Bangladesh

The Bangladesh government must remove draconian provisions from the draft Cyber Security Act (CSA) which is to replace the Digital Security Act (DSA), said Amnesty International on Friday. “The Cabinet must not push through the CSA as it is largely a replication of the draconian DSA that preceded it and retains repressive features which have been used to threaten and ...

Sri Lanka has paid back $100 million in second installment of loan taken from Bangladesh two years ago. Bangladesh lent $200 million from its foreign exchange reserves to Sri Lanka during its economic crisis in September 2021. The island nation paid back $50 million in the first installment of the loan repayment last month. Bangladesh Bank Spokesperson and Executive Director ...

Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma on Thursday said New Delhi believed that Bangladesh’s developmental experience and growing capabilities stood to add value to discussions at G-20. He made remark while speaking an discussion titled “G20 Summit : Dhaka to New Delhi” organised by the Bangladesh foreign ministry at Foreign Service Academy in the capital to mark Dhaka’s participation at the ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said Bangladesh government is not harassing Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Yunus on any political or other reasons. “They (those who wrote letters) may think that he (Yunus) is being harassed due to political or other reasons. We hope they will know the facts. We will provide if they want to know,” he told ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud met with the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries Sir John Whittingdale at his office in London on Wednesday. During the meeting, they discussed on increasing cooperation in media and prevention of rumors and misinformation through social media, said a release received in Dhaka on Thursday. Dr Hasan ...

The High Court has issued a ruling seeking an explanation as to why the Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) should not be registered as a political party. The court also asked the Election Commission (EC) why its decision not to register the AB Party should not be declared illegal. The HC bench of Justice KM Qamrul Qader and Justice Mohammad ...

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman never thought that Bangalis would kill him. “Even foreigners never thought that Bangalis can kill Bangabandhu. So, when we went abroad, we had to listen that we were the killer of our Father of the Nation,” he said at a discussion meeting as the chief guest. ...

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said that they will understand how much changes have been made if they read the draft of Cyber Security Act keeping the Digital Security Act beside it. “Their concerns have been addressed through the Cyber Security Act,” he said while talking to newsmen after addressing a meeting on the ‘National Mourning Day and Martyrs of ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen would hold a bilateral talk with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Dhaka on September 7. “We have many bilateral issues to discuss. We have the Rohingya issue too,” he told reporters at the Foreign Service Academy, reports BSS. The Russian Foreign Minister will arrive here on September 7 and after visiting Bangladesh will ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said some major powers of the world want to establish a loyal government in Bangladesh because of the importance of its geographical location. “Actually, due to the geographical location of Bangladesh, some big countries want that there will be a government in Bangladesh which will just lick their feet,” she said, reports UNB. The ...