Bangladesh

Bangladesh and the Netherlands have discussed a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues, including the Bangladesh-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the country’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category, migration cooperation and the Rohingya crisis. The discussions took place when Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh, Joris van Bommel, paid a courtesy call on State Minister ...

The Bangladesh government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a loan agreement for the “Emergency Support Loan for Enhancing Economic Resilience and Stable Energy Supply” on Tuesday, marking a significant step toward strengthening the country’s economic stability and energy security amid evolving global and regional challenges. Under the agreement, JICA will provide a Development Policy Loan of JPY ...

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam has said that work is underway to revise the development project proposal for the second phase of the initiative to establish more digital labs in educational institutions. Under the plan, computer labs will be set up in 1,000 educational institutions across the country in the next fiscal year, he said. The ...

Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Md Nurul Islam has said that personal assistants to Members of Parliament (MPs) play an important role in strengthening democracy at the grassroots level and making the parliamentary system more effective and vibrant. He made the remarks while addressing an orientation programme for personal assistants to MPs as the chief guest at the 3D ...

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen has held a courtesy meeting with Opposition Leader and Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqur Rahman. The meeting was held at the Opposition Leader’s office in the National Parliament Building on Tuesday (9 June) at 11:30am. The ambassador was accompanied by Political and Economic Counselor Eric Geelan and Political Officer Hermanoschy Bernard. The ...

A three-member delegation from the United States, led by US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister’s Defence Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam on Monday. The meeting was held at the Defence Adviser’s office at the Armed Forces Division in Dhaka Cantonment, according to an ISPR press release. During the meeting, ...

An Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting is underway with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair. The meeting began this morning at the Public Administration Meeting Room of the Cabinet Division at Bangladesh Secretariat here, said Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony.

Bangladesh Ambassador to China Md Nazmul Islam made a courtesy call on Zhang Hui, President of the Bank of China, at the bank’s headquarters on Monday (8 June) to discuss ways to strengthen financial cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, the two sides focused on expanding banking linkages and facilitating bilateral trade and investment. They exchanged views on ...

Bangladesh and Russia are in discussion to increase manpower export from Bangladesh up to 100,000 workers within the next year. Foreign Minister Dr. Khalilur Rahman made this proposal to the Russian authorities who agreed to work on it expeditiously. Currently, nearly ten thousand Bangladeshis are working in Russia. The two sides are expected to complete necessary formalities in this regard ...

Bangladesh’s labour market in Mauritius is set to reopen after remaining closed for a long period, as the two countries have reached a policy-level agreement to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) soon. The decision was made during a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh’s Minister for Labour and Employment and Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ariful Haque Choudhury and Mauritius’ Minister ...