Bangladesh

Two other metro rail stations–Kazipara and Mirpur-11–were opened for commuters from Wednesday morning. Now, the passengers can get into and down at these stations. The two stations were opened at 8:30am. The trains at all the stations run from 8:30am to 12:30pm every day of the week except Tuesday. The metro rail will now stop at Uttara North, Uttara Center, ...

Bangladesh and Thailand have agreed to seriously explore the prospects of an FTA (free trade agreement) to further enhance the bilateral trade between the two countries. Bangladesh also apprised the Thai side that a qualitative feasibility study is being undertaken by the Ministry of Commerce in this regard, UNB reports. Bangladesh and Thailand agreed to hold the Joint Trade Committee ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought more cooperation from Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the development of Bangladesh mainly its education, skill enhancement and infrastructures. She called for the support when a visiting delegation of ADB led by its President Masatsugu Asakawa paid a courtesy call on her at Hotel Intercontinental Dhaka. Prime Minister’s Speech Writer Md Nazrul Islam ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has urged the international community, including the British-Bangladeshi Diaspora to raise their voices in ensuring the voluntary, safe and sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas, temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh, to their homeland in Myanmar at an early date. He made the call when Nasim Ali OBE, Mayor of Camden of the UK called on ...

Yang Xiaokun, Special Representative for Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, called on Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin Momen on Tuesday. During the call on, two sides discussed on multilateral human rights discourse and also on possible areas of cooperation. Earlier, on Monday China and Bangladesh held first ever official consultations on multilateral human rights issues ...

The High Court has described the Ministry of Religious Affairs as “incompetent” and this year’s Hajj package as “inhuman” as its cost is too high. “The Ministry of Religious Affairs is an incompetent ministry. The package fixed for this year’s Hajj is inhuman,” said the HC bench comprising Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Mohammad Ali during the hearing of ...

Mentioning that the promises which were given during the government’s dialogue with political parties before the 2018 election were not kept, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that they will not any dialogue with Sheik Hasina-led government. “We do not say anything about holding dialogue (with the government). We will not hold any dialogue with Sheikh Hasina-led government. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the development partners to focus on giving soft loans till the world economy comes into normalcy overcoming the economic recession steaming from the Russia-Ukraine war. “It is necessary to continue giving soft loans till the global economy goes back to normalcy. The organizations and the developed countries would have to give special focus ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said she will never bow down to any foreign pressure as the people are her strength, reiterating to hold the next general election in a free and fair manner. “You have to keep one thing in mind that there is no such pressure that can pressurize Sheikh Hasina,” she said in reply to the ...

Bangladesh and Australia on Monday expressed their desire to deepen and widen their economic cooperation. This was stated at the 4th Foreign Office Consultation between Bangladesh and Australia was held at the State Guest House Padma in Dhaka on Monday. The Bangladesh delegation was led by the Secretary (West) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Shabbir Ahmad Chowdhury and ...