Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered to Nepal the use of its newly constructed Payra port during a meeting with her Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The two visiting ministers met at newly opened Bangladesh-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Room in the FAO Headquarters on the sideline of the UN Food Systems Summit. Both leaders are in Rome to attend the summit, ...

Italy has shown interest to employ more Bangladeshi manpower particularly in its agriculture and hospitality sectors as three Italian ministers called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the UN Food Systems Summit Rome. “Italy wants to hire more workers from Bangladesh for its hospitality and agriculture sectors,” Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen quoted the Italian ministers ...

Ashraful Alam, better known as ‘Hero Alam’, registered a general diary (GD) on Monday night after he allegedly received a death threat over phone. He filed the GD at Hatirjheel Police Station around 11:30 pm. The police station SI Abdul Quadir confirmed the matter. According to the GD, “Hero Alam received three calls from an unknown number, threatening to kill ...

The ‘Bangladesh-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Room’ was inaugurated at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters in Rome. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opened the room in a ceremony in presence of FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu on Monday evening, reports BSS. The establishment of the room marks the celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday placed a five-point proposal at the UN Food Systems Summit to ensure sustainable, safe and nutritious food system worldwide, laying emphasis on coordinated steps to lift restrictions on food and fertilizer exports. She also stressed the need of promotion of multilateral development banks and private entrepreneurs to invest in modern agriculture. The premier made ...

The European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore, began his visit in Dhaka on Monday with wide-ranging agenda. “Great to welcome EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore on his second visit to Bangladesh,” EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley tweeted, UNB reports. Earlier, acting Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (retd) Khurshed Alam received Gilmore upon his arrival ...

The top leaders of the left-leaning political parties of ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance left for Kunming of China on Monday at the invitation of the Communist Party of China. The delegation members include Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president Hasanul Haq Inu, Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon, general secretary Fazley Hossain Badsha, central leader Lutfun Nesa Khan; JSD central ...

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said that there is no risk of conflict from AL side centering political rally in the city on July 27. “We will never incite any conflict. We are in power. We want to run the country peacefully. We want a peaceful election,” he said. Quader, also road, transport and bridges minister, ...

Alleging that Juba League is hatching conspiracy to create violence by convening rally in the city on the same day BNP is scheduled to hold their grand rally, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir warned that the government has to shoulder the responsibility if any violence occurs on July 27 centering the rally. He urged the ruling party to ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday arrived in Rome to attend the UN Food Systems Summit at the invitation of the UN Secretary-General. The three-day summit will open at Italy’s capital city on Monday, July 24. The premier and her entourage flew from Dhaka by a regular flight of Qatar Airways. It landed at Rome Fiumicino Airport at 1:40pm ...