Monday, 27 March, 2023
Monday, 27 March, 2023
Mohakhali slum fire doused
At least three people were injured in the Sweepers’ Colony fire

President, PM pay homage to Liberation War martyrs

Elaborate programmes taken to mark Independence Day

Recognise March 25 as International Genocide Day, PM urges UN

Nation observes Genocide Day today

Bangladesh ‘quickly becoming a regional leader': Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken has said Bangladesh is ‘quickly becoming a regional leader' with a rapidly growing economy, an increasingly well-educated workforce, and a dynamic youth demographic.   "Americans and Bangladeshis are stronger together because of our cooperation on the defining issues of this era," he said in a press statement on behalf of the United States of America, conveying his best wishes to the people of Bangladesh on its Independence Day.   Blinken said he looks forward to "deepening their partnership" with Bangladesh in the years ahead.   "As you celebrate your Independence Day, Bangladesh has many reasons to be proud," Blinken said.   Blinken said the United States is proud of its partnership with Bangladesh and of the resulting achievements made over the last five decades.   "Most recently, we have made real strides together battling COVID-19, tackling climate change, and promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region," he said.   By committing to democratic norms, good governance, human rights, and media freedom - all of which are hallmarks of developing, stable, and prospering societies - Blinken said he believes Bangladesh will achieve its great potential.   "We commit to working with you in support of free and fair elections, open to all," Blinken said.   He said by generously welcoming Rohingya fleeing genocide, Bangladesh has demonstrated its humanitarian commitment to sheltering vulnerable refugees.   Blinken said, Bangladesh has shown leadership in protecting the environment and strengthening climate resilience by developing adaptation strategies to the climate crisis.  
Mohakhali slum fire doused
At least three people were injured in the Sweepers’ Colony fire

President, PM pay homage to Liberation War martyrs

Elaborate programmes taken to mark Independence Day

Recognise March 25 as International Genocide Day, PM urges UN

Nation observes Genocide Day today

Payra port channel now deepest in Bangladesh
Japan’s ‘Free And Open Indo-Pacific’ plan focuses on Matarbari Port
V-Xpress successfully completes its first consignment of export cargo from Dhaka to Delhi International Airport
Foreign operator for Chittagong port’s New Mooring Terminal
First Citizens BancShares Inc (FCNCA.O) said on Monday it will acquire Silicon Valley Bank's (SIVB.O) deposits and loans as well as certain other assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) recently relaunched an initiative seeking duty-free access to the US market for apparels made from American cotton. "We met with representatives of the
Russia could extend restrictions on fertiliser exports for six months until November to help support the domestic market, agriculture minister Dmitry Patrushev said on Friday. Moscow introduced temporary quotas on some
Director general of the Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection (DNCRP) AHM Shafiquzzaman on Thursday said that broiler chicken will be sold from farms at Tk 190-195 per kg during
In less than a week, Bangladesh's jewellers have revised gold prices four times on the ground of changes in prices of pure gold in the domestic market, reflecting high volatility. Bangladesh
Bangladesh plans to purchase new commercial aircraft from Airbus, a Netherlands-based multinational aerospace company, in order to bolster the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and thereby tap into the growing
Risks to financial stability have increased, IMF chief warns
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on Sunday that risks to financial stability had increased and stressed "the need for vigilance" following the recent turmoil in the banking sector. Speaking at a forum in Beijing, the IMF managing director said she expected 2023 "to be another challenging year", with global growth slowing to below 3.0 percent due the war in Ukraine, monetary tightening and "scarring" from the pandemic. "Uncertainties are exceptionally high," with the outlook for the global economy likely to remain weak over the medium term, she told the China Development Forum. "It is also clear that risks to financial stability have increased," she added. "At a time of higher debt levels, the rapid transition from a prolonged period of low interest rates to much higher rates -- necessary to fight inflation -- inevitably generates stresses and vulnerabilities, as evidenced by recent developments in the banking sector in some advanced economies." Her comments came after the financial sector was shaken by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the enforced takeover of Swiss bank Credit Suisse by rival UBS, leading to fears of contagion. Bank shares tumbled on Friday as fears about the health of the financial sector resurfaced, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz forced to give reassurances about Deutsche Bank after the long-troubled lender became a focus of investor concerns. Georgieva said policymakers had acted decisively in response to financial stability risks. "These actions have eased market stress to some extent, but uncertainty is high which underscores the need for vigilance," she said. The IMF chief, however, pointed to China's rebound as a bright spot for the world economy. The IMF forecasts China's economy to grow 5.2 percent this year, driven by a rebound in private consumption as the country reopens after its pandemic isolation. "The robust rebound means China is set to account for around one third of global growth in 2023 -- giving a welcome lift to the world economy," she said. "A 1.0 percentage point increase in GDP growth in China leads to 0.3 percentage point increase in growth in other Asian economies, on average -- a welcome boost." Georgieva urged China's policymakers to seek to raise productivity and rebalance the economy away from investment and towards more durable consumption-driven growth. "Market-oriented reforms to level the playing field between the private sector and state-owned enterprises, together with investments in education, would significantly lift the economy's productive capacity," she said.
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ADB to continue to stand beside Bangladesh: President Masatsugu

Lauding highly the socio-economic progress and capacity of Bangladesh, visiting Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Masatsugu Asakawa on Monday said that the lending agency would continue to stand beside Bangladesh in the coming days like in the past. The ADB has been continuing to stand beside Bangladesh in its stride towards socio-economic recovery from the pandemic and would continue to support Bangladesh in future also, he said, reports news agency BSS. The ADB president said this as he met finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal at a city hotel on Monday, said a finance ministry press release. The ADB president has been visiting Bangladesh on 12-17 March marking the 50 years partnership of ADB and Bangladesh. The finance minister lauded the role of ADB as one of the leading development partners since 1973 in the development journey of Bangladesh. He informed that in the last 50 years, ADB made a commitment of $28.4 billion to Bangladesh of which it made a disbursement of $21.1 billion till date. Bangladesh also made a repayment of $6.5 billion as principal amount during this period. Kamal said that the outstanding loan of Bangladesh with ADB is now $14.6 billion which is also 24 per cent of the country’s overall foreign loans. Over the last few years, Bangladesh has become the 3rd largest loan recipient country from ADB. The finance minister apprised the ADB President that Bangladesh has become the 35th largest economy of the world with a GDP size or $460 billion. Besides, he expressed his belief that Bangladesh would become one of the top 20 economies of the world by 2041. “Now our goal is to turn Bangladesh into a smart country by 2041 under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in line with Vision 2041,” he added. Mustafa Kamal also expressed his firm belief that the ADB would play an important role in materialising “Smart Bangladesh,” in the coming days. Bangladesh Bank governor Abdur Rouf Talukder, NBR chairman Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem, Finance Division senior secretary Fatima Yasmin, Financial Institutions Division secretary Shaikh Md Salim Ullah, ERD secretary Sharifa Khan, ADB’s South Asia Department director general Kenichi Yokoyama, alternate executive director (AED) Azizul Alam, ADB’s country director for Bangladesh Edimon Ginting were present, among others, on the occasion.

Myanmar: Concrete UN Security Council Action Needed

The United Nations Security Council should build on its December 2022 resolution on Myanmar by adopting tangible measures to hold the junta accountable for ongoing abuses, Human Rights Watch said. The council will hold a session on Myanmar on March 13, 2023, and hear reports from Noeleen Heyzer, the UN secretary-general’s special envoy on Myanmar, and Retno Marsudi, Indonesia’s foreign minister and head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) office of the special envoy on Myanmar. Security Council members should consider the December resolution on Myanmar, which denounced the military’s rights violations since the February 1, 2021 coup, as only a first step to reinvigorate global scrutiny of the junta’s atrocities. The council should take meaningful actions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, including instituting a global arms embargo, referring the country situation to the International Criminal Court, and imposing targeted sanctions on junta leadership and military-owned companies. “Myanmar’s junta has demonstrated it’s impervious to statements of condemnation or concern,” said Louis Charbonneau, UN director at Human Rights Watch. “Its disregard of the Security Council’s December resolution shows the need for a new resolution imposing strong measures like an arms embargo and targeted sanctions for senior military officials and companies linked to the military.” Since December, junta security forces have killed at least 263 people through artillery shelling, airstrikes, and arson attacks on villages, as well as torture, rape, and executions in custody, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). The authorities have arrested at least 486 people and sentenced at least 401 over the same period, including teachers, monks, doctors and nurses, lawyers, National League for Democracy (NLD) legislators and party officials, and aid workers. Most of the convictions have carried sentences of between 10 years to life in prison under “terrorism” or “incitement” provisions put in place or expanded by the junta to broadly criminalize the opposition movement. The junta has committed widespread and systematic abuses against the civilian population – including extrajudicial killings, torture, and wrongful imprisonment – that amount to crimes against humanity. Many attacks on civilians and villages are apparent war crimes. Since February 2021, security forces have killed more than 3,000 people and arbitrarily arrested over 20,000. In February, the junta extended its manufactured state of emergency for an additional six months before declaring martial law in 40 new townships across a number of states and regions, transferring all executive and judicial power to the head of the relevant regional military command. The December council resolution called for “full, safe and unhindered humanitarian access,” expressing deep concern at the “increasingly large numbers of internally displaced persons and dramatic increase in humanitarian need.” However, the Myanmar junta is increasing blockages on humanitarian assistance to prevent aid from reaching populations in need as a form of collective punishment. Since the resolution was adopted, military operations in the southeast and northwest have displaced more than 150,000 civilians, bringing the total number of people displaced since the coup to 1.3 million. Armed clashes have affected almost 80 percent of the country’s townships. The December resolution contained numerous references to ASEAN, which adopted a “five-point consensus” in April 2021 in response to the Myanmar coup. Junta chief Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has since rejected each point of the consensus while exploiting the international community’s deference to the regional bloc. As this year’s ASEAN chair, Indonesia should reroute the bloc’s approach to more effectively isolate the Myanmar junta while soliciting ASEAN support for additional Security Council measures and cooperation with other countries’ efforts to block the flow of revenue and arms to the junta. “The generals have embarked on a scorched earth policy in an attempt to stamp out opposition,” Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, reported earlier this month. “The military, emboldened by continuous and absolute impunity, has consistently shown disregard for international obligations and principles. Urgent, concrete action is needed to end this festering catastrophe.” Security Council members, in light of the junta’s flagrant noncompliance with the ASEAN five-point consensus and December resolution, should use today’s session to identify concrete steps to counter the grave abuses and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law being inflicted daily. “The UN special envoy and Indonesian foreign minister should make clear to Security Council members that the junta’s killings, torture, unlawful arrests, and war crimes demand more targeted action,” Charbonneau said. “Cutting off the junta’s supply of money and weapons is a critical next step to stanch the atrocities being carried out every day in the country.”  

BRAC International ED urges governments to scale effective anti-poverty programmes

BRAC International executive director Shameran Abed called upon governments and the international community to invest in evidence-based approaches at scale to get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track, at the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Doha. Abed, who was a lead discussant at the first High-level Thematic Roundtable of the conference, "Investing in people in least developed countries to leave no one behind,” co-chaired by Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, president of Malawi, and Andrzej Duda, president of Poland, spoke on the urgency and opportunity to renew commitment to the SDGs and the promise of leaving no one behind. Abed said that while interlocking crises like Covid-19, climate change and conflict may make the eradication of poverty seem more challenging than ever before, there are evidence-based programmes that can pull people out of extreme poverty successfully and sustainably, says a press release. He spoke about BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) approach, which combines big push investment in the poorest household with targeted wraparound services, as one such initiative, noting the extensive research demonstrating the programme’s effectiveness in addressing both social and economic vulnerabilities. “What we need to do is stop tinkering around the edges,” he stated, calling for greater global political will, action and investment to massively scale evidence-based initiatives to deliver on the promise made at the start of the Sustainable Development Goals. “Those living in the harshest forms of poverty demand nothing less of us,” he stressed. His comments followed a keynote address by Tarja Kaarina Halonen, former president of Finland, and remarks from panelists including Achim Steiner, administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Victoria Kwakwa, vice president for Eastern and Southern Africa at the World Bank. Heads of governments, ministers and senior officials from 19 countries participated during the open debate at the Roundtable.
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Bangabandhu conferred ‘FOSWAL Literature Award’ for his trilogy
The Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL) today conferred 'Special Literary Award' to Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
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ADB approves $230m loan for Bangladesh flood rehabilitation
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Williamson, Latham punish fumbling Pakistan

Japan coach Moriyasu staying on after WC

Hunger-striking Senegal journalist shifted to hospital

PM opens 1st phase of metro rail today

10 killed, 30 injured in hotel-casino fire on Cambodian border

Bangladesh maintains close ties with all – China, US and India: PM tells CNN

Williamson, Latham punish fumbling Pakistan

Japan coach Moriyasu staying on after WC

Hunger-striking Senegal journalist shifted to hospital

PM opens 1st phase of metro rail today

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Williamson, Latham punish fumbling Pakistan

Japan coach Moriyasu staying on after WC

Hunger-striking Senegal journalist shifted to hospital

PM opens 1st phase of metro rail today

10 killed, 30 injured in hotel-casino fire on Cambodian border

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