Nahid seeks Saudi Arabia’s investment in IT sector

Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam has urged Saudi Arabia to invest in Bangladesh's IT sector, with a particular focus on high-tech parks
4 December 2024, 16:12 PM

Anti-Bangladesh politics will not serve India's interests: Nahid

Calls on 'Indian elites' to cease false propaganda against Bangladesh
3 December 2024, 15:41 PM

India provoking a quarrel through propaganda: Adviser Sakhawat

Indian media are spreading propaganda against Bangladesh over communal issues, said Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hussain
3 December 2024, 14:46 PM

Dhaka slams 'heinous attack' on its Agartala mission

The government of Bangladesh today said it “deeply resents” the “violent demonstration and attack” by a large group of protesters of the Hindu Sangharsh Samity of Agartala on the premises of the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala...The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in
2 December 2024, 14:19 PM

Agartala ‘security breach’ ‘deeply regrettable’: India

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement, also said it is taking steps to step up security in diplomatic missions of Bangladesh across the country.
2 December 2024, 13:39 PM

Bangladesh wants friendly, normal relations with India

Foreign adviser says he hopes that scheduled Foreign Office Consultations with India will take place
2 December 2024, 13:24 PM

Delhi needs to address Dhaka’s concerns

Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain yesterday said Bangladesh-India relations could have improved if New Delhi had addressed Dhaka’s concerns.
30 November 2024, 18:30 PM

Post Aug 5 violence politically motivated, not sectarian, Bangladesh to UN

Bangladesh told the UN that the post August 5 violence in Bangladesh was rooted in political and personal factors, not sectarian
29 November 2024, 18:39 PM

Dhaka slams desecration of nat’l flag in Kolkata

The government yesterday strongly condemned the desecration of Bangladesh’s national flag and the burning of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’s effigy in Kolkata as “deplorable acts”.
29 November 2024, 18:00 PM

‘India takes serious note of attacks on minorities’

New Delhi has taken the incidents of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh seriously, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said yesterday, adding that the primary responsibility to protect them falls on Dhaka.
29 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Fight Indian media's misformation campaign with truth: Shafiqul

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has encouraged more journalists to talk to Indian media to confront misinformation campaign coming from some of those and their social media platforms
29 November 2024, 12:39 PM

Govt for trying Hasina, allies at ICC

The government intends to pursue charges of crimes against humanity against the Sheikh Hasina regime at the International Criminal Court for the massacre during the July uprising and the enforced disappearances during her 16-year rule, the chief adviser's press wing said in a statement.
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM

India's statement 'contrary to spirit of friendship'

Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Dhaka committed to upholding communal harmony in the country
26 November 2024, 16:40 PM

Ex-IGP Mainul Islam appointed ambassador

Md Mainul Islam, who was removed from the inspector general of Bangladesh police (IGP) post six days ago, has been made an ambassador
26 November 2024, 15:15 PM

Saudi envoy meets Khaleda, invites her for umrah

Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh Issa bin Youssef Al-Duhailan, has invited BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to perform umrah in Saudi Arabia
25 November 2024, 16:29 PM

Govt mulling transparent foreign travel policy: CA’s press secy

The government will develop a transparent policy on foreign travel, said Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today, a day after New Age Editor Nurul Kabir publicly spoke about harassment at the Dhaka airport
24 November 2024, 16:37 PM

Japan remains friend of new Bangladesh: envoy

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori today reiterated Japan’s unwavering commitment to its friendship with Bangladesh, emphasising that Tokyo’s stance remains unchanged during the country’s interim government
24 November 2024, 16:08 PM

Akbar, Faisal made new press ministers in London, Delhi

The interim government has appointed press ministers to the foreign missions in New Delhi and London
24 November 2024, 15:33 PM

China is a big priority for trade cooperation: commerce adviser

Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin today said China is a big priority of Bangladesh in creating scope for trade cooperation
24 November 2024, 15:29 PM

Prof Yunus confident of finding common ground with Trump

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is "confident" that he can find "common ground" with President-elect Donald Trump despite their divergent worldviews, reports TIME Magazine
22 November 2024, 16:31 PM