Bangladesh

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Friday morning held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in one of the most important engagements of his four-day official visit to China. The meeting, which began at 10:40am local time (8:30am Bangladesh time), lasted for around half an hour, Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Friday paid tributes at the Monument to the People’s Heroes at the Tiananmen Square here by placing a special red-green wreath. While placing the wreath, the national anthems of the two countries were played and the bugle sounded the last post. After laying the wreath at the Monument, the prime minister stood in solemn silence ...

Bangladesh and China on Thurday signed four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in media sector and promote the use of modern technologies. According to a Bangladesh’s information and broadcasting ministry statement, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Chinese Premier Li Qiang witnessed the signing of the MoUs at Beijing’s historic Great Hall of the People. It said Information ...

French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marc Séré-Charlet made a courtesy call on Leader of the Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday at his office in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Political Attaché of the French Embassy Émilie Palahaune was also present during the meeting, said a press release. The discussion was held in a cordial and warm atmosphere, focusing ...

Households paid total Tk12,633 crore bribes in different public and semi-public service sectors in a year under the interim government, said the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday. TIB presented the findings of a citizen survey at a press conference held at its Dhanmondi office. The survey covered 1,149 randomly selected urban and rural areas across the country over the ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke paid a courtesy call on Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed at the latter’s ministry office on Thursday. The meeting, held in a cordial atmosphere, discussed various issues of mutual interest, including law and order, security cooperation between the two countries, and the Rohingya issue. Referring to the existing deep and friendly relations between Bangladesh ...

The 11-party Opposition Alliance, led by Jamaat-e-Islami, will launch a 36-day programme on 1 July to observe the second anniversary of the July Uprising. Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad announced the programme at a press conference held at the party head office, Moghbazar in the capital on Thursday. As per the plans, the alliance will host seminars at ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking the first formal agreement between the two political parties. The MoU was signed at 8:45am local time on Thursday (25 June) at the state-run Diaoyutai Guesthouse in Beijing. On behalf of the BNP, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs and ...

A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the charge-framing hearing until July 26 in a murder case filed over the killing of truck driver Md. Hossain during the July movement, in which former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others have been accused. Judge Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 set the new date after a hearing on Thursday. Defence ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has invited Chinese companies to extend their value chain into Bangladesh to co-author the next great Asian economic miracle in the country. “We are inviting Chinese companies to extend their value chain into Bangladesh. We can help Chinese companies serve global markets while benefitting from growing large domestic demand,” he said. The Prime Minister was addressing ...