The deceased have been identified as Bachchu Mia of Katiyadi in Kishoreganj district and Mosharraf Hussain of Shakhipur in Tangail district. The injured Bangladeshis are currently undergoing treatment in local hospitals, the release said. Officials from the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh have already met the injured in hospitals and are in close touch with Saudi […]
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, Palestine and many other countries have expressed full support for Bangladesh’s candidature for the presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). These assurances came when Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman held bilateral meetings with leaders of several major participating delegations on the sidelines of the Organization […]
Ambassador Wen said China supports Bangladesh in pursuing its Bangladesh First policy and playing a more prominent role in international and regional affairs. He said China is ready to advance cooperation in all fields with the new government of Bangladesh. “Therefore, I am fully confident of a better future for China-Bangladesh relations,” he said. The […]
The Indian High Commissioner said that on 17 February, during the swearing-in of the new government, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha visited Dhaka representing the Government of India to participate in the ceremony. He also held a bilateral meeting with the new Prime Minister. During the meeting, the Lok Sabha Speaker handed over a […]
Asked about India’s stance on Sheikh Hasina’s return, the foreign adviser said, “Attitude is an abstract matter. It is not right to talk about attitudes. One can talk about what has been done formally. We have asked for her return and have not received any response from them (India). Also, it would not be right […]
He informed the Chief Advisor that he has interacted with many university students in Bangladesh on Artificial Intelligence and Digitization and praised the talent and potential of young Bangladeshi minds. During the meeting, Professor Yunus recalled his long-standing relations with China, which began through the microcredit movement. The Chief Advisor said, “I had the opportunity […]
There was speculation that the Hasina-Modi summit might not happen in June. Many aides of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had said that the New Delhi visit would happen after the Beijing visit. Many even came to the conclusion that Narendra Modi last visited Dhaka in 2021, while Sheikh Hasina came to India on a bilateral […]
Foreign Secretary Masood Bin Momen on Friday paid a courtesy call on Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of Energy and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COP 29 (Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC) Elnur Sultanov. During the meeting, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Energy said that as the next COP President, Azerbaijan is working to ensure better climate […]
The Ministers appreciated the growing strategic depth and dimensions of bilateral relations. He noted the similarities between Bangladesh's Indo-Pacific Outlook, the Indian Ocean Rim Association's Indo-Pacific Outlook and the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific. They reaffirmed their shared vision and willingness to work towards a region that is peaceful, stable, prosperous, inclusive and free from […]
Videos provided by Bangladeshi students showed horrific scenes of the attacks. A group of 15-20 foreign students, including Bangladeshis, were hiding in a room while one person was being brutally beaten and another was lying on the road. Local people were patrolling the city in 20-25 cars. They are using social media apps to trace […]
Referring to Eileen Laubacher's visit, a senior government official told this correspondent that the NSC mainly focuses on security issues in the context of international relations. There were talks about potential threats to regional stability due to internal conflict within Myanmar. Therefore, during the February visit, both countries expressed interest in starting a new chapter […]
Austria has offered to take skilled workers from Bangladesh and invest in our green energy, especially wind and waste2energy sectors. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg gave this information to Foreign Minister Hassan Mahmood at a bilateral meeting in Vienna today, Monday. The two Foreign Ministers agreed to deepen bilateral relations in the areas of economic […]