Election Commissioner Md Anisur Rahman today said that the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections will be held in the first week of January next year.
"We have not fixed the polling date yet. But we can assure that the next JS elections will be held in the first week of January in 2024," he said while speaking at the inaugural function of a training programme in the city.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal inaugurated the first phase of training of trainers (TOT) programme at Electoral Training Institute (ETI) in the city Agargaon area.
Anisur said that with launching of the TOT programme, the activities to hold the next JS polls have formally started.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumed its direct Dhaka-Narita-Dhaka flight tonight while Bangladesh and Japan recently uplifted its bilateral ties to "strategic partnership" for boosting trade and security cooperation as well as increase people to people contacts.
The inaugural flight BG 0376 took off from Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11.45pm (local time) and is scheduled to reach Narita International Airport in Japan on September 2 at 9.15 am (local time).
State minister for civil aviation and tourism M Mahbub Ali inaugurated the inaugural flight of the national flag carrier as the chief guest while Japan ambassador in Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori was present.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said
Bangladesh government is not harassing Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Yunus on
any political or other reasons.
“They (those who wrote letters) may think that he (Yunus) is being harassed
due to political or other reasons. We hope they will know the facts. We will
provide if they want to know,” he told reporters while at a briefing at a
foreign ministry.
The foreign minister said the government did not file any case against Dr
Yunus rather he is facing legal process with allegation of cheating with the
labourers and tax evasion.
The government will set up two Digital Economy hubs for the ICT industry to create conducive environment for digital economy by providing policy support, implementing upskilling and reskilling initiatives and coordinating Center of Excellence on digital technologies.
The digital economy hub which will be set up on the premises of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and Bangladesh Association of Contact Center and Outsourcing (BACCO) would also develop a comprehensive institutional framework and system for the digital economy ecosystem that would benefit all businesses.
Two separate Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) were signed today in this regard between the World Bank financed Enhancing Digital Government Economy (EDGE) Project of BCC and BASIS, along with BACCO at the auditorium of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC).