Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today welcomed the Netherlands government's interest in conducting a feasibility study for the Teesta project and providing expertise and technical assistance for its implementation.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has informed about obtaining the information of a plan to form a militant group named ‘Itehadul Ummah’ from the forensic analysis of the mobile phones of the persons arrested from the mosque of Tejgaon College and questioning. The intelligence agencies are examining whether the organisation has any connection with any foreign militant group.
Bangladesh Police have recovered and returned a missing laptop to German tourist Kirill Lander-Weber.
The government will take necessary action over an alleged attempt to harass Dr Muhammad Yunus, former chief adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government, while he was in the United States, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Zahed Ur Rahman has said.
Bangladesh is holding discussions with the World Bank to secure an additional US$10 billion in financial assistance, but no final decision has been made yet, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said today.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sharply downgraded its forecast for Bangladesh’s economic growth in the current fiscal year to 3.2 per cent. The fund also expects global inflation to rise to 4.7 per cent this year.