UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis has said Bangladesh has been a strong advocate for peace nationally and internationally, and the United Nations in Bangladesh is happy to continue accompanying the country in this regard.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said promoting women’s education has always been a key priority of her government.

Myanmar has blamed Arakan Army (AA) and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) for the mortar shells that landed in Bangladesh territory in recent weeks.

Dhaka has briefed the foreign diplomats on the tense situation along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, seeking their cooperation to stop the violence that may destabilise the whole region.

In the wake of shelling at no-man’s land near Tambru of Bandarban’s Naikhyanchhari upazila, Rohingya refugees living there have appealed to the United Nations to take measures for their protection and safe return to Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today (September 19, 2022) invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit his country as the two leaders met in London during the funeral of late Queen Elizabeth ll.

ASEAN diplomats in Dhaka have assured Bangladesh of raising Myanmar’s unlawful actions on the border at the UN General Assembly strongly as Dhaka sought their cooperation in preventing escalation of violence in the Myanmar-Bangladesh border area, foreign ministry officials said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday joined the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II along with other world leaders at Westminster Abbey.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today met Indian President Droupadi Murmu in London before the commencement of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said free and fair elections are held only during the Awami League’s regimes as she always struggled to establish democracy and democratic rights in the country.

Myanmar Ambassador Aung Kyaw Moe yesterday blamed the Arakan Army for the landing of mortar shells on the Bangladesh side of the border -- a violation of international rules.

Britain’s King Charles III has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, to be held today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (September 18, 2022) showed her last respect to the Queen Elizabeth II.

Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh, Aung Kyaw Moe, today blamed Arakan Army for landing mortar shells and bullets in Bangladesh part of the border, when the foreign ministry today summoned him for the fourth time in a month.

The foreign ministry has summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe and handed a protest note for violation of land and airspace on the border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari.

Myanmar, by its actions near the border, have lately been violating international rules and posing serious threats to the sovereignty of Bangladesh, analysts have said.

Leader of the Opposition and Head of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer on Saturday said Bangladesh and the UK are bound by excellent ties and further reinforced by the British-Bangladesh diaspora.

Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami has said they want the Bangladeshi people to be “happy, prosperous and successful” in the development of their democracy.

The UN Human Rights Office has called for the countries to do more to cut the Myanmar military’s access to revenue and arms supplies to halt its repression of the people, said a report released yesterday.

Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami has said Bangladesh-India relationship is a “train” that must keep moving to do more great things together.