Shahriar Alam tells Commonwealth Pre-election Assessment Mission

Momen on foreign secretary's meeting with Indian counterpart

Bangladesh will work at its own pace to improve labour rights, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday.

Says Shahriar Alam

Based on the country's reality, Bangladesh will work on its own to improve labour rights, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said today in response to the US' Presidential Memorandum on Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labour Standards Globally rolled out on Friday

Nur Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, ducked a question about the assassination and sped off when a Canadian journalist approached him in Western Toronto.

Assistant High Commission of India in Chattogram organised a food and film festival at the Theatre Institute today

The United States has said they will work to hold accountable those who threaten, intimidate, and attack union leaders, labour rights defenders, and labour organisations.

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen is likely to visit India on November 23 or 24 to hold Foreign Office Consultation (FOC), a regular bilateral meeting, with his Indian counterpart Vinay Kwatra

US Department of State Mathew Miller says Washington wants free and fair polls in Bangladesh

4-member EU team expected soon

While Washington had been repeating its calls for a free and fair election in Bangladesh, Delhi, after much silence, told the US at a meeting that it was Bangladesh's "internal issue". What are the big powers saying, doing, and why? Washington-based geopolitical analyst Michael Kugelman, director of South Asia Institute at the Washington-based Wilson Center, explains in an email interview with Star

India has reiterated that the people of Bangladesh will decide about their election scheduled to be held on January 7 next year

The US Department of State will begin implementing key actions from President Biden's Presidential Memorandum on "Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally"

Says foreign ministry

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the relationship between Bangladesh and India today stands out as a model in terms of shared benefits

The US wants an election in Bangladesh that will be violence-free, said US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller on Tuesday.

Bangladesh needs to put in more effort to comply with the core Everything But Arms (EBA) conventions such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and safeguard the freedom of association, freedom of expression and assembly, the EU said.

Violence or threats of violence directed at diplomatic personnel is unacceptable and deeply troubling, the US Embassy in Dhaka said today

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas today held meeting with top officials of World Bank and International Monetary Fund working in Bangladesh about the country’s development issues.