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The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $23.8 million in humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to deliver urgent food and nutrition assistance to Rohingya refugees.With this new funding, USAID will work with the United Nations Worl...
Bangladesh wants to improve its ties with the United States with a “stronger trade” relationship in the next 50 years, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said ahead of his bilateral meeting with Secretary of State Antony J Blinken in Washington Monday at around 1:30 pm US Time.During the...
Ambassador Shahabuddin Ahmed has urged Japanese companies to source more “Made in Bangladesh” quality products from Dhaka. The Bangladesh ambassador was addressing a seminar titled “Sustainable Factory and Prospects of ‘Made in Bangladesh’ products in Japan at the Tokyo...
Bangladesh strongly condemns the violence unleashed against innocent worshippers and civilians at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem by occupying Israeli forces during prayers in the early morning of Wednesday.The foreign ministry issued a statement in this regard on Thursday."B...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh has termed the former US President Donald Trump's indictment issue as "internal"."It's an internal issue of the US. And it's an ongoing issue in the court. So we cannot make any comment," foreign ministry's spokesperso...
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People are getting benefits of the 'one-stop service' of the Consular and Welfare wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.About 25,000 service seekers received different types of services in a week, said the foreign ministry's spokesperson Seheli Sabrin at the weekly media briefing on Th...
A comic book on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, using Japanese ‘Manga’ style, was launched on Wednesday in Dhaka for Bangladeshi children and juvenile readers.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen inaugurated the book at a ceremony and said this is an “exceptio...
Belarus considers Bangladesh as an ‘important’ partner in political, trade and economic fronts in South Asia.This was conveyed in a message of Belarus foreign minister Sergei Aleinik, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.Aleinik sent the message congratulating his counterpart Dr. A K A...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said that there was no disagreement with the United States about holding transparent and fair elections.“We want transparent and fair elections. America also wants transparent and fair elections. There is no disagreement between us,” he sai...
The US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Ambassador Julieta Valls Noyes, has said rebuilding the country after the 1971 war, and now forging the path toward economic growth, inclusion and development, Bangladesh serves as a model in many ways for the ...
The foreign ministry on Saturday said it has been brought to the notice of the government of Bangladesh that a few international media and institutions are claiming that a journalist in Bangladesh, named Shamsuzzaman, has been arrested as he wrote about 'cost of living in Bangladesh'.&...
On the occasion of the 53rd Independence Day of Bangladesh, the United States Congress introduced a resolution on March 29 recognising and commending Bangladesh and its remarkable socioeconomic progress under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Republican Congressman Joe Wilson of South C...
The Canadian parliament has passed a bill to officially observe February 21 as the International Mother Language Day.On February 21 in 1952, Pakistan police opened fire on Bengali students protesting against the decision of imposing Urdu as the state language of the then East Pakistan, now Banglades...
Speakers at a seminar on Friday in Kolkata stressed the role of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) talked on how this sub-regional platform can address key nontraditional security issues like counter terrorism, cyber and energy security, and ...
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday called on Bangladesh to immediately suspend its application of the Digital Security Act.“I am concerned that the Digital Security Act is being used across Bangladesh to arrest, harass and intimidate journalists and human rights defenders, and to...
The UN General Assembly has adopted a consensus resolution requesting the International Court of Justice to provide advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change. The resolution, tabled by a core group of countries including Bangladesh, is a landmark achievement for...
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Minister) of the Philippines, Enrique A. Manalo, has congratulated Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen on the occasion of the Independence Day of Bangladesh. In his message to Dr. Momen, Manalo extended his heartfelt felicitations and greeti...
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia M AllamaSiddiki expressed optimism that the Bangladesh-Australia bilateral partnership would be strengthened and widened on a large scale in coming days.He was speaking at a reception on Tuesday organised by the High Commission on the occasion of the 52ndann...
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said that Bangladesh has placed itself in a “very dignified position” in multilateral diplomacy and made commendable progress in all areas of the socio-economic spheres due to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership.He made this comment ...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said that they had taken "bold steps", such as banning single-use plastic bags and implementing policies, to reduce carbon emissions. "We must continue our efforts to combat climate change and protect our oceans as they are highly int...
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