Hasina to visit China July 8-11, confirms Hasan Mahmud

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today hailed South Korea as an extraordinary development and investment partner of Bangladesh

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said that the government has signed new MoUs and renewed old MoUs with India protecting the country's interests

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a grant agreement with the Bangladesh government on the JDS (Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship) scholarship for 2024 today

Says foreign minister

Rights activists have criticised Malaysia’s improved ranking on the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report despite the exploitative conditions faced by hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers.

Visiting Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Liu Jianchao, has underscored the significance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to China in July, which he thinks will help uplift the relationship, engaging in new areas of cooperation for mutual benefit.

A group of Japanese experts is expected to visit Bangladesh soon to help modernise the country's s shipyards

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said Bangladesh and Bhutan will strengthen environmental and energy Cooperation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought Sweden's support for Bangladesh's smooth transition and graduation from the least developed countries (LDCs)

Bangladesh has intensified efforts against human trafficking but inefficiency and complicity of officials are hindering the country’s success on the issue, according to an annual US State Department report

Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC) Central Committee Liu Jianchao has informed Bangladesh that China is in favour of expansion of the BRICS and they will strongly support Bangladesh to be a partner country

Once a victim of human trafficking, Al-Amin Noyon is now a source of hope for thousands of survivors.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said no discussion on sharing of the Teesta water and the Ganges should be held with Bangladesh without the involvement of her state

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today said Bangladesh and India discussed river management, including Teesta, noting that there are 54 rivers that the two countries share

A lawmaker of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress today said the Centre did not consult the state government before taking the decision to start negotiations with Bangladesh for the renewal of the 1996 Ganga water-sharing treaty

In a gesture to strengthen the longstanding friendship between India and Bangladesh, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha sent 500kg of pineapples to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a gift

Away from Teesta water sharing, over which Bangladesh and India have been in a deadlock for years, the latter now focuses on water conservation and management of the river inside Bangladesh.

Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Liu Jianchao is now visiting Bangladesh to discuss issues of mutual interest between Bangladesh and China

Bangladesh and India today agreed to work for the conservation and management of the Teesta river inside Bangladesh with Indian assistance within a mutually agreed timeframe and remain engaged to formulate the framework for interim water-sharing based on the recommendations of the Joint Rivers Commission