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Starmer not yet agreed to meet, Yunus tells FT
10:09 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayThe prime minister of the UK, Keir Starmer, has declined a request to meet Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, during his visit to London to seek support for recovering billions allegedly siphoned off by the ousted regime of Sheikh Hasina, the Financial Times reports.
We honour youth’s vision, bid farewell to old Bangladesh: Yunus
09:06 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayHonouring the visions and dreams of the country's young people, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said their excitement about voting will be used to build a new Bangladesh.
UK backs Bangladesh’s efforts to recover siphoned money
08:38 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayUK Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, has reaffirmed the UK's support for Bangladesh's interim government's initiatives to recover misappropriated funds siphoned off to various countries.
UK crime agency freezes Saifuzzaman’s assets
01:20 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayThe UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen properties owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s former Minister of Land, according to Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit). The action follows requests from Bangladeshi authorities to target assets linked to Saifuzzaman, a close ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the now-banned Awami League.
Defying ban, Bhola's shrimp larva hunters run wild, authorities stumped
09:35 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayIn the coastal heart of Bhola, a clandestine spectacle unfolds each year under the cover of dawn and dusk – a spree of "shrimp fry hunting" with banned micromesh nets defies government bans and threatens the delicate aquatic ecosystems of the Meghna and Tetulia rivers.
Only 15% of Bangladesh’s 75m workers in formal sectors
09:13 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayBangladesh has a workforce of 75 million, with only 15 per cent employed in the formal sector, while the remaining are in the informal sector.
Dhaka wants best ties with Delhi but things go wrong every time: Yunus
08:55 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said Bangladesh wants to build the best of relationship with India but "somehow things go wrong every time".
288 dengue cases reported in a day, 261 in Barisal
06:33 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayA total of 288 new dengue cases were reported across the country in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of confirmed cases to 5,303 since the beginning of this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Yunus not interested to be part of next elected govt
05:44 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said there is no way that he would be interested to be part of the next elected government, stressing that their job is to ensure a well-managed transition to hand over power to an elected government through an election.
DGHS issues 12 guidelines to curb rising COVID Infections
05:22 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayThe Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has issued an urgent advisory in response to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases across Bangladesh, driven by new sub-variants of the virus.
The great Eid loss: Over 65 lakh rawhides going to waste
05:05 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayThis year’s Eid-ul-Azha once again highlighted both the vast potential and ongoing inefficiencies of Bangladesh’s leather industry, with over 65 lakh rawhides reportedly going to waste. While a staggering 9,136,734 animals were sacrificed across the country, only 2,526,233 hides were preserved, highlighting a substantial economic loss.
UK’s NSA Powel meets Yunus
03:58 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus began the second day of his official visit to the United Kingdom on Wednesday with a meeting with the UK's National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell.
COVID: DGHS urges crowd avoidance, resumes hospital testing
03:46 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayAmid a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases driven by a new sub-variant, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has issued urgent measures to curb the spread.
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement leaders attacked in Gopalganj
03:11 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayFive leaders of Madaripur district unit Anti-Discrimination Student Movement have been injured in an attack in Gopalganj's Muksudpur on their way home after distributing fruits among the families of the martyrs and injured victims of July mas uprising...
Israeli troops kill 36 Palestinians attempting to get food in Gaza
02:31 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayPalestinians desperately trying to access aid in Gaza came under fire again Tuesday, killing 36 people and wounding 207, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Experts and humanitarian aid workers say Israel’s blockade...
US, China agree to resolve trade disputes
01:04 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdaySenior US and Chinese negotiators have agreed on a framework to get their trade negotiations back on track after a series of disputes that threatened to derail them, Chinese state media said Wednesday...
AL supporters allegedly kill BNP man in Jashore
12:59 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayA BNP activist was hacked to death allegedly by Awami League (AL) supporters in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district on Tuesday night, June 10...
Mother of Jago News' Moniruzzaman Uzzal dies
11:57 AM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayMina Begum, the mother of Jago News special correspondent Moniruzzaman Uzzal, has died. She was 68...
Covered van runs over 3 including mother, daughter
11:31 AM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayThree people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed and another was injured as a covered van ran over them in Pabna’s Ishwardi on Wednesday morning, June 11...
Almada rescues 10-man Argentina against Colombia
10:23 AM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayArgentina held Colombia to a 1-1 draw in a 2026 World Cup Qualifier in Buenos Aires on Wednesday...