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Changes in basic state principles recommended

Full reports on reforms by Jan 31 Talks with parties by mid-Feb Govt circular today extending six commissions' tenure by one month A nomenclature update as 'Janoganotantric Bangladesh' through constitutional overhaul has been proposed among other recommendations like changes to the fundamental state principles, bicameral parliament, and curtailed of power...

Inflation, economic downturn BD's major future challenges

Inflation and economic downturn will remain the two major economic challenges for Bangladesh in the coming days, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).The three other issues would be extreme weather events like floods and heat waves, pollution, and unemployment or lack of economic opportunity, it said in a latest...

Khaleda Zia acquitted in graft case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and five others of the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.The apex court allowed all the appeals filed by the accused and scrapped the verdicts delivered by the High Court and the trial court in the case.Earlier,...

BD to seek easier loan terms, trade support

Relaxing conditionalities of Chinese loans, trade support, Rohingya repatriation, and renewal of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on water resources will dominate the bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on January 21. The foreign affairs adviser is set to depart...

LGD seeks Tk 14.23b for two controversial 'MP projects'

An allocation of Tk 14.23 billion has been sought for executing controversial projects taken posthaste by the Awami League government on demands from MPs in the wake of the student-mass movement that toppled it.Local Government Division (LGD) has placed such fund request, officials said. Initially, Tk 8.75 billion was allocated...

S Korean President arrested over failed martial law bid

SEOUL, Jan 15 (AFP): Impeached South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over his failed martial law bid, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities and becoming the first sitting president to be detained in the nation's history.Yoon, who faces charges of insurrection over his short-lived effort to...