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103 The Women’s Affairs Reform Commission will submit its report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today. “The Women’s Affairs Reform Commission will submit its report to the Honorable Chief Adviser tomorrow at 4:30 pm today,” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. In November 2024, the government formed the 10-member Women’s Affairs Reform Commission with Shireen Parveen Haque, a founding member of Nari Paksha, as its chief. Other members of the commission are: Maheen Sultan, senior fellow, Brac Institute of Governance and Development; Sara Hossain, executive director, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (Blast); Fawzia…

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15 Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus has assured the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) that the interim government will host a free and fair election between December-2025 and June-2026. “We want to make sure that the election will be the best in Bangladesh’s history and milestone for the country’s democratic journey,” he said as a delegation of ANFREL met him at the State Guest House Jamuna here on Thursday. The ANFREL delegation included its Executive Director Brizza Rosales, Consultant for the Bangladesh Elections and Democracy Programme May Butoy, Senior Programme Officer for Campaign and Advocacy Tharindu Abeyrathna, Programme Officer…

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8 Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md. Mahfuj Alam today said those running the state affairs would become more aware when media would continue asking more questions. “The media have to ask questions because when media continues to ask questions, the people running the state affairs become more aware and compelled to behave more responsibly,” he said. The adviser made this remark while speaking at a seminar titled “Brave New Bangladesh: Reform Roadmap for Press Freedom” as chief guest in the capital’s Midas Center. UNESCO Dhaka Office, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and the Embassy of Sweden jointly organized the seminar marking…

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52 The Health Sector Reform Commission today submitted its report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. The members of the commission, led by its chief Professor AK Azad Khan, handed over the report to Prof Yunus at about 11 am at the State Guest House Jamuna here, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. In November 2024, the government formed a 12-member Health Sector Reform Commission. The members of the commission are: Prof AK Azad Khan (chief), president of Diabetic Association of Bangladesh; Prof Md Muhammad Zakir Hossain of Public Health and Health Informatics Department at…

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4 Tensions have escalated once again along the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, as both sides reportedly exchanged heavy gunfire and missile strikes starting from midnight on Tuesday. According to reports, the Indian military launched missiles targeting Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and other regions. In retaliation, Pakistan initiated a counter-offensive, claiming its air force successfully shot down two Indian fighter jets. A security source also confirmed that an attack was carried out on an Indian Army brigade headquarters. Pakistan’s Express Tribune reported that Indian forces fired a missile in the Dudhnial sector of the LoC, destroying a Pakistani…

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3 The interim government today formed a committee to restructure the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) that draws personnel from three armed services alongside police, home affairs adviser retired lieutenant general M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said. “We have formed a committee to decide on how the RAB will be reorganised,” he told reporters emerging from a meeting of the advisory council on law and order at his ministry’s conference room at the Bangladesh Secretariat. Chowdhury said the committee would decide if the special law enforcement agency would retain its name and existing uniform alongside the issues related to its modus operandi.…

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2 Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today called for an integrated economic strategy among Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Seven North Eastern States of India, emphasising the potential of cross-border collaboration in hydropower, healthcare, and road connectivity. The Chief Adviser made the call when the visiting Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nepal Indira Rana called on him at his office here. The Deputy Speaker of Nepal is currently visiting Bangladesh for attending an event organised by the Embassy of Nepal in Dhaka. During the meeting, the Chief Adviser stressed the urgency of fostering…

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0 Home Ministry today issued a gazette notification banning all activities of the Awami League, its all front, associate and brotherly organizations. “Until the trial of the leaders and activists of Bangladesh Awami League and all its front, associate and brotherly organizations is completed at the International Crimes Tribunal, all activities including any kind of publication in the media, online and social media, all kinds of campaign, procession, meeting, gathering, conference, etc. of Bangladesh Awami League and its all front, associates and brotherly organizations are prohibited,” it reads. “This order will be effective immediately,” the gazette said. The gazette was…

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বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর সহকারী সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল এটিএম আজহারুল ইসলামের অবিলম্বে নিঃশর্ত মুক্তির দাবিতে প্রধান উপদেষ্টার কার্যালয়ের সামনে গণঅবস্থান কর্মসূচি ঘোষণা করেছে দলটি। আগামী ২৫ ফেব্রুয়ারি বেলা ২টা থেকে বিকেল ৪টা পর্যন্ত এ কর্মসূচি পালন করবে তারা। দলের সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল সাবেক এমপি অধ্যাপক মিয়া গোলাম পরওয়ার শুক্রবার (২১ ফেব্রুয়ারি) এক বিবৃতিতে কর্মসূচি ঘোষণা করেন। বিবৃতিতে তিনি বলেন, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামীর সহকারী সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল এটিএম আজহারুল ইসলাম তৎকালীন ফ্যাসিস্ট সরকারের মিথ্যা ও সাজানো মামলায় বিগত ১৩ বছরের অধিক সময় ধরে কারাগারে আটক আছেন। ফ্যাসিস্ট সরকারের পতনের পর ফ্যাসিবাদ বিরোধী রাজনৈতিক দলের অনেক নেতাকর্মী মুক্তিলাভ করেছেন। দেশবাসী আশা করেছিল, চরম জুলুম-নির্যাতনের শিকার এটিএম…

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ড. ইউনূসের দ্বিতীয় ইনিংস শুরুপ্রধান উপদেষ্টা অধ্যাপক মুহাম্মদ ইউনূসের নেতৃত্বে রাজধানীর ফরেন সার্ভিস কমিশনে চলছে জাতীয় ঐকমত্য কমিশনের প্রথম বৈঠক ঢাকা: অন্তর্বর্তী সরকারের ছয় মাসে প্রথম ইনিংস বা প্রথম অধ্যায় শেষ হয়েছে। শনিবার (১৫ ফেব্রুয়ারি) রাজনৈতিক সংলাপের মাধ্যমে দ্বিতীয় অধ্যায় শুরু হলো বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন প্রধান উপদেষ্টা অধ্যাপক মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস। সংস্কার প্রস্তাব বাস্তবায়নে ঐক্য প্রতিষ্ঠার লক্ষ্যে রাজনৈতিক দলগুলোর সঙ্গে বৈঠক বসেছে জাতীয় ঐকমত্য কমিশন। শনিবার (ফেব্রুয়ারি ১৫) বিকেল ৩টার পর রাজধানীর ফরেন সার্ভিস কমিশনে শুরু হওয়া এ বৈঠকে নেতৃত্ব দিচ্ছেন জাতীয় ঐকমত্য কমিশনের প্রধান অন্তর্বর্তী সরকারের প্রধান উপদেষ্টা অধ্যাপক মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস। সেখানেই তিনি এ কথা বলেন। ড. ইউনূসের নেতৃত্বে জাতীয়…

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