US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue is going to be held on March 20 under a new reality when the bilateral relations witness strains following the US sanctions on Rab and not inviting Bangladesh in Biden’s Democracy Summit.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the “Comprehensive Partnership” between Bangladesh and Japan is now poised to be upgraded to “Strategic Partnership”.

The Japan government has decided to provide US$ 9 million to assist WFP and IOM for their operations in support to Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has proposed to strike deals with South Sudan on different areas including contract farming on agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen is scheduled to leave Dhaka for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a four-day visit on Wednesday night to attend a series of programmes apart from a bilateral meeting with his UAE counterpart.

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances yesterday began a five-day meeting in Geneva to examine more than 300 cases from 24 countries.

Bangladesh and Luxembourg today agreed to explore new opportunities to further widen and deepen the existing bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Genocide Watch, a US-based organisation, has formally recognised the crimes committed by the Pakistani military forces against the people of Bangladesh in 1971 as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Bangladesh will hold its first ever defence dialogue with the UK in March this year as the two countries seek to take the bilateral relationship to a strategic level for the shared objectives of prosperity and security.

Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto has expressed his optimism to further strengthen cooperation with Bangladesh.

US Congressman Gregory W Meeks yesterday said he believes sanctions can be most useful when they are targeted but wholesale sanctions on Bangladesh are currently not warranted.

“The United Kingdom has stood by Bangladesh for the past 50 years through good times and bad times and will continue to remain its trusted friend and partner also in the next 50 years”, said UK FCDO Minister for South and Central Asia Lord Ahmad.

Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal today said India-Bangladesh friendship is reaching new heights under Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina and the friendship between the two countries has evolved into a strategic partnership with multifaceted and deep collaboration in trade, investment, food security and technology.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the objective of the ongoing propaganda against Bangladesh is to take advantage through putting pressure.

US Congressman Gregory W Meeks has said he looks forward to working to help address human rights and democracy challenges in Bangladesh, including ensuring that the country’s next elections are free and fair.

UK High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson said Bangladesh has become a role model of positive transformation, while continuing to tackle political and governance challenges as a vibrant, independent nation.

Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde has appreciated Bangladesh’s “remarkable development journey” over the last five decades and expressed her country’s willingness to strengthen the bilateral relations.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon Austria to make larger investment in Bangladesh.

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson has said the world, today, looks with admiration at what Bangladesh has achieved in its first half century.

British High Commissioner on Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson today said the United Kingdom looks forward to strengthening bonds of kinship and culture with Bangladesh in the next 50 years and beyond.