Egypt has invited Chief Advisor Prof Muhammad Yunus to attend the D-8 Summit in December next year, which will be held in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt Ambassador in Dhaka Omar Fahmy handed over the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to the Chief Adviser at his office in Tejgaon on Wednesday. During the meeting, the…

The Council of Advisers of the interim government has been expanded with three new members. They took the oath of office on Sunday evening, UNB reports. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban in the presence of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and senior government officials and dignitaries. The swearing-in-ceremony…

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan asked the forest department no longer to plant eucalyptus and acacia trees. She instructed the department to conserve all tree species, except eucalyptus and acacia, planted along roadsides under a social forestry program. The environment adviser made the directives in a special meeting on Tuesday held at…

In a heartfelt acknowledgment of their invaluable contributions, the country is set to honour its expatriate workers with a new lounge at the Dhaka airport designed to make their journeys more comfortable. Recognized as the true architects of national progress, these workers played a pivotal role in the July-August uprising, and the nation remains deeply…