Chinese President pledges to use the upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un to strengthen Sino-DPRK ties Dagyum Ji June 19th, 2019 – Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is open to developing a “grand plan” with North Korea to…
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Tensions rise as Iran speeds up enrichment, US sends troops
Tehran, Jun 18 (AP/UNB) — Iran will surpass the uranium-stockpile limit set by its nuclear deal in the next 10 days, an official said Monday, raising pressure on Europeans trying to save the accord a year after the U.S. withdrawal…
Indian envoy visits Khagrachhari BD-IND Moitree Bridge site
Khagrachhari, June 16 (UNB)- Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das visited the under-construction Bangladesh-India Moitree Bridge-1 and Ramgarh land port here on Sunday. While visiting the sites Riva Ganguli said, “Moitree Bridge and land port will increase scopes…
Teesta, Rohingya feature Dhaka-Delhi Foreign Minister-level talks
Dhaka, June 15 – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has asked his new Indian counterpart S Jaishankar to expedite initiatives to resolve the Teesta issue and sought active supports over the Rohingya crisis in their maiden talks in Tajikistan,…
Iran newspaper asks Abe: How Can You Trust A War Criminal’
Tehran, Jun 12 (AP/UNB) — With Japan’s prime minister on the way to Tehran for a historic visit, a hard-line Iranian paper published a front page image Wednesday of a mushroom cloud from a nuclear blast — a reference to…
Bangladesh, US to strengthen security ties
Dhaka, June 11 (UNB)— Bangladesh and the United States have agreed to work toward security and economic cooperation and enhancing people-to-people ties in support of a stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. The two countries acknowledged the continuing challenge of terrorism,…
Bangladesh seeks China, others, help solve Rohingya crisis
Yuxi City (Yunnan), June 12 (UNB) – Bangladesh has raised the Rohingya issue in an international media forum here and sought more Chinese and other Asian nations’ involvement to solve the Rohingya crisis for regional peace and stability. Bangladesh stressed…
Progress in building economic BCIM corridor sought
Yuxi City (Yunnan), June 11 (UNB) – Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM) on Tuesday felt the necessity to further deepen cooperation and promote substantial progress in building the BCIM Economic Corridor (BCIM EC) to promote regional peace, stability and…
Set up industry in Bangladesh, Dhaka tells Chinese investors
Yuxi City (Yunnan), June 10 (UNB) – Bangladesh has said Chinese entrepreneurs, especially investors from Yunnan Province, can maximise their profits by setting up industries in Bangladesh taking the advantage of proximity and getting access to huge direct and indirect…
Rohingya issue on priority list of PM’s China visit: FM
Dhaka, June 10 – Bangladesh will keep the Rohingya issue on its priority list for discussion during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s planned visit to China in the first week of July, indicates Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. “The Rohingya…
Tree symbolizing Trump-Macron friendship has died
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The photo of Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron planting an oak tree in the garden of the White House symbolized the friendship shown by the two leaders. But relations between them…
Aung San Suu Kyi finds common ground with Orbán over Islam
On a rare trip to Europe, Myanmar leader and Hungary PM discuss issue of ‘growing Muslim populations’ Hannah Ellis-Petersen Thu 6 Jun 2019 06.12 BST Last modified on Fri 7 Jun 2019 02.39 BST From her failure to speak out…
Trump lauds ‘unbreakable’ transatlantic alliance on D-Day
CAEN, France, June 6, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – President Donald Trump sought Thursday to reassure US allies rattled by his nationalist rhetoric by saying the bonds between them were “unbreakable” on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Trump joined other…
BD PM Hasina for OIC support to launch Rohingya case at ICJ
Makkah, Jun 1 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought support from the OIC member states to launch the Rohingya case at International Court of Justice with voluntary funding and technical help to ensure the legal rights of…
Dhaka waits to see Teesta issue resolved: Hamid tells Modi
New Delhi, May 31 (UNB)— The people of Bangladesh have been waiting for years to see the Teesta River water sharing issue settled, President Abdul Hamid told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. “I believe an agreement will be…
Dhaka proposes new platform for Ulema to counter extremism
Dhaka, May 30 (UNB) – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday emphasized that the Muslim nations should be able to resolve their own issues within Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and proposed a new platform for the Ulema to work…
Asia can dominate world if all work together: PM
Tokyo, May 30 (UNB)- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Asia can dominate the world if all countries of this continent can work together. “There’re developed, developing and least developed countries in Asia. if all the countries in Asia…
China sharing Brahmaputra data with India for Monsoon
China has begun sharing hydrological data with India on the Bramhaputra river for this year’s monsoon season, a senior Indian water resources ministry official said May 20. It is also expected to start sharing data on the Sutlej river from…
PM Hasina off to Tokyo on first leg of tri-nation tour
Dhaka, May 27 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Monday evening. The Prime Minister arrived at the presidential palace around 8pm when President Abdul Hamid and his wife Rashida Khanom received her with…
BD President Hamid to join Modi’s swearing-in
Dhaka, May 27 (UNB) – President Abdul Hamid will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, says an official source. Modi will take oath as Indian Prime Minister for the second term on May 30 at the…
Hasina-Modi goodwill sharing likely on Delhi stopover June 8
Dhaka, May 27 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has planned to make a 12-hour stopover in New Delhi on June 8 on her way back home after wrapping up her tri-nation visit to Japan, Saudi Arabia and Finland. There…
Trump says he backs Japan’s efforts to talk with Iran
Tokyo, May 27 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump on Monday backed the Japanese prime minister’s interest in using his country’s good relations with Iran to help broker a possible dialogue between the U.S. and its nemesis in the Middle East.…
Minister Mozammel to join Modi’s swearing-in: FM
Dhaka, May 26 (UNB) – Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque will represent Bangladesh at the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi is likely to take oath as Indian Prime Minister for the second term on…
Dr Kamal greets Modi, Amit Shah for election victory
Dhaka, May 24 (UNB) – Congratulating Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the resounding election victory of BJP, Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said his party is keen to work with new Indian government to strengthen the relations…
Lok Sabha polls manifests success of democracy in India: BNP
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday said democracy has become successful through the 17th Lok Sabha elections in India as people have been able to elect their representatives exercising their voting rights.…
Let’s work for peace- Pak PM. Peace my primacy- India PM
Dhaka, May 24, – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi after the BJP swept the national election in trends released by the Election Commission, reports NDTV. “I congratulate Prime Minister Modi on the…
PM phones Modi, greets him on landslide victory
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday phoned her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and extended the heartiest congratulations to him on his party’s landslide victory in the Indian general election. “The Prime Minister (Sheikh Hasina) phoned…
Diplomatic row: Bangladesh stops issuing visas to Pakistanis
Dhaka, May 20 – Amid the escalating diplomatic row between the two countries, the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad, in an apparent protest, has stopped issuing visas to Pakistanis, said an official on Monday. The decision was taken as a…
US military confirms rocket near embassy in Iraq
Dubai, May 20 (AP/UNB) —The U.S. military command that oversees the Mideast has confirmed an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad and says there are no U.S. or coalition casualties. A spokesman for U.S. Central Command, Bill Urban,…
Dhaka concerned at attacks on oil facilities in Gulf region
Dhaka, May 19 (UNB)— Bangladesh says it has observed with “deep concern” the secret drone attacks on oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. Equally disconcerting is the news of attacks on Saudi and Emirati oil tankers in the…