidential election, he decided to take his class to a George W. Bush event. Unbeknown to him, his students had hatched a plan to tease the then president. “They all had [John] Kerry shirts on,” says Mr Martin. “They ripped t...

Interim govt led by Dr Yunus sworn in

The new interim government of Bangladesh, led by Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has been officially sworn in by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. The ceremony took place at Bangabhaban on Thursday evening, starting at 9:00 pm. Dr. Yunus arrived at Bangabhaban at approximately 8:25 pm, where he was warmly greeted by a large crowd that had gathered outside. Enthusiastic supporters, numbering in the thousands, had been assembling since the afternoon, cheering and chanting slogans in anticipation of his arrival. Notable attendees incl...
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