Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on Saturday stressed collective efforts to move Bangladesh forward, aiming to provide a better and more dignified life for all citizens.
“We want to ensure a quality life for all,” he said at an event unveiling the second edition cover of his book, “Govornorer Smritikotha”, followed by a discussion meeting at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) Auditorium in Dhaka. The book first edition was published in 2019.
Dr. Salehuddin recalled that the country had nearly plunged into a severe crisis during the previous regime. “Bangladesh was almost on the brink of falling into a ditch,” he noted, “but now it is turning around, thanks to the sincere efforts of the government and support from all stakeholders.”
About 84 percent of the people want an independent and strong Local Government Commission to be formed through enactment of a new law aiming to strengthen the country local government system, a household survey revealed.
It showed that about 71 percent think that elections should not be held to local government bodies with symbols of political parties, while 24 percent think that local government polls should be held with party symbols.
As per the request of the Local Government Reform Commission, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conducted the survey in January 2025 covering 46,080 households in rural and urban areas in 64 districts of the country.
The findings of the survey were disclosed in a report of the Local Government Reform Commission.
The foreign ministry has said some quarters have
been misinterpreting an instant walkout by some delegates from the speech of
the Israeli delegate at the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety
on February 18, in Marrakesh, Morocco.
"This is to inform that the Bangladesh delegation was also among the
countries that walked out," said the Ministry in a statement on Friday.
Bangladesh position on Palestinian cause and Israeli genocide and other
repressions of the Palestinians is well known, said the foreign ministry in
its statement.
Bangladesh and India have agreed to take effective measures to bring down border killings of Bangladeshi nationals to zero level and conduct joint inspection in case of carrying out any construction within 150 yards of the frontiers.
The two countries reached the agreement after a four-day Director General (DG) level conference of the two border forces-Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India held on February 17-20 in Indian capital New Delhi.
A 13-member Bangladesh delegation led by BGB DG Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui participated in the conference.
On the other hand, a 13-member Indian delegation was led by BSF Director General Daljit Singh Chawdhary in the conference.
A joint statement was issued after the conference in which both the friendly countries have agreed on some issues of bilateral interest, said a BGB press release issued here today.