A cross-party group of leading politicians, as well as diplomats and community leaders, attended the event in the House of Lords' Attlee Room a day after the February 21 commemoration of Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the Canadian entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh, particularly in agro-processing sector.

Among the 32 abstentions were Bangladesh, China, India, Iran and Pakistan

Bangladesh has said it does not think that there will be any adverse impact on Bangladesh-Russia’s existing friendly relations over a single issue, noting that the two countries are working jointly on many fronts.

The French and German embassies in Dhaka this evening installed a Ukrainian flag in front of their shared embassy building on Madani Avenue, Baridahara

Says foreign ministry

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma today reaffirmed India's commitment to development partnership and cooperation with Bangladesh to scale up bilateral trade and investment, and promote people-to-people exchanges.

The Russian embassy in Dhaka has criticised US President Joe Biden’s summit for democracy, saying it is the major vehicle of the US grand strategy to undermine the role of the UN.

Security expert Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain yesterday said Bangladesh’s security may be undermined if the US provides military support to Myanmar’s ethnic groups fighting the military junta.

Bangladesh has sought a detailed report from its ambassador in Moscow to know what exactly was discussed with the Russian foreign ministry.

"We sought a detailed report from our ambassador. We are going to analyse what was discussed," Shahriar Alam tells reporters

UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, has called for the states to be more inclusive in the treatment and use of minority and indigenous languages.

The Russian foreign ministry yesterday summoned Bangladesh Ambassador Kamrul Ahsan over not allowing 69 Russian ships, on which the US has slapped sanctions, from calling at Bangladeshi ports.

The first unit of the 1,200MW Matarbari coal-fired plant will go into production in January next year and the second unit by July that year, said South Korean embassy in a statement.

Russia summoned the ambassador of Bangladesh on Tuesday to protest over Dhaka's decision to block the entry of Russian ships into Bangladeshi ports

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today said Bangladesh would renew its efforts for making Bangla one of the official languages of the United Nations when the global body will go through a greater reform.

One project is to provide a grant for the "Project for Improvement of Equipment for Technical Education" and the other for the development of the Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management（BIGM)

A six-member delegation of German parliamentarians will visit Bangladesh on February 22-26 to foster strong ties between the two nations.

Ending months of speculation, Saarc has agreed to nominate its new secretary general from Bangladesh, foreign ministry officials said.

The goods include long jacket 3,900 pieces, sleeping bags 1,000 pieces, big size tents (14x14) 33 pieces and others