Bangladesh

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has arrived in Dhaka for a foreign decretary-level Foreign Office Consultation (FOC). This is the first time an Indian diplomat came to Bangladesh since the fall of Sheikh Hasina government. Ishrat Jahan, Director General (South Asia wing) received the Indian Foreign Secretary upon his arrival in Dhaka. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma was ...

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Mexico City has marked a significant milestone with the launch of e-passport services, transforming travel security and convenience for Bangladeshi citizens. With e-passport services now fully operational from Sunday, Bangladeshi nationals in Mexico, along with those in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, and other Latin American countries, can enjoy enhanced services, faster processing, and a ...

Bulgaria has proposed the first round of bilateral consultations with Bangladesh to enhance relations between the two countries. Ambassador of Bulgaria to Bangladesh Dr Nikolay Yankov met Foreign Affairs Md Touhid Hossain at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday and discussed the issue. The Adviser thanked Bulgaria for allowing Bangladeshi students to apply for visas at embassies in Hanoi ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir stated, “A long time ago, the Chief Justice of Bangladesh referred to Sheikh Hasina as ‘wrong-headed.’ Now, only a wrong-headed person can claim to be the Prime Minister.” Mirza Fakhrul made this remark while responding to a journalist’s question regarding Sheikh Hasina presenting herself as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh during a UK ...

Six top leaders Jubo Dal, Swechchasebak Dal and Chhatra Dal submitted a memorandum to the Indian High Commission on Sunday afternoon. The delegation handed over the document to Narpat Singh, Railway Adviser and Counsellor (Education) at the Indian High Commission at Baridhara in the capital at about 1PM. Monayem Munna said, “We submitted the memorandum. We don’t believe in any ...

Illegal foreigners will not be allowed to stay in Bangladesh, said Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday. He gave this warning while briefing reporters after a meeting on law and order in preparation for the 31st night at the Secretariat on Sunday. A circular in this regard will be issued.

Nine Bangladeshis, who suffered jail terms in India for reportedly entering the neighbouring country illegally, returned home on Saturday night. The returnees are Sujan Fakir, 28, Abdul Monab, 30, Redwan, 25, Nur Alam , 30, Tajir Islam, 28, Shahjahan Gazi, 35, Md Khairul Islam, 29, Samad Mia, 23, Md Shahadat Hossain, 34. They all hail from Jashore, Narail, Sunamganj, Khulna, ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today (Dec 8) upheld a High Court verdict that scrapped five labour law cases against Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, also the incumbent Chief Adviser of the interim government. A three-member SC bench headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam issued the order, dismissing a leave to appeal petition filed against the High ...

The Election Commission (EC) is taking preparation for the upcoming national elections. For this, the draft voter list will be published on January 2. EC urged all to correct any errors in their National Identity Cards (NIDs) by this time. The EC’s Public Relations Office informed this on Sunday (December 8). EC’s director (Public Relations) Md Shariful Alam said that ...

Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Chhatra Dal, three affiliated organisations of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), started march towards the Indian High Commission in the capital to submit a memorandum. They brought out the march from in front of the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office around 11:25AM on Sunday. Centering the programme, since 9:30AM, thousands of leaders and activists of the organisations ...