Difficult to adjust ties with Russia: Foreign secretary

Bangladesh continues to maintain very close relations with Russia and it is "very difficult" for the country to try to "adjust" the relationship, even if anyone would like it to amid the current situation in Ukraine.
11 April 2022

Equatorial Guinea wants to use Bangladesh's industrial development experience

Equatorial Guinea, the smallest country on the African continent, wants to use Bangladesh's experience in the development of small and medium enterprises.
9 April 2022

Maldives president expresses gratitude for Bangladesh's support in socio-economic dev

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih expressed his gratitude for the support his country received from Bangladesh over the years in the socio-economic development of his country.
9 April 2022

Dhaka-Washington: Closer to two defence deals

Dhaka and Washington move closer to signing two defence deals that foreign policy analysts say is a notable progress in security cooperation in the areas of maritime, peacekeeping, counterterrorism and transnational crimes.
7 April 2022

Mexico-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group formed

With an aim to grow partnership between the two countries, a friendship group named “Mexico-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group” was formed yesterday (April 6) at the Mexican parliament.
7 April 2022

Govt to ensure no excesses over DSA

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said there may have been some excesses while enforcing the Digital Security Act, but the government is now very careful to make sure the law is not misused.
6 April 2022

8th US-Bangladesh Security Dialogue begins in Washington

The 8th US-Bangladesh Security Dialogue began in Washington aiming to strengthen security cooperation between the two countries.
6 April 2022

Bangladesh would be happy if US withdrew sanctions on Rab: Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh will be happy if the United States withdraws the sanctions imposed on the elite force Rab, reiterating that it was "inappropriate and unjustified."
6 April 2022

Digital Security Act may have led to some excesses: Momen tells Washington

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said there might have been excesses while enforcing the Digital Security Act, "but the government is now very careful to make sure the law is not abused".
6 April 2022

‘Solutions to Rohingya crisis needed for free and open Indo-Pacific’

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki has said that finding lasting solutions to the Rohingya crisis will be conducive to the pursuit of “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP), a concept of peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
6 April 2022

Lifting sanctions may take time

Reaffirming the importance of protecting human rights and freedom of religion, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said lifting sanctions and resuming training of Rab might take time but he recognised the agency’s crucial counterterrorism role.
5 April 2022

Personally grateful to US for giving me job, home in mid 1990s: Momen

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed deep gratitude to the American politicians and eminent persons like Senator Edward Kennedy, singer George Harrison and Bangladeshi Americans who supported Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
5 April 2022

Rab may have done some excesses but there's accountability, Momen tells Blinken

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has strongly made the case for withdrawing sanctions on Rab and its seven current and former officials to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as they held a meeting at the latter’s office in Washington last night (April 4, 2022).
5 April 2022

Momen, Blinken hold talks in Washington as Bangladesh demands lifting sanctions

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen held a meeting with his US counterpart Antony J Blinken at the US Department of State yesterday (April 4, 2022) marking 50 years of diplomatic ties bewteen US and Bangladesh.
4 April 2022

Biden hopes for stronger Dhaka-Washington ties

US President Joe Biden yesterday expressed his wish to watch the Dhaka-Washington ties scale new heights over the next 50 years based on the solid foundation laid over the past five decades.
4 April 2022

Dhaka-Washington ties will flourish further in next 50 years, Biden writes to Hasina

US President Joe Biden has expressed optimism that Dhaka-Washington partnership would flourish further in the next 50 years and beyond.
4 April 2022

Sears Towers a manifestation of what US, Bangladesh can achieve together

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cited the example of the iconic Sears Tower to refer to what the Bangladeshis and Americans can achieve together – in a message marking 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
4 April 2022

Bangladesh Embassy in Mexico celebrates Independence Day

On the occasion of the Independence Day and National Day of Bangladesh, the Embassy of Bangladesh hosted a reception and dinner in honour of foreign diplomats in Mexico.
3 April 2022

Slain Rohingya leader’s family relocated to Canada

Eleven family members of Mohibullah, a Rohingya leader who was killed in Cox’s Bazar’s Kutupalong camp six months ago, have been relocated to Canada.
1 April 2022

It’s all about co-op, not confrontation

European Union Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific Gabriele Visentin has said their strategy is all about “cooperation, not confrontation”.
1 April 2022