Bangladesh

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong is scheduled to pay an official visit to Bangladesh on May 21-22 to strengthen their bilateral relationship with Bangladesh and find ways to boost cooperation for regional peace, prosperity and security. Issues related to promotion of trade and investment, sustainable and renewable energy production, Rohingya crisis, maritime security, technology transfer and free and open Indo-Pacific ...

Claiming that the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh has been spreading ‘false and fabricated’ information, former mayor Sayeed Khokon MP has requested him (Taposh) not to do the ‘politics of blame game.’ Sayeed Khokon made the request while addressing a press conference at Jatiya Press Club in the capital early Saturday (May 18) afternoon. The ...

Former Joint Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Mamunul Haque went to the Detective Branch (DB) headquarters on Minto Road in the capital on Saturday. According to DB sources, Mamunul went there around 6pm on Saturday to meet with Chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Harun Or Rashid. Mamunul was released from jail on May 3. The ...

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has asked why journalists would enter the Bangladesh. Quader also questioned in which country, one can enter the central bank freely. “Can anyone enter the central bank of any country of the world freely? You (journalists) have to know information. Everything has been given on website. So, why would you enter the central bank?” ...

  Bangladesh Health Minister Dr. Samanta Lal Sen sought support from the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford to establish a vaccine centre in Bangladesh while visiting the University on Tuesday (14 May) where the AstraZeneca vaccine was developed during the Corona pandemic. During the visit, the Minister met with the Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, Professor ...

Canada’s Indo-Pacific Trade Representative Paul Thoppil on a three-day visit will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday. According to a press release issued by the Canadian High Commission in Dhaka on Saturday, during his visit in Bangladesh he will meet with officials and key partners to promote Canada’s commitment to the region through its Indo-Pacific Strategy. The high commission said Thoppil ...

Indian authorities have stopped passenger travel from Bangladesh through Benapole border on a travel visa for three days due to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. India’s West Bengal’s Lok Sabha elections is scheduled to be held on May 20. To keep the law and order situation normal during the polls, this decision has been taken. However, Bangladeshi passport holders with ...

  Bangladesh and the United Kingdom held their first ever Joint Working Group meeting on Home Affairs on Thursday in London at the British Home Office and signed the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on Returns. British Minister for Countering Illegal Migration James Tomlinson-Mynors KC, and Bangladesh High Commissioner in the UK Saida Muna Tasneem opened the JWG meeting and witnessed ...

The United States has said the sanctions imposed against Bangladesh’s elite force RAB are not being withdrawn. “Those claims are false. The US is not withdrawing sanctions against the RAB,” said Principal Deputy Spokesperson at the US Department of State Vedant Patel, reports UNB. In a regular briefing at the US Department of State, he said sanctions are intended to ...

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Friday vowed her party will take the country towards prosperity confronting all the conspiracies to give the people a beautiful and improved life. “Conspiracies hatch every time (during elections) and we overcome that. We have to be cautious to continue the (winning) trend,” she said. She was addressing the leaders ...