Dhaka has requested London to remove Bangladesh from its red-listed Covid-19 countries, which will allow stranded British Bangladeshis to go back to the UK.

Bangladesh’s Information Minister Hasan Mahmud today met Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi, during which they discussed bilateral cooperation “progressing steadily across all domains and media and public perceptions in that regard.”

The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal, left Dhaka today on invitation of US Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Michael M Gilday, to attend the 24th International Seapower Symposium in the United States.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has stressed on a coordinated international response on Afghanistan aimed at safeguarding regional stability, as he held a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday.

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, OSP, ndu, psc has visited the Indian Army’s 50 Independent Parachute Brigade, Wargaming Development Centre, Defence Image Processing and Analysis Centre and Indian National Defence College (NDC), in the last two days of his India tour.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has stressed on a coordinated international response on Afghanistan aimed at safeguarding regional stability, as he held a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud inaugurated the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman media centre at the Press Club of India in New Delhi today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh will decide its policy towards Afghanistan independently, noting that India or Pakistan’s conduct is not important to Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has called on developed countries - responsible for the highest rates of global carbon emissions - to pay compensation to poorer nations for the loss and damage caused by climate change.

The Press Club of India will set up a media centre honouring Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking his birth centenary.

Bangladesh has proposed the UK to expand their bilateral climate relations especially in transferring green technology, promoting green investment, and supporting climate mitigation projects such as building embankments to protect people from sea-level rise and river erosion.

Two mobile oxygen plants (MOP), capable of generating 960 litres of oxygen each per minute, arrived in Chattogram on an Indian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel, INS Savitri, today.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen is going to UK tomorrow on a three-day official visit to chalk-up a post-Brexit, post-Covid new strategic partnership vision, marking the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh-UK diplomatic relations.

A meeting of agriculture experts of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) countries, including Bangladesh, today heard a call for enhancing the engagement and deepening cooperation in agriculture and allied sectors particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two hundred Bangladeshi students from Dhaka, Sylhet, and Chattogram have been selected for a two-year US-funded programme called English Access Microscholarship that will strengthen their English language, critical thinking, and leadership skills.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called for stronger policies and support measures for the least developed countries (LDCs).

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today went on a 10-day visit to Europe aiming to boost cooperation on tackling the challenges of Covid-19, climate change and migrants.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, with his visionary leadership, had navigated the country’s international relations in a direction that still works as a guiding principle for Bangladesh.

The third consignment of 40 more life support ambulances gifted by Indian PM Narendra Modi has reached Benapole Port yesterday morning.

The European Union should be more generous in sharing Covid-19 vaccines with others who need those badly, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.