Bangladesh

Bangladesh has requested the visiting US State Department’s Under Secretary for Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya to withdraw sanction on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). It was stated following a meeting between Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and the delegation led by Uzra Zeya at state guest house Padma on Thursday (July 13, 2023). The Foreign Secretary said: “We have ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her commitment to hold free, fair and neutral election in the country. “We always fought for the free, fair and neutral election in the country, and we’ve already hold free, fair and neutral election,” she said. The premier made the remarks while visiting US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra ...

Outgoing Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Winnie Estrup Petersen said Denmark is keen to invest in various sectors in Bangladesh, including information technology (IT). During her farewell call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban here, the Danish envoy also said her country will always continue to cooperate on the socio-economic development of Bangladesh. Later, President’s Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told ...

BNP today told Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr Lilly Nicholls that there is no scope to hold an “acceptable election” under the current Awami League government. The party conveyed the message as the Canadian envoy met its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. “We told them there’s no scope to hold a neutral, acceptable, and credible election in Bangladesh ...

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the Digital Security Act (DSA) will be amended by September. He stated it following a meeting with the visiting US State Department’s Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya at his secretariat office in Dhaka on Thursday. Following the meeting, the Law Minister told journalists that they discussed about the ...

The Bangladesh Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal launched e-Passport facilities on Wednesday. Secretary of the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Bangladesh, Md Abdullah Al Masud Chowdhury, and Charge d’affaires of the Embassy of Bangladesh, Md Alamgeer Hossain, formally inaugurated the e-Passport facilities at the Chancery through a simple ceremony in the morning, said a press release ...

Visiting US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya on Thursday met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban in the capital. Two other members of the delegation US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu and Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia, USAID, Anjali Kaur met ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday submitted an application before the High Court seeking stay on its earlier order to permit expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to go abroad. Khurshid Alam, a lawyer of the ACC, filed the application in the morning. A court in Dhaka on June 1, ordered to return Samrat’s passport to him for ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated that Bangladesh has no intention to engage in war with anyone, saying her government has taken initiatives of overall development of the armed forces only to secure the country’s independence and sovereignty. “Actually, we don’t want to engage in war with anyone. Our vision is only to secure our Independence and Sovereignty,” she said. ...

Visiting delegation of the European Union (EU) on Wednesday met Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud at his secretariat office in the city. Three members of the delegation, Riccardo Chelleri, Dimitra Ioannou and Cristina Dos Ramos Alves, met the information minister. While talking to reporters after the meeting, Dr Hasan said no discussions regarding politics were held during the ...