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Good morning, people. Bring your own umbrellas🌧️— it’s gonna be cats and dogs out there for the next 5 days (Met office says… and maybe worse after that). Oh, and Ishraque Hossain said sorry for all the suffering and traffic his people caused in his Dhaka.
But 😬 🤞..

📰Prodhan Khobor

BNPvsNCP-backed protest | CA considering resignation | OpenAI x Jony Ive

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🚧 Mounting Pressure on Interim

Bangladesh’s interim government is facing mounting pressure as rival parties call for the resignation of key advisers, raising fears of political instability. BNP-backed protests demanding the mayoral oath for Ishrak Hossain in Dhaka South have evolved into a broader call for the removal of two student advisers, Asif Mahmud and Mahfuz Alam. Meanwhile, NCP is pushing back, threatening to force out three other advisers they accuse of bias, setting the stage for a tense standoff within the interim administration.

This tug-of-war reflects deeper political fractures. The interim advisory council, formed after a national upheaval, includes 23 advisers from various factions. Many advisers have partisan ties, with BNP and NCP each backing different figures. The protests gained momentum after the High Court allowed Ishrak’s mayoral oath but didn’t address the adviser resignations, prompting continued unrest. The rival demands highlight the fragile balance of power and the challenges of maintaining a neutral caretaker government ahead of upcoming elections.

What happens next could decide Bangladesh’s political trajectory. If these demands escalate, the interim government risks paralysis—or worse, collapse—at a critical time.

🤔SHOWER THOUGHT

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ঐDeshi

🚩 Chief Advisor is considering resignation. Nahid Islam, leader of the National Citizens' Party, visited him at his residence in Jamuna to discuss the country’s current situation. Nahid said Yunus feels unable to continue working under the present circumstances and urged him not to resign, calling for political unity among parties.

📝 Army drops full list of VIPs who hid in cantonments post-Hasina ouster. ISPR named 626 people—from AL bigwigs like Palak and Shirin Sharmin to judges and cops—who were sheltered during the 2024 uprising “on humanitarian grounds.” The move aims to kill off swirling rumours and defend the military’s neutral stance amid political chaos.

❌ Interim gov has cancelled a $21 million warship order from India’s Garden Reach Shipbuilders, originally signed under Sheikh Hasina’s administration. The move, revealed through the Indian firm's stock filing, is seen as part of a broader rollback of Hasina-era defense deals following her ouster in 2024.

📉 Bangladesh Bank Governor expects inflation to drop to 5% by the end of 2025, which is key to stabilizing the exchange rate. He stressed the need for macroeconomic reforms and building foreign reserves while opposing import restrictions. Mansur also warned about capital flight and urged that the exchange rate should be set domestically, cautioning against following speculative dollar rate changes.

📊Data Point

$30b
Reserve target for next month: BB Governor

🌍Bideshi

🚨 Two Israeli embassy staffers killed in DC shooting outside Jewish museum in suspected hate attack. The victims, a couple set to get engaged, were gunned down by a man reportedly shouting “Free Palestine” before his arrest.

🤖 OpenAI is teaming up with iPhone design legend Jony Ive in a $6.5B bet to reinvent A.I. hardware. The deal brings Ive’s startup IO under OpenAI’s wing to create next-gen devices for the post-smartphone era—think ambient, wearable, and maybe even useful. Altman and Ive say it’s about “elevating humanity,” but it’s also OpenAI’s priciest flex yet.

🔗 Meta just locked in 650MW more solar to keep its AI servers humming. The new deal with AES covers solar farms in Texas and Kansas, pushing Meta’s renewables total past 12GW as it races to green its massive AI infrastructure. With Texas leading the solar boom, fast builds and cheap power are fueling Silicon Valley’s clean-energy binge.

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❕ Baki-Stuff

• Top Maoist leader killed as India cracks down on rebels.

• ICT empowers investigation officers with authority of arrest, seizure.

• 150 Chinese business delegates will accompany Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on his visit to Dhaka.

• Ishraque suspends road blockade protest for 48 hours amid mayoral oath demand as Mayor.

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