Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is buying 10 Airbus aircraft from France with an aim to get commission. “It’s very nice thing that the President of France has arrived here…he is our big guest. You (govt) welcomed that guest very well with dance and song,” he said, reports UNB. Speaking at a ...

Dhaka and Paris today signed two instruments regarding Bangabandhu-2 Satellite and improvement of urban infrastructure in Bangladesh. The instruments were signed and exchanged in presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Karobi Hall at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here. The instruments are – Credit Facility Agreement between Economic Relations Division (ERD), Bangladesh ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the people of the country want a change in the government from the bottom of their hearts as they have got fed- up with its misrule. Speaking at a discussion meeting, he strongly urged the youth to unite to oust the present regime by intensifying the ongoing one-point movement. “They ...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday assured the parliament that inflation will be brought under control due to the steps taken by the government. Highlighting the steps including the declaration of market-based exchange rate with the US dollar and other foreign currencies, the finance minister said this will result in rapid inflation control, improve the balance of payment situation, ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said France expressed its reverence and support to Bangladesh’s sovereign policy independence, particularly in the context of the ongoing geopolitical instability and economic uncertainty. “We both hope that this new strategic move between Bangladesh and France will play an effective role in establishing regional and global stability and peace,” she said in a joint ...

Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron went to the residence and studio of popular music artist Rahul Ananda around 11:45pm on Sunday. There he spent 1 hour and 40 minutes. Rahul Ananda performed for him. He showed Macron his instruments at the studio. At that time, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud and the members of his band ‘Joler Gaan’ ...

Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi 32 on Monday morning. After paying the wreath, Macron visited the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum and signed the visitors book there. From there, he went to the PMO for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. This ...

President Emmanuel Macron, the first French president to visit Bangladesh in 33 years, was on Sunday accorded a red carpet reception on his arrival here on a two-day trip. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received Macron at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on his arrival from New Delhi around 8:30 pm. The French president was greeted by gun salute. In New Delhi ...

  Sir Philip Barton, UK Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, will arrive in Bangladesh on Monday 11 September for a two-day visit. Sir Philip’s main focus will be the fifth UK-Bangladesh Strategic Dialogue chaired by Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin Momen. Building on the UK and Bangladesh’s historic links, the Strategic Dialogue reflects the two ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday returned home after attending the G20 summit in New Delhi. She arrived by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight that landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3:38pm, reports UNB. She and her entourage members departed from New Delhi’s Palam Airport at 1:08pm local time. Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Singh ...