Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah has congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her reappointment as the prime minister of Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, who has not been chosen in the list of the upcoming cabinet, today said being a minister was a privilege and it was solely a choice of the prime minister.

Canada has expressed its disappointment over the January 7 parliamentary polls, saying the electoral process had fallen short of the principles of democracy and the freedom upon which Bangladesh was founded.

Although some irregularities were reported in the general election, Japan intends to continue to support Bangladesh for its development and prosperity, and further develop the bilateral relationship

Five Canadian MPs, who are members of the Canada-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group, have congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on winning a fifth term in office

The US said Bangladesh’s parliamentary election was not free and fair, while the UK observed that standards of credible and fair competitions in the polls were not consistently met during the election period.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland KC has congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her election victory.

China is ready to work with the new Bangladesh government to carry forward the friendship, said a spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry.

The United Nations has called on all parties in Bangladesh to reject all forms of violence and ensure human rights and the rule of law are fully respected.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk yesterday voiced distress that the environment for Sunday’s polls was marred by violence and repression of opposition candidates and supporters.

'We are committed to further strengthen our enduring and people-centric partnership with Bangladesh,' Modi writes on X

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has congratulated Prime Minister and Awami league President Sheikh Hasina for the successful holding of the 12th National parliamentary election and her party's win

Nearly 7,000 Rohingyas have become homeless overnight as a fire blazed through a crammed refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

Violence may occur with little or no warning before polls, on election day, or in days or weeks following the vote, says US Embassy in Dhaka

India today reiterated that the upcoming election in Bangladesh is a "domestic affair of that country"

A flawed election on January 7 could worsen the conflict between the political parties in Bangladesh and raise the spectre of violence in the aftermath, said a new report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) released yesterday.

The Election Commission of India is set to send a two-member team of observers for the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh slated for January 7

The US is closely following the case against Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof Muhammad Yunus and noted the international condemnations after he was convicted by a court.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh stands ready to extend all possible cooperation if required by Japan to tackle the recent devastation caused by a very tense dorado that jolted Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas of Japan on the coast of the Sea of Japan

Sentencing Prof Muhammad Yunus and three other top officials of Grameen Telecom to six months' imprisonment in a labour law violation case is unlikely to affect the US-Bangladesh relationship, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said today