Bangladesh

Bangladesh and Lithuania have agreed to strengthen bilateral relations and expand cooperation in trade, investment, technology, migration and other areas. The two sides reached the understanding when Lithuanian Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Vidmantas Verbickas called on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka on Thursday. The state minister stressed the need to ...

Key agencies under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism want to transform Bangladesh into a premier regional aviation hub and an attractive international tourist destination by strengthening and coordinating their activities. The overall activities and roadmaps of these bodies were detailed during the maiden meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the ministry of the 13th National Parliament, held ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday met the family members of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death by leaders and activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League in 2019. Abrar’s father Md Barkat Ullah, mother Rokeya Khatun, younger brother Abrar Faiyaz, an uncle and a maternal uncle met the prime minister ...

Bangladesh and Lithuania vowed to strengthen bilateral relations during the 2nd Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between the two countries held in Dhaka on Thursday. M Nazrul Islam, secretary bilateral (East & West) and Vidmantas Verbickas, vice-minister for foreign affairs of Lithuania led their respective delegations during the meeting, said a press release. On the Bangladesh side, representatives from Ministry of ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has signed a deal to buy 10 aircraft from Airbus. The agreement was formally signed at a Dhaka hotel on Wednesday, adding momentum to Biman’s plans to expand and modernise its fleet. Titled “Spreading Our Wings Together”, the signing ceremony was attended by Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun ...

Foreign Affairs State Minister Shama Obaed Islam has said statements of support from the international community are no longer enough to resolve the Rohingya crisis, and effective action is now needed. She made the remarks as the chief guest at a Rohingya-related event at the Senate Building of Dhaka University on Wednesday. Shama said the international community must focus on ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 13 development projects worth Tk 16,207.55 crore, including a 442-megawatt peak solar power plant in Rampal and the procurement of 30 metre-gauge diesel-electric locomotives for Bangladesh Railway. The projects were approved at an ECNEC meeting held on Wednesday at the Cabinet Division conference room in the Secretariat, chaired by ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Branch (DB) chief Additional Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam has said law enforcement agencies are alert over possible unrest surrounding Sheikh Hasina’s return in December. He added, no activities of any banned political party will be allowed. Chief made the remarks while responding to questions from journalists at a press conference held at the DMP ...

Japan is providing a $145,000 grant to expand tuberculosis (TB) detection in Dhaka slum areas. The grant agreement was signed at the Embassy of Japan in Dhaka between Ambassador Saida Shinichi and representatives from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), according to an embassy press release issued on Wednesday (October 7). Funding is provided under the Grant ...

Bangladesh is seeking to raise bilateral trade with Indonesia to more than $10 billion, with Dhaka pushing to reduce the trade deficit, expand exports of garments, pharmaceuticals and agricultural products, and revive long-stalled negotiations on a preferential trade agreement (PTA). The issues came up during a meeting between Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir and Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Anis ...