Exporters brace for impact as India shuts cargo route

Exporters in Bangladesh’s garment sector face a moment of reckoning over how they will manage urgent international shipments after India abruptly closed a transshipment route that had grown popular for air cargo.
10 April 2025
10 April 2025

Delhi wants positive ties with Dhaka

New Delhi wants a positive and constructive relationship with Dhaka, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesman Randhir Jaiswal told reporters in New Delhi yesterday.
9 April 2025

3rd country export: India revokes transshipment for Bangladesh

Delhi's decision not to affect trade with Bhutan or Nepal, says Indian foreign ministry
9 April 2025

2 US delegations arrive next week

Washington is sending two delegations to Dhaka, the first visits under the Trump administration that is making huge policy changes in trade and diplomatic fronts.
8 April 2025

Yunus-Modi talks: Hasina extradition came up, nothing was finalised

Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain yesterday said that Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus raised the extradition issue of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina during his talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but nothing was finalised in this regard.
8 April 2025

Dhaka seeks 3-month pause on new tariffs

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has requested US President Donald Trump to postpone the imposition of 37 percent reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi exports by three months.
7 April 2025

Dhaka condemns Israel's mass killing, human rights violations in Gaza

The Government of Bangladesh demanded that Israel immediately cease all military operations
7 April 2025

Yunus-Modi meeting: First step towards easing tensions

The meeting between Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangkok on Friday is a stepping stone to easing the strained bilateral relations, say foreign policy analysts.
5 April 2025
5 April 2025

Italy says counter-tariffs would be wrong response to US tariffs

Giorgetti said Italy was aiming for a "de-escalation" with the US
5 April 2025

Yunus seeks Thaksin’s support to strengthen ties, resolve Rohingya crisis

The CA sought Thaksin's support for Bangladesh's plan to become an ASEAN member
5 April 2025

Rohingya repatriation: Yunus calls for visible actions from BIMSTEC

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday called on BIMSTEC member states to take steps to promote dialogue between conflicting parties in Myanmar and restore stability in its Rakhine State to facilitate the long-overdue repatriation of Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh.
4 April 2025

Yunus-Modi talks in Bangkok: Dhaka, Delhi to take ties on the right track

In a thawing of relations, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting yesterday, seeking to work together and set the relations on the right track.
4 April 2025

Yunus returns home from Thailand

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the CA and his entourage arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:05pm
4 April 2025

Yunus leaves Thailand for home

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the CA departed from Bangkok at 8:45pm local time
4 April 2025

Take steps to prevent Hasina from making provocative statements, Yunus tells Modi

Yunus also raised the issue of border killings and stressed the need for working together to reduce the number of fatalities
4 April 2025

India does not support any particular party in Bangladesh: Modi

Our relationship is people-to-people, Modi tells Yunus
4 April 2025

UN high commissioner calls for unrestricted humanitarian access

"I urge a halt to all military operations, and for the focus to be on assisting those impacted by the quake, as well as ensuring unhindered access to humanitarian organizations that are ready to support"
4 April 2025

Myanmar identifies 180,000 Rohingyas for return

Another 70,000 pending further scrutiny
4 April 2025