Vikram and Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Jashim Uddin are set to lead the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) at 11:00am

Bangladesh and India will try to bridge the gap in the bilateral relationship, which was created after the ouster of the Awami League regime, in the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC), diplomatic sources in Dhaka and New Delhi said.

 Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam yesterday expressed hope that Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s visit would strengthen Bangladesh-India relations. 

Diplomats from 27 European countries will hold a meeting today with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka, demonstrating support for the interim government.

A delegation of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, led by its Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman, today met with British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke at the latter's residence

"If we want to solve problems, we have to admit the problem first," he said.

Khorshed Alam, a Bangladeshi migrant worker in Malaysia, wanted to renew his machine-readable passport in June as his year-long employment visa is about to expire this month.

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said yesterday that the minority issue in Bangladesh has been misrepresented in international media and influential nations’ top parliamentary hearings due to faulty reports by certain minority groups.

Diplomats of foreign missions in Bangladesh yesterday attended The Daily Star’s exhibition to pay tribute to the brave hearts of the July uprising.

Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin on Saturday said they look forward to the next year with "hopes, expectation and aspiration" for a better Bangladesh

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has said India hopes to reinforce the existing interdependency between the two countries through more robust linkages in connectivity, culture, and commerce

India yesterday confirmed the visit by its Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to Dhaka on December 9 in the first top diplomatic contact with Bangladesh since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister of Bangladesh in August.

A Bangladeshi man was killed by the Indian Border Security Force along the Mominpara border in Panchagarh's Sadar upazila early today

Diplomats from 28 European countries, including 20 stationed in New Delhi and the rest in Dhaka, will meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on December 9 to explore new areas of cooperation with Bangladesh.

Foreign adviser tells high commissioner

The US has stressed the need for respect for religious and other fundamental freedoms, and basic human rights in Bangladesh amid alleged attacks on minorities.

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain yesterday said Bangladesh wants good relations with India and hinted that the Foreign Office Consultations between the two countries might take place on December 9, a day ahead of schedule.      

Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam has urged Saudi Arabia to invest in Bangladesh's IT sector, with a particular focus on high-tech parks

Calls on 'Indian elites' to cease false propaganda against Bangladesh

Indian media are spreading propaganda against Bangladesh over communal issues, said Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hussain