Porimol Palma

Bangladesh is considering to join China’s Global Development Initiative that aims to support developing countries in public health and alleviating poverty.

The European Union plans to make large investments in infrastructure development and green technology to help Bangladesh’s smooth transition from the LDC status.

The European Union will send an exploratory election monitoring mission in July as the Bangladesh Election Commission has welcomed it in a written invitation.

South Korea, like Bangladesh, was a poverty-afflicted country in the 1960s. Through its democratic governance, innovation and hard work of the people, it has now become a highly developed nation and supports other countries. Bangladesh is one of them. This year, the two countries are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations. Ambassador Lee Jan-keun shared the details of the journey together with The Daily Star.

The Japan-Bangladesh relationship has gained a new dimension, going beyond economy to regional and global spheres, as premiers of the two countries met in Tokyo and signed a joint declaration on Wednesday.

Around 500 Bangladeshis, who have applied for their return to the country, will be evacuated early next month as it has become unsafe for them to stay in conflict-ridden Sudan.

The home-grown Indo-Pacific Outlook that Dhaka announced on Monday will clear the confusion of the global partners, which will eventually help Bangladesh boost trade and investments for achieving the country’s development goals, said experts.

In a world polarized by the US-led West and China-Russia bloc, Dhaka and Tokyo want to elevate their relationship to a strategic level during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Japan scheduled for April 25-28.

The European Union has told the government that it is ready to send election observers if the next parliamentary polls are participatory.

Bangladesh’s relationship with US remains a robust one. Despite some strain after Washington’s sanctions on Rab officials and Bangladesh not being invited to Biden’s Democracy Summit, the engagement between Dhaka and Washington has been growing. What is the reason behind the world’s leading superpower’s rising interest?

Amid mounting global pressure, a 17-member Myanmar delegation yesterday started verifying the identities of the Rohingya refugees in Teknaf, as the first group of Myanmar’s displaced people is expected to be repatriated in a few months.

The European Union will not send election observers if the next parliamentary polls are not participatory.

An eight-member Romanian consular mission is arriving in Dhaka today for a six-month stay during which they will issue around 17,000 visas to Bangladeshis seeking employment in the East European nation.

The following year, 757,731 migrant workers left the shore. But the remittance receipt was 10.9 percent lower at $13.61 billion.

"The people of Bangladesh never forgot to show love for Argentina. So, we today humbly came here and reopened the embassy in Bangladesh as a new channel to cement our relations" Argentina Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero says

Bangladesh is seeking to expand diplomatic and trade relations with Latin American countries in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war that has disrupted the global supply chains.

Feeling the pressure from the West for fair and participatory polls and the economic stress at home, the government may go all out to get the BNP and like-minded parties to participate  in the next national election.

The USA has 5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers and Saudi Arabia 20 lakh

A major focus of US State Department Counsellor Derek Chollet’s recent visit to Dhaka was the Rohingya crisis, and the US believes that addressing the problem involves restoration  of Myanmar’s democracy.

Two high-level foreign officials -- US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet and Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra -- are expected to arrive in Dhaka today.