Faulty media reports portray Bangladesh unfairly

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.
7 December 2024

Diplomats pay tribute to July bravehearts

Diplomats of foreign missions in Bangladesh yesterday attended The Daily Star’s exhibition to pay tribute to the brave hearts of the July uprising.
7 December 2024

Looking forward to next year with hopes for a better Bangladesh: foreign secretary

Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin on Saturday said they look forward to the next year with "hopes, expectation and aspiration" for a better Bangladesh
7 December 2024

India for reinforcing interdependency in commerce, connectivity

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
7 December 2024

Dhaka-Delhi talks: Indian foreign secy to fly in December 9

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.
6 December 2024

Bangladeshi killed by BSF at Panchagarh border

A Bangladeshi man was killed by the Indian Border Security Force along the Mominpara border in Panchagarh's Sadar upazila early today
6 December 2024

28 EU envoys to hold talks with Yunus December 9

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.
5 December 2024
4 December 2024

Fundamental rights, religious freedom need to be respected

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.
4 December 2024

Dhaka, Delhi likely to hold secretary-level talks on Dec 9

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.      
4 December 2024

Nahid seeks Saudi Arabia’s investment in IT sector

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
4 December 2024

Anti-Bangladesh politics will not serve India's interests: Nahid

Calls on 'Indian elites' to cease false propaganda against Bangladesh
3 December 2024

India provoking a quarrel through propaganda: Adviser Sakhawat

Indian media are spreading propaganda against Bangladesh over communal issues, said Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hussain
3 December 2024

Dhaka slams 'heinous attack' on its Agartala mission

The government of Bangladesh today said it “deeply resents” the “violent demonstration and attack” by a large group of protesters of the Hindu Sangharsh Samity of Agartala on the premises of the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala...The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in
2 December 2024

Agartala ‘security breach’ ‘deeply regrettable’: India

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement, also said it is taking steps to step up security in diplomatic missions of Bangladesh across the country.
2 December 2024

Bangladesh wants friendly, normal relations with India

Foreign adviser says he hopes that scheduled Foreign Office Consultations with India will take place
2 December 2024

Delhi needs to address Dhaka’s concerns

Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain yesterday said Bangladesh-India relations could have improved if New Delhi had addressed Dhaka’s concerns.
30 November 2024

Post Aug 5 violence politically motivated, not sectarian, Bangladesh to UN

Bangladesh told the UN that the post August 5 violence in Bangladesh was rooted in political and personal factors, not sectarian
29 November 2024

Dhaka slams desecration of nat’l flag in Kolkata

The government yesterday strongly condemned the desecration of Bangladesh’s national flag and the burning of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’s effigy in Kolkata as “deplorable acts”.
29 November 2024

‘India takes serious note of attacks on minorities’

New Delhi has taken the incidents of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh seriously, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said yesterday, adding that the primary responsibility to protect them falls on Dhaka.
29 November 2024