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US President Joe Biden held a bilateral meeting with the Interim Government's Chief Advisor, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. They held the meeting on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday (September 24) morning local time in New York. The bilateral meeting also raised the issue of the courageous role of students against all forms of oppression during the previous government's tenure. US President Joe Biden commented on the sacrifice of the students at the time. According to a post on the verified Facebook page of the Office of the Chief Advisor, in the meeting, Professor Yunus told Joe Biden about the courageous role of students against all forms of oppression during the previous government's tenure and their important contribution to the reconstruction of Bangladesh. Professor Yunus emphasized that in the reconstruction of the country...

The talented and brave army officer Tanjim Charowar Nirjon passed away. Everyone present bid him a tearful farewell. The deceased army officer used to tell his relatives about his future dreams. 'Just pray for me. I want to serve the country and the nation by becoming the chief of the army in the future with my talent and qualifications.' But unfortunately, his dream did not come true. Before that, he was stabbed by robbers and fled to the land of no return. Nirjon's future dreams were conveyed by his uncle Ashraf Ali Khan Sharif. Nirjon's body was brought to the Tangail district headquarters helipad on Tuesday (September 24) afternoon. The army called the family at 6:30 am that day…

US President Joe Biden's bilateral meeting with the interim government's chief advisor, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, is today. The meeting is going to be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York on Tuesday (September 24). Several diplomatic sources said that the chief advisor will present the background of the interim government, various steps to reform the country, and various challenges of the government in this meeting with the US President. The topic of India may also come up for discussion. Diplomatic sources in Dhaka and New York said that the meeting of the two leaders will be held at the UN headquarters today, Tuesday at 11:30 am (9:30 pm Bangladesh time) according to New York's local time. In the meantime, the issue of Dr. Yunus and Biden's meeting has come up for discussion. Because, three decades…

Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association has announced the introduction of 'half pass' (half fare) for students seven days a week. Saiful Alam, general secretary of the association, said that the decision will be effective in all metropolitan areas of the country including Dhaka on Tuesday (September 24). He made the announcement at a meeting organized by Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association at the Engineers Institution Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium in the capital on Monday (September 23). The meeting was organized to raise awareness among owners and workers with the aim of restoring order on roads and highways. Saiful Alam said that students will get this facility of paying half fare every day from 6 am to 12 midnight. For this, students will have to be wearing uniform or have a photo ID card with them. Owners Association…

Leftist politician Anura Kumar Dissanayake has won the Sri Lankan presidential election. He made history by winning the second round of counting on Sunday evening. This was the first time in Sri Lanka's history that an election was counted in the second round. Earlier, in the first round of counting in the afternoon, no candidate received more than 50 percent of the total votes. Dissanayake received 42.31 percent of the votes in this round. While his closest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, received 32.76 percent of the votes. On the other hand, incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe received only 17 percent of the votes. As a result, he was in third place. And because of this, he did not have the opportunity to participate in the second round. However, Dissanayake, who is a good governance…

The United Nations will assist Bangladesh in reforming key institutions, including the police and the election commission, as initiated by the interim government, UN Resident Coordinator Gwen Lewis said. She said this during a courtesy call on Principal Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus at his office in Tejgaon on Sunday (September 22). The Principal Advisor’s press wing said that during the courtesy call on Dr. Muhammad Yunus by the UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, they discussed reforms in various fields, corruption, floods, the Rohingya crisis and the UN-led investigation into the July-August genocide. Gwen Lewis expressed her interest in supporting the reform initiatives taken by the interim government and thanked Dr. Yunus for his extraordinary role as the head of the post-revolutionary administration. The July-August revolution…

Government employees have to submit the account of the assets by December 31 every year, said the senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration. Md. Mekhles Ur Rahman. He said this in a briefing at the Secretariat on Sunday (September 22) in the deposition poison.

India won the first two-match Test series against Bangladesh, which Rohit Sharma's team lost by 280 runs against Bangladesh. India has not made any changes in the second Test squad, the team in the Chennai Test have been nominated for the second Test. The BCCI has announced that the Chennai Test team is being nominated for Kanpur in the first Test, which has been confirmed in the statement signed by the BCCI Secretary J. Shah Shah, who has been able to see a change in the starting XI in the Kanpur Test from 27 September to 1 October. Both the matches of the ICC Test Championship are the ICC Test Championships.

The court granted a five-day remand to former Railway Minister Nurul Islam on the charge of killing a man named Rafiqul Islam and the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Husband on Sunday.

জাতিসংঘ সাধারণ অধিবেশনে যোগ দিতে আগামী ২৪ সেপ্টেম্বর নিউইয়র্ক যাচ্ছেন অন্তর্বর্তী সরকারের প্রধান উপদেষ্টা অধ্যাপক ড. মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস। আগামী ২৭ সেপ্টেম্বর জাতিসংঘের ৭৯তম সাধারণ অধিবেশনে বক্তব্য দেওয়ার পর ওই দিনই ঢাকার উদ্দেশ্যে রওনা দেবেন তিনি। শনিবার (২১ সেপ্টেম্বর) পররাষ্ট্র উপদেষ্টা মো. তৌহিদ হোসেন এ তথ্য জানিয়েছেন। একই সঙ্গে প্রধান উপদেষ্টার সঙ্গে কোন কোন দেশের এবং কোন কোন সংস্থার প্রতিনিধির বৈঠক অনুষ্ঠিত হবে সেটিও জানান তিনি। পররাষ্ট্র উপদেষ্টা বলেন, ‘নেদারল্যান্ডসের প্রধানমন্ত্রী ডিক স্কফ, পাকিস্তানের প্রধানমন্ত্রী শাহবাজ শরিফ, নেপালের প্রধানমন্ত্রী কেপি শর্মা অলি, ইউরোপীয় কমিশনের প্রেসিডেন্ট উরসুলা ভন ডার লেইন, যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী অ্যান্থনি ব্লিনকেন, জাতিসংঘ মহাসচিব অ্যান্তোনিও গুতেরেস, জাতিসংঘ মানবাধিকার হাইকমিশনার ভলকার…