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DHAKA : Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a two-day official visit on April 27. Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin shared the information while briefing reporters at the foreign ministry...

DHAKA : The visiting high-level delegation from the United States (US) today held talks with the top brass of the Bangladesh’s interim government focusing on the country’s ongoing reform initiatives, the upcoming national election, and the protracted Rohingya crisis. The...

RAJSHAHI : A farmer was killed in a thunderbolt strike at Arani village under Bagha Upazila of the district today. The deceased was identified as Manik Hossain Mondal, 45, son of late Abdur Razzaque of Hamidkura village under the same...

DHAKA : Four national female athletes of Bangladesh will accompany Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus during his upcoming visit to Qatar. Those who are accompanying the Chief Adviser are: footballers Afida Khandaker and Shaheda Akhter Ripa and cricketers Sumaiya Akhter...

DHAKA : A visiting US delegation called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus here today and expressed support for the reform agenda of the Interim Government. They also discussed regional issues involving peace, security, and development. The US delegation included Deputy...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today said the interim government strongly protested India's attempts to involve Bangladesh in communal violence in Murshidabad, West Bengal, and urged the neighboring country to take steps to 'fully protect' the...

DHAKA : Bangladesh has decided to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) 1992. The Council of Advisers took this decision at its meeting held at the Chief Adviser's...

MEHERPUR : Liberation War Affairs Adviser Faruk-e-Azam, Bir Pratik, has said the Mujibnagar government is an internationally recognized and constitutional government as it has organized the country’s War of Liberation and helped establish relations with international communities. “The Mujibnagar government...

DHAKA : The Adaptation Fund Board has approved the Green, Resilient, and Adaptive CHT Economy (GRACE) project, a significant step forward in climate adaptation in Bangladesh. The project will use US$ 10 million funding to help the most vulnerable hill...

DHAKA : Bangladesh and Pakistan today held a foreign secretary-level Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) in Dhaka After a gap of nearly 15 years. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin and Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch led their respective sides during...