Pakistan Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a two-day visit to attend the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC), the first such diplomatic engagement in 15 years, as Dhaka and Islamabad seek to normalise relations.

The meeting is expected to take place around 4:30pm.

"I have further important discussions scheduled with the offices of USTR, Commerce and State department, in DC next week," Lutfey Siddiqi said on his Facebook page

Pakistan Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch will arrive in Bangladesh today to attend the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC), the first such diplomatic engagement in 15 years, as Dhaka and Islamabad seek to normalise relations.

Bangladesh and Singapore have committed to finalising a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by the end of next year, as discussed during the fourth Bangladesh-Singapore Foreign Office Consultations held in Singapore today

On behalf of the government of Bangladesh, Adviser for the Ministry of Labour and Employment Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain signed the statute at a signing ceremony held at the OIC on April 13

National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman yesterday said Bangladesh does not consider its relationships with China and India as a zero-sum game but aims to maintain meaningful and balanced ties with both.

Three Russian Navy warships arrived at Chattogram Port yesterday for a four-day goodwill visit to Bangladesh.

The next round of talks is expected to take place in Dhaka at a mutually convenient time

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said yesterday that no country wishes Bangladesh well more than India.

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.

On November 26, he was made an ambassador

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Says Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin