Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated the two-day international event titled “ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity and Sustainable Development” at Intercontinental Hotel. Bangladesh, Bulgaria and Japan along with UNFPA are hosting the event. The dialogue has created a platform to discuss the challenges and explore the opportunities of the world’s shifting demographics, reports BSS. This year marks the ...

Bangladesh and Ireland held their first-ever Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in Dublin on Monday and signed the first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Biennial Consultations between the foreign ministries of two countries. The FOC held at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, where Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary) Ambassador Masud Bin Momen and his Irish counterpart Secretary-General Joseph Hackett led their ...

Wouter van Wersch, the Executive Vice President of Airbus, on Tuesday (May 14) held a meeting with Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury at the Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka. The meeting highlighted the critical role of satellite technology in monitoring the environmental changes and climate phenomena. The presence of French Ambassador to Bangladesh, Marie Masdupuy, added further ...

Metro Rail will now ply on Fridays from the month of July, according to Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL). As commuters want to get the service even on holidays too and considering the passengers’ rush the DMTCL took the decision at a meeting. According to DMTCL sources, initial discussions have been held regarding Metro Rail operation on Fridays like ...

Being freed from the captivity of Somali pirates, 23 Bangladeshi sailors of ‘MV Abdullah’ cargo ship returned to Chattogram Port and reunited with their families on Tuesday (May 14). They returned to their respective relatives at 4:00pm on Tuesday at New Mooring Terminal of the port after one month of their release. They arrived from Kutubdia by ‘MV Jahan Moni-3’ ...

The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit. He will discuss trade and investment, security, climate change, citizens’ rights and other prioritised issues with government officials and other non-government stakeholders. This is his first visit as a senior official of the US state department since the 12th ...

Bangladesh and Turkey, two nations boasting immense trade potential, stand on the cusp of becoming the nexus for commerce between Europe and South and Southeast Asia. The sentiment was echoed by FBCCI President Mahbubul Alam during a gathering with the visiting delegation from the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkiye (DEIK) and the Turkiye-Bangladesh Business Council on Monday in Dhaka’s ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday said US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is not so important to BNP. “Donald Lu is not so important to us. The activity of Chattogram Hill Tracts Kuki-Chin armed group is more important than Donald Lu to us,” he told a press briefing at ...

The minister-level meeting of Bangladesh-India water resources ministry is likely to be held after India’s Lok Sabha election, hoped Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Monday. “The secretary-level meeting of the water resources ministries of the two countries will be held soon, and the minister-level meeting after the ongoing India’s Lok Sabha polls, he said. Verma disclosed this ...

As many as one hundred and thirty candidates have withdrawn their candidacy from the third phase Upazila Parishad election scheduled to be held on May 29, said the Election Commission (EC) on Monday. Md. Shariful Alam, Director (Public Relations) of the EC, due to the withdrawal of candidacy six will be elected unopposed. Of those who have withdrawn candidacy, 73 ...