Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said graduation of a country like Bangladesh should rather be rewarded with continued everything but Arms (EBA) facilities to overcome challenges and support transition

Oman police released Awami League MP Khadizatul Anwar Sony yesterday, about 12 hours after detaining her for holding a political meeting without permission.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Myanmar is willing to take the Rohingyas but some foreign governments and international organisations do not support their repatriation at this moment

BNP today briefed foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the country's latest political situation and some other issues, including 'attacks' on their sit-programme at the entrances of the capital..BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and the party's senior leaders apprised

The United States will send a pre-election monitoring team in early October to assess the situation ahead of Bangladesh’s next parliamentary elections.

Myanmar may take back the Rohingyas living in the Cox’s Bazar camps to their own villages in North Maungdaw and nearby places instead of any camps or model villages.

UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association and Peaceful Assembly Clement Voule urged all parties in Bangladesh to exercise restraint amid escalating violence and arrests during the ongoing protests.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said it is shameful for the United States and Canada as they have so far failed to deport Bangabandhu's convicted killers, despite being major advocates of human rights across the globe

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas today said the US listens to other countries when they raise issues about US's political affairs and it is not taken as a violation of the Vienna Convention

The United Nations (UN) encourages peaceful, credible, and inclusive elections in Bangladesh, said UN Secretary General's Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq at a press briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York yesterday

The United States is concerned about reports of intimidation and political violence during protests in Bangladesh over the weekend against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday

Amnesty International has said the violence in Bangladesh over the weekend is deeply worrying and may have implications for the human rights situation before, during and after the elections.

Chinese Special Envoy for Asian Affairs Deng Xijun yesterday held meetings with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on repatriation of the Rohingyas.

Newly appointed British Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke has expressed his country’s interest to work in the solar-run irrigation sector of the country

Amnesty International has said that the violence in Bangladesh over the weekend is deeply worrying and may have implications for the human rights situation before, during, and after the elections

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen hosted a dinner last night in honour of newly arrived and outgoing diplomats..“It was a farewell and welcome for outgoing and newly arrived ambassadors,” one of the diplomats familiar with the event told UNB..However, it could not be known whether the

Noting that the election is Bangladesh’ political business, European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore has expressed hope that the forthcoming national election will be free, fair and free of violence.

Ahead of political rallies of the ruling and opposition parties in Dhaka yesterday, the US reiterated that political violence has no place in a democracy and that the US favors no political party in Bangladesh.

Fourteen US congressmen and women have written to the US ambassador to the United Nations, urging the UN to arrange for peacekeeping forces in Bangladesh during the elections “to prevent intimidation, harassment or assault of voters”

The EU will continue to support the Rohingya people for their right to return to their homeland, said Eamon Gilmore, the EU’s special representative for human rights.