A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Tokyo, Japan this afternoon on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.

A special chartered VVIP flight (BG1403) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members departed from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:45am

The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IASG) has adopted yesterday a resolution entitled "Resolution to Declare the Crimes Committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War as Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes"

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka today on a 15-day official tour to Japan, the US, and the UK, aimed at strengthening ties with the country’s major development partners as it aspires to graduate out of the “Least Developed Countries (LDC)” category by 2026.

Bangladesh will continue to have its mission in Sudan operational considering the needs of some 1500 Bangladeshi citizens living there, despite the present turmoil in the African country.

During her UK visit, Hasina will attend the coronation of Charles III

Dhaka announces ahead of PM's 15-day visit to Japan, the US and UK

Chinese President Xi Jinping today sent a congratulatory letter to Md Shahabuddin on his assuming office as president of Bangladesh.

The Malaysian authorities have recalled and remanded two officers from its high commission in Dhaka on suspicion of receiving bribes of over Tk 7.5 crore for issuing visas for Bangladeshi workers and tourists.

Bangladesh will welcome observers from the European Union and the United Kingdom in the upcoming general election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday.

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to Japan should be one of the historic moments in the two countries’ bilateral relationship.

Bangladesh has formally become party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, joining the global efforts to protect human health and environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds

Chinese Special Envoy Deng Xijun had a meeting with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Rohingya repatriation on April 6, two days before the latter flew to Washington to hold a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen yesterday left for Beijing on a two-day visit, a diplomatic source told The Daily Star.

European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley had a meeting with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today and discussed the proposed deployment of an EU Election Observation Mission in Bangladesh ahead of the next election

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Iranian President Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi to take efforts to ensure that Iranian women could live with dignity and honour with equal opportunity for education and work with their male counterparts.

Bangladesh and Russia have agreed to use yuan to settle payment for a nuclear plant Moscow is building in the South Asian country, a Bangladesh government official said on Monday

Bangladesh has questioned Malaysia’s transparency in the approval process for recruiting Bangladeshi and other foreign workers as researchers and the media are increasingly exposing their exploitation and defrauding in the Southeast Asian country.

Bangladesh has stressed the need for strengthening the G-77 forum under the current presidency of Cuba and for coming up with a strong statement against interference in the internal affairs of other countries at the upcoming G-77 Summit