Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday called on BIMSTEC member states to take steps to promote dialogue between conflicting parties in Myanmar and restore stability in its Rakhine State to facilitate the long-overdue repatriation of Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh.

In a thawing of relations, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting yesterday, seeking to work together and set the relations on the right track.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the CA and his entourage arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:05pm

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the CA departed from Bangkok at 8:45pm local time

Yunus also raised the issue of border killings and stressed the need for working together to reduce the number of fatalities

Our relationship is people-to-people, Modi tells Yunus

"I urge a halt to all military operations, and for the focus to be on assisting those impacted by the quake, as well as ensuring unhindered access to humanitarian organizations that are ready to support"

Another 70,000 pending further scrutiny

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Bhutan Dasho Tshering Tobgay on the sidelines of the sixth BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok

Yunus and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra witnessed the signing of the MoU

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has sought support from Thai elites in Bangladesh's efforts to join the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

This marks the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since Prof Yunus took office

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has expressed strong hope that there will be positive progress in resolving the tariff issue through talks with the US government.

Leaders of seven countries surrounding the Bay of Bengal will be meeting in Bangkok today with the hope of reinvigorating regional cooperation in a largely fragmented world faced with a trade war and a breakdown of multilateralism.

As US President Donald Trump yesterday unfurled his list of tariffs targeting most of America’s trading partners, he repeatedly stressed that each nation’s rate was reciprocal.

Restoring confidence in Dhaka-Delhi ties will be the key objective of the meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangkok today, diplomatic sources said.

US President Donald Trump yesterday stood in the White House Rose Garden, pointing to an oversized placard with details of levies he is set to impose on imports from America’s trading partners.

Thai prime minister welcomed the BIMSTEC leaders and exchanged pleasantries at the Grand Ballroom of Shangri-La Hotel

The foreign affairs adviser stressed on tangible, and result-oriented cooperation among BIMSTEC member states

Dhaka says Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s comment relating to the Northeastern states of India was made with honest intention, keeping in mind the potential of regional connectivity.