The visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban in the capital on Friday morning . Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit to Bangladesh on Thursday evening. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received his Russian counterpart at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka with a ...
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PM Sheikh Hasina leaves for New Delhi to attend G20 Summit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on Friday morning for New Delhi to attend the G20 Summit from September 8-10 at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage members, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 11am. The flight is scheduled to land at the ...
Read More »Hasina, Modi to meet Friday
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will have a bilateral meeting in New Delhi on Friday evening focusing on important regional issues, reports UNB. She is scheduled to leave for New Delhi on Friday at noon to attend the G20 Summit at the invitation of her Indian counterpart. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said the two ...
Read More »SQC’s lawyer Barrister Fakhrul sent to jail in burglary case
A court in Dhaka on Thursday sent three people, including Barrister Fakhrul Islam, convicted in a case for leaking draft verdict in the war crimes trial against his client Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, in a burglary case. The other two accused are– Mohammad Bashir and Ismail Hossain. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider passed the order as police produced the trio before ...
Read More »Three MoUs likely to be signed during PM’s India visit: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said three Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) are likely to be signed between Dhaka and New Delhi during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s India visit to attend the ‘G-20 Leaders Summit’ from September 8-10. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave the country on Friday on a Biman’s special flight to attend ...
Read More »Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Dhaka
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit following his trip to Jakarta. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received him at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 6:00pm on Thursday (September 7). This is the first visit of any Russian foreign minister to Bangladesh in the 52 years’ history of bilateral relations that ...
Read More »President seeks urgent global actions to solve Rohingya issue
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday sought urgent global actions to find durable solutions to the Rohingya issue as any delay in safe, voluntary and sustainable repatriation of displaced Myanmar nationals may put the entire region at risk. “It is the collective responsibility of the international community to find a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis in its place of origin ...
Read More »President praises IORA for promoting balanced development in Indian Ocean region
President Mohammed Shahabuddin today appreciated the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) for promoting sustained growth and balanced development in the Indian Ocean region as its Secretary General Dr Salman Al Farisi called on him on the ASEAN summit’s sidelines here. “President Shahabuddin praised IORA secretary general’s leadership for steering the association and commended his team’s excellent efforts for IORA’s cause,” ...
Read More »BNP wants to play ill-game over Dr Yunus: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that after failing in all its movements, BNP now wants to play ill-game by making Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus an issue. “Parliamentary elections are approaching. Evil forces are active ahead of the polls. Last time, they (BNP and its allies) joined hands with Dr Kamal Hossain to carry out rampage. This ...
Read More »CERF allocates $8m for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
The United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated $8 million to provide support to almost a million Rohingya refugees staying in camps in Cox’s Bazar district and on the island of Bhasan Char. The funding allocation to Bangladesh is part of a CERF initiative to support underfunded humanitarian operations in 14 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and ...
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