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Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has won the Gusi Peace Prize for her “exemplary achievements” in the field of “public service and diplomacy”.She received the prize in Manila on Thursday.The Gusi Peace Prize is given by the Gusi Peace Prize Foundation, based in Manila, Philipp...
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The United Nations' Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released a $9 million allocation to help over 943,000 Rohingya refugees staying in camps in Cox’s Bazar district and in the island of Bhasan Char, and over 17,800 members of the host community in Ukhiya and Teknaf. This funding...
The UNFPA and the government of Japan have launched a new partnership to support the UN agency’s efforts to strengthen Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response services for women and girls in Bangladesh’s Noakhali District and Bha...
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Chiefs of the three services on Monday evening paid a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on the occasion of Armed Forces Day.Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan m...
India expects “active participation” of Bangladesh in the G20 meetings to promote the issues of mutual interest in the global discourse.Newly appointed High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pranay K. Verma made the comment while paying a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul ...
Fernando González Saiffe, Director General for Asia-Pacific of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Monday “highly praised” the economic stride of Bangladesh in the last decade achieved under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He also lauded the “succe...
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) will shortly move all visa application payments online. Currently, customers have the choice to pay online or via cash at the Visa Application Centre.From 28 November 2022, all customers wishing to apply for a UK visa in Bangladesh must make payment online on the offi...
Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has cited Bangladesh as “a powerful champion of climate change causes” and requested the country to consider leading one of the Action Groups under the Commonwealth Blue Charter.This was discussed when Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen ...
A high-level delegation of the United Nations in Bangladesh and key Development Partners on Thursday concluded a visit to the Chittagong Hill Tracts to see first-hand the development initiatives in the area.The week-long visit from November 13 to November 17 covered the Hill Districts of Khagrachari...
Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen thanked the Egyptian Presidency of COP27 for having included the critical issue of ‘loss and damage’ as part of the Conference agenda.He conveyed this during his meeting with the Egyptian Foreign Minister and COP27 President Sameh Shoukry in Sharm El ...
The government has extended the tenure of Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen by two more years under a contractual appointment. This will be effective from December 6 or from the date of his joining, the Public Administration Ministry said in a gazette notification on Wednesday. Masud is a ...
More than 10,500 Bangladeshi students attended higher education institutions in the United States during the 2021-2022 academic year, moving Bangladesh up to 13th from 14th place during the previous academic year. In celebration of International Education Week (IEW) on November 14-18, the U....
Some 248 Bangladesh expatriate workers left for Korea from Dhaka on Tuesday through a chartered flight. It is the biggest number of the workers left for Korea in a day so far, the Korean embassy in Dhaka said.Until 1st November, 3,986 Bangladesh expatriate workers were admitted to Korea which i...
New UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis in Bangladesh said on Tuesday that they would continue their efforts to create conditions that are conducive for Rohingya’s return to Myanmar. “The Rohingya must be able to go back home, in safety and dignity,” she said while interacting ...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday requested the Canadian government to find an "alternative way" to send back Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's convicted killer Noor Chowdhury.He made the request when Canadian High Commissioner...
Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma presented his credentials to President Mohammad Abdul Hamid on Thursday.After that, he paid respect to the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and visited the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmond...
Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming said on Tuesday that western pressure would not help in any way in solving the Myanmar problem and that Beijing was working “silently” to get the issue resolved.“The problem has to be solved bilaterally. We have an Asian way of solving it. The Europeans...
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Tuesday rescued 20 Bangladeshi fishermen near the Indo-Bangladesh Maritime Border Line.Their boats had capsized and were left stranded mid-sea as Cyclone Sitrang made landfall.The Coast Guard's Dornier aircraft was on a search operation to render assistance ...
World,Front Page
The Emir of Qatar has accepted the invitation from the President of Bangladesh to undertake a visit to Dhaka after the FIFA World Cup Tournament.Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Bangladesh Seraya Ali Mahdi Saeed Al Qahtani handed over the official acceptance letter from Qatari Emir to the Fo...
The three-day U.S. Trade Show will feature leading U.S. companies in Bangladesh and will also include U.S. Embassy seminars on visas, higher education opportunities in the United States, USAID’s activities supporting private sector development in Bangladesh, and intellectual property rights.US...
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