Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought support of the international community, including the European Union (EU), for an “early, safe and sustainable” repatriation of the forcibly-displaced Rohingyas. The prime minister said the repatriation of the Rohingyas, temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland, Myanmar, is required for the sake of “peace and stability” in the region, reports UNB. The issue ...

Bangladesh and the United States (US) are keen to deepen their bilateral relations in addressing the defining challenges of climate change. This interest was expressed at the meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury and US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on Tuesday at the latter’s US state department office, said a ...

Three specialist physicians from Johns Hopkins University of the United States have arrived in Dhaka to treat ailing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital for more than two months. Dr Christo Georgiades, Dr James Peter Adam Hamilton, and Dr Hamid Ahmed Abdur Rab arrived in Dhaka at 7:40pm on Wednesday, said BNP Media ...

BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon has been picked up from a house in the city’s Sipahibagh area, alleged his family. He was detained at about 2am on Thursday from his brother’s Sipahibagh residence, said BNP chief’s press wing Shamsuddin Dider in the morning quoting Khokon’s wife Shirin Sultana. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police picked him ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the global leaders to stop war and restore mutual respect among the nations for ensuring peace and progress. “Human connectivity is the lifeline for peace and progress. We must put an end to wars, conflicts, and the arms race,” she said. The prime minister came up with the statement while addressing the opening ...

Three loan and grant agreements on Wednesday were signed among Bangladesh, European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission (EC) involving EUR 407 million to support renewable energy sector of Bangladesh at Brussels in Belgium, reports BSS. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with the EC President Ursula von der Leyen and EIB President Werner Hoyer witnessed the signing of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the European Union (EU) to give Bangladesh the GSP+ facilities to support the country in its development efforts following the LDC graduation in 2026. “I hope that the EU will offer GSP+ to Bangladesh to support our development following our LDC graduation in 2026,” she said in a statement at the signing ceremony ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin, now undergoing treatment in Singapore National University Hospital, returned to his hotel room from the hospital on Wednesday morning and has performed official activities there. “The President’s health condition is quite good now… He returned to the hotel from hospital this morning and is doing his official activities virtually,” President’s personal physician Brigadier General Zulfikar Ahmed Amin ...

Jamaat-e-Islami central committee’s publicity secretary Adv Motiur Rahman Akand was picked up from Uttara in the capital on Wednesday morning. Police’s Uattar Division DC Morshed Alam said Motiur Rahman was arrested from his residence in sector 14 at about 11am. According to Jamaat’s Dhaka Metropolitan South publicity secretary Ataur Rahman Sarker, Motiur Rahman Akand has undergone a bypass surgery. He ...

Three people were killed in Cox’s Bazar district after wall and tree collapsed on them when the Cyclone Hamoon crossed Bangladesh’s coastal districts on Tuesday night. Of the deceased, two were identified as Abdul Khaleq, 40, resident of ward no 7 of the municipality; and Haradhon Dev, 45, of Moheshkhali upazila. Another one killed in Chakaria upazila after tree fell ...