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South Korean Ambassador Lee Jang-keun has met Chattogram City Corporation Mayor Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury and intended to intensify engagement with the port city.Ambassador Lee briefed on various cooperation programmes Korea has been conducting in Chattogram such as the Chattogram BKTTC (Bangladesh-...
A virtual dialogue between the municipalities of Indore in India and Dhaka North was held on Tuesday to share the best practices in solid waste management. The High Commission of India and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India facilitated the dialogue.The city of Indore was ranked as the...
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The United States has donated an additional six million (60 lakh) doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh via COVAX. “These are just the latest donations of Pfizer vaccines from the American people and bring the total U.S. government vaccine contribution to more than 45 million ...
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The Indian High Commission in Dhaka has given a 'goodwill gift' of Covid-19 protective gears to the members of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU), the largest association of reporters in Bangladesh.High Commissioner Vikram K Doraiswami handed over masks and two automatic hand sanitisation dispenser...
British Minister Lord Ahmed has said that the UK will continue to stand next to Bangladesh as a "trusted friend and partner in the next 50 years and beyond”.“The United Kingdom has stood by Bangladesh for the past 50 years through good times and bad times and will continue to remain...
British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson issued a message on Friday on the 50th Anniversary of the Bangladesh-UK’s diplomatic relationship congratulating the people and the government of Bangladesh on this historic anniversary of "a new era of Brit Bangla Bondhon"."As...
Bangladesh is now an “important” economic and political partner for Germany in a rapidly developing region, the German Federal Foreign Ministry said.The ministry made the comment in a statement on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Germany...
Newly appointed High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh Dr. Lilly Nicholls presented her credentials to President Md. Abdul Hamid on Thursday at a ceremony at the Bangabhaban in Dhaka.Following the ceremony, the President and the High Commissioner had the opportunity to discuss the “excellen...
Today, Friday, marks the 50th anniversary of the British government’s recognition of independent Bangladesh.After a nine-month bloody war, Bangladesh won the final victory from Pakistan on December 16, 1971. On 4 February 1972, the UK was one of the early western recognisers of Bangladesh.Brit...
Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected as the Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for 2022.The election of the Chair and Vice-Chairs of PBC was held at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Amba...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen exchanged New Year greetings over a video call on Wednesday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs-II of Brunei Darussalam Erywan Pehin Yusof.During the conversation, Dr Momen informed that Bangladesh attaches high importance to its warm relations with Brunei.Both Mi...
The Earthshot Prize returns for a second year to find the next cohort of the world’s greatest eco-innovators and their breakthrough solutions. In 2022, another five winners will be selected to receive a £1 million grant to enable them to scale-up their work.This year, the Prize has expan...
The government of France has donated another 2.12 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh through the global sharing platform COVAX “as a gesture of solidarity to the friendly country’s fight against Covid-19 pandemic”. The new doses take the number of...
A month-long photo and film exhibition highlighting the humanitarian principles and their significance in Bangladesh began at the Liberation War Museum in Dhaka on Tuesday.Styled ‘Humanitarian Principles. Here and Now’, the exhibition is open for all from 10am to 5pm till February 24, ex...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday urged the United States to participate in large infrastructure projects in Bangladesh, as this is a priority area for the government. He made the call when departing US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R. Miller made a farewell call on him, the fore...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said that the government is "pledge-bound to uphold the Constitutional obligation."He reiterated this commitment during a diplomatic briefing hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The first diplomatic briefing of the year was arranged to ex...
The 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in Dhaka on Thursday as it continues its global journey around the 72 Commonwealth nations and territories before concluding at the opening ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on 28 July.A reception ceremony was hosted by the British...
The government has called upon the US administration to waive sanctions on the elite police force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and some of its current and former senior officials.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said he wrote a letter to his US counterpart Antony J. Blinken on a number of issues i...
Bangladesh has strongly condemned the attack on Riyadh city and Khamis Mushayt city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Houthis recently targeting civilian facilities.“We are concerned that such insensible acts undermine the security of the Kingdom and tend to adversely impact the peace and...
Bangladesh would support Afghan people through humanitarian aid package in the form of food and medicinal assistance.This has been conveyed by the Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen during the 17th Extraordinary Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC on Afghanistan held on 19 December in Islamabad, ...
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