Bangladesh

Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York, has presented his credentials to Michael W. Lodge, the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the International Seabed Authority. The presentation ceremony took place at the Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority in Kingston, Jamaica on Thursday (March ...

Bangladesh will start importing diesel through pipeline from India on Saturday (March 18, 2023). Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will inaugurate India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline through video-conferencing at 5:30pm on that day. Around 10,000 tonnes of diesel is set to come through the pipeline on the first day on Saturday, said sources at the Bangladesh ...

  Mirror Desk:   “The world must not forget that it was Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s extraordinary courage, compassion and humanitarian decision to open up border and heart to more than 7,50,000 Rohingyas in 2017 that saved the world from witnessing a human catastrophe,” said State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Md Shahriar Alam MP while addressing the ...

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman here on his 103rd birth anniversary and the National Children’s Day-2023. The President and the Prime Minister in person paid their homage by placing wreaths at the mausoleum of Bangabandhu at Tungipara in Gopalganj at about 10:30 ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen who is leading the Bangladesh delegation to the 49th OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) taking place in Nouakchott, Mauritania from 16-17 March reiterated his country’s continued engagements with the OIC which has always been guided by the principles of peace, prosperity, and development. This year, the CFM is being held with the theme “Moderation: ...

Bangladesh has been elected as a member of the OIC Islamic Human Rights Council. Other members from Asia are Turkey and Iran. Bangladesh has also been elected as the vice-president of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the world’s largest body of Muslim-majority nations. Other vice-presidents are Palestine and Nigeria. Mauritania, the host country, got elected as president of the ...

High Commission of India in collaboration with the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) organized a Seminar on “Improved Connectivity: Unlocking Economic Potential between India & Bangladesh” on 16 March in Dhaka. High Commissioner Pranay Verma and President of DCCI Barrister Sameer Sattar jointly hosted the programme.  H.E. Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Hon’ble Prime Minister ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking his 103rd birth anniversary and the National Children’s Day-2023. As part of the state programme, the Premier paid homage by placing a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu, the greatest Bangalee of all times, in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at ...

The nation is celebrating the 103rd birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day-2023 in a befitting manner. On this day in 1920, Bangabandhu, the vivacious leader of the Bangalee nation, the architect of independent Bangladesh and the greatest Bangalee of all times, was born in a respected Muslim family at Tungipara ...

Bangladesh and AFD (Agence Française de Développement) have signed a €560, 000 grant in favour of energy efficiency in the industry. Together with the AFD and the Governement of Bangladesh, Marie Masdupuy, Ambassador of France in Bangladesh, co-signed the grant agreement on Thursday. In 2021, AFD and the Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL) entered into collaboration to support energy ...