After the theft of telephone wires at the Secretariat, a laptop used by the personal secretary of a prime minister's special assistant has been stolen from the Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry in Eskaton.
Japan is providing a loan of approximately Tk 3,800 crore to Bangladesh to enhance economic reforms and energy sector resilience. A loan agreement of 50 billion Japanese yen was signed between the Government of Bangladesh and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to this end.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that Islami Bank is not Islam, Mirza Fakhrul Islam is not Islam, and Jamaat-e-Islami is also not Islam. "It is not right to take refuge in Islam in everything," he said while responding to opposition criticism in the National Parliament on Tuesday, June 9.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has congratulated peacekeepers for their contribution to world peace. In a post on his verified Facebook account on Tuesday evening, June 9, the prime minister said United Nations peacekeeping operations are a unique initiative in ensuring global peace, stability and human security. Peacekeepers continue to work with great courage, patience and dedication to restore peace in regions affected by conflict, violence and humanitarian crises.
A four-member parliamentary delegation from Bangladesh is set to leave for China on a four-day official visit at the invitation of Wang Yubo, Governor of China's Yunnan Province. The delegation will be led by Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament Barrister Kayser Kamal.
Prime Minister and Ecnec Chairperson Tarique Rahman has expressed strong dissatisfaction over the recurring tendency of cost and timeline overruns in project implementation and ordered swift disciplinary action against responsible officials.