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The government has appointed Major General S M Shamim-Uz-Zaman as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya. Shamim-Uz-Zaman was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army on 21 December 1984.Since commissioning, he has been serving in various staff, instructional and command appointments at different...
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Bangladesh is expecting to make a formal announcement on vaccine production ‘soon’, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says.Replying to a question on Thursday, he said the vaccine manufacturers would decide with whom they would tie up in Bangladesh, but there was progress in negotiations...
The Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) on Thursday donated medicines worth Tk4 million to the Palestinian people. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen handed over the consignment to Palestine Ambassador in Bangladesh Yusuf Ramadan at the state guesthouse Padma. BAPI Genera...
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Executive Director of the Rome-based World Food Program (WFP) David Beasley has praised Bangladesh’s outstanding achievements in various fields over the past decade.He made the remarks when Shamim Ahsan, Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WFP, hand...
Sweden on Thursday committed an additional grant of 6 million Swedish kronor to support UNFPA's COVID-19 response in Bangladesh.Swedish ambassador in Dhaka Alexandra Berg von Linde and UNFPA Bangladesh chief Dr. AsaT orkelsson signed an agreement in this regard at the Sweden embassy.The new gran...
Bangladesh wants development of “quality” infrastructure under the Bay of Bengal Industrial Growth Belt (Big-B) Initiative of Japan.State Minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Wednesday hoped that the Big-B would “accelerate cooperation for development of quality infrast...
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The European Union has launched the “very first” film festival in Bangladesh, marking the 50 years of the country's independence and celebrating the friendship between Brussels and Dhaka.Styled 'Bangladesh European Union Film Festival (BEUFF)', the event began on Wednesday wi...
The United States has sent a new shipment of emergency medical supplies to save lives, stop the spread of Covid-19, and meet the urgent health needs of the Bangladeshi people. This latest delivery, arrived on Monday, brings the total of US pandemic assistance to more than $84 million, the embas...
Bangladesh has been elected as Vice President for the upcoming 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly from the Asia Pacific Region for one year term beginning from September 2021.The election was held at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday where Bangladesh was elected unanimou...
The foreign ministry holds meeting with locally developed virtual platform ‘Boithok’.Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin Momen chaired the meeting with Bangladesh Ambassadors/High Commissioners in ASEAN countries on contemporary issues, the foreign ministry said.Eight Ambassadors/High...
South Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Lee Jang-keun on Tuesday said that Seoul would continue to support Bangladesh Police strength its digital investigation capability.The Ambassador expressed the commitment in a meeting with Inspector General of Police Dr. Benazir Ahmed at the latter's office. ...
The first-ever Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) between Bangladesh and Oman was held on virtual platform on Tuesday.Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen led 12-member Bangladesh delegation including representatives from the Ministry Home Affairs, Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Emp...
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The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) has asked the government to focus on job creation to overcome the pandemic challenges.At a discussion on the proposed budget, AmCham President Syed Ershad Ahmed said coronavirus appeared as a dangerous pandemic development, a devastatingcatastr...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday urged journalists to ask the ambassadors of the countries who are investing in Myanmar despite genocide.“This is unacceptable,” he said, after saying that seven banks have invested in Myanmar which is facing charges in the International Crimin...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said that Bangladesh was keen to import the ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine against Covid-19 from Russia “as soon as possible”.The ministry of health is working in this regard, he said during a farewell meeting with Russian Ambassador to Bangl...
The White House has announced to share 7 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines with Asian countries, including Bangladesh.It is not clear how many doses Bangladesh will get from that. But the announcement came as a respite for Bangladesh which is struggling to manage about 1.5 m...
Bangladesh and the UK have planned to sign a climate accord before the UN summit COP26 to be held in Glasgow in November.This was discussed at the meeting between Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and British MP and COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma on Wednesday in Dhaka, according to a joint s...
Bangladesh has called for a “temporary waiver” from certain TRIPS obligations for the production of vaccines, medicines and other health technologies to effectively respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.This demand was made at the just concluded 74th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA)...
Japan has announced to support an additional $800 million for the Covax facility so that developing countries get vaccines against Covid-19.Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide at a virtual vaccine summit while announcing this additional funding explained that Japan has continuously supported the ...
Bangladesh’s non-resident ambassador to Estonia M. Allama Siddiki has presented his credentials to President Kersti Kaljulaid. Siddiki is the resident ambassador of Denmark with the charge of Estonia. The Ambassador mentioned about the facets of socio-economic development in Bangladesh es...
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