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BFIU blocks HBM Iqbal's attempts to withdraw Tk 2.87bn from Premier Bank

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has blocked an attempt by former Premier Bank chairman HBM Iqbal and his family members to withdraw Tk 2.87 billion from their... Read More


Disney says Kimmel will return to the air on Tuesday, six days after suspension

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- gulatory probe and suspended over comments he made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. Disney's move to restore the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show to the lineu... Read More


Bangladesh 'fully prepared' for free, fair polls in February: CA Yunus to US envoy

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus says Bangladesh is "fully prepared" to hold a free, fair, and peaceful general election in the first half of February, according to state news agen... Read More


Bangladesh leader Yunus arrives in New York to attend UN General Assembly

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has reached New York to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A commercial flight of Emirates Airlines carrying t... Read More


Yunus offers condolences to family of slain Bangladeshi NYPD policeman on US trip

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- He also presented a crest to Didarul's family members as a mark of respect when they met him at his hotel in New York on Monday night local time, according to state news agency... Read More


Wars, displacements are shattering lives and economies, says Yunus

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has warned that the world is facing a series of "interconnected crises", and called for young people to lead a new era of civilisation built on soc... Read More


Awami League activists confront BNP's Fakhrul in NY, NCP's Akhter pelted with eggs

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- BNP and National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders who accompanied Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to the UN General Assembly session in New York have been harassed by Awami League supp... Read More


NCP demands dismissal of all New York consulate staff after attack on Akhter

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) Diaspora Alliance has condemned attacks on political leaders accompanying Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on his official visit to the United Stat... Read More


Yunus urges youth to form 'three zero clubs' to help change the world

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has called on young people to form "three zero clubs" in a bid to help change the world. "I speak of a world of 'three zeros': zero net carbon emi... Read More


Maj Gen Kabir Ahmed, Hasina's former military secretary, moved to foreign ministry as ambassador

Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- Maj Gen Kabir Ahmed, former military secretary to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has been reassigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take up an ambassadorial role. ... Read More