Bangladesh

Customs intelligence officials have seized more than eight kilograms of cocaine, worth around Tk 130 crore, from a foreign passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. The foreign passenger named MS Petula Stafel, a citizen of Guyana, has also been detained. He arrived in Dhaka from Doha by a Qatar Airways flight around 2AM, said Sonia Akter, deputy director ...

The interim government has announced a reward of up to Tk 5 lakh to the recovery of weapons looted before and after August 5 last year, during the July Uprising of students and the public. The announcement was made on Monday by Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury at a press briefing held at the Secretariat. For ...

The United States has praised Bangladesh for sheltering forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar. Washington also expressed gratitude to other countries in the region that continue to provide refuge to those fleeing Myanmar. In a press statement issued on Sunday (August 24) local time, the U.S. State Department’s Principal Deputy Spokesperson Thomas “Tommy” Pigott made the remarks. “The United States expresses ...

Prof Yunus said that it will be a historic blunder, if they wait for seeing the very last Rohingya leaving Rakhine. He said they see fearful and shattered eyes of Rohingya women and men when they appear at our doorsteps with horrific stories. The stories include, among others, systematic persecution, denial of nationality, forced deportation, mass killing, rape, inhuman torture, ...

BNP International Affairs Secretary Barrister Rumeen Farhana on Sunday alleged that she was physically shoved by fellow party men during a hearing on constituency boundary disputes at the Election Commission in Dhaka. The incident occurred during a hearing on the demarcation of Brahmanbaria-2 and Brahmanbaria-3 constituencies at the Election Commission headquarters in Agargaon. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Ahsan Habib Nasir ...

Bangladesh has firmly rejected Pakistan’s assertion that all unresolved matters related to 1971 Liberation War; particularly the issues of war crimes, genocide and accountability, have already been settled. The statement came in response to comments made by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar during his official visit to Dhaka. Speaking to the media in Dhaka on Sunday, ...

A physical altercation occurred between two groups during the hearing over demands and objections related to the redrawing of boundaries for Brahmanbaria-2 and Brahmanbaria-3 constituencies at the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday afternoon. The hearing began around noon at the EC auditorium in Agargaon, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin, with senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed ...

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, currently visiting Dhaka, has stated that the unresolved issue of 1971 between Bangladesh and Pakistan has been settled twice. He emphasized the need to move forward. On Sunday (24 August) morning, Ishaq Dar held a meeting with Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Tauhid Hossain at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. ...

Bangladesh and Pakistan have signed six agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation across various sectors. The signing took place in the presence of Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Tauhid Hossain and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar. The bilateral meeting between the two leaders began around 10:45 AM on Sunday at ...

Bangladesh and Pakistan officially begin meeting at the foreign ministerial level, photo: Collected A meeting is currently underway between Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar at Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka. Dar arrived in the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of the government of ...