Dhaka – Thirty-three Bangladesh nationals have secured Myanmar President’s clemency as they were jailed in Myanmar for their illegal entry into the neighbouring country. -UNB
Category: Diplomacy
Beijing urged to sign loan deal on Padma rail project fast
Dhaka – The government has urged China again to sign the framework and loan agreements by mid-June for funding the Padma Bridge Rail Link project to facilitate the launching of the project by the current fiscal year.-UNB
Crisis in the Gulf: Escalation or negotiation?
By James M. Dorsey Singapore, Jun 8 (IPS) – Turkey’s parliament is this week fast tracking the dispatch of up to 3,000 troops to Qatar, home to the country’s military base in the Middle East. Certain to stiffen Qatar’s resolve…
Trump offers help; UAE tightens squeeze on Qatar
U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Wednesday to help resolve a worsening diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Arab powers as the United Arab Emirates invoked the possibility of an economic embargo on Doha over its alleged support of terrorism.…
Kuwait’s emir meets with Qatari leader amid diplomatic rift
Dubai, Jun 8 (AP/UNB) – Kuwait’s emir has traveled to Qatar and met that country’s leader as part of his efforts to mediate an end to a crisis that’s seen Arab nations cut ties to the energy-rich country and attempt…
No worry for BD workers in Qatar: Minister
Dhaka – Following Qatar’s diplomatic problems with the neighbouring countries, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam on Wednesday said Bangladeshi workers in the Gulf country will not be affected. UNB
US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis
Washington – US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar’s state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US’ closest Gulf allies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation. The FBI recently…
Momentum around Paris deal, climate action unstoppable: Canada
Dhaka – Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoît Pierre Laramée on Tuesday said the momentum around the Paris Agreement and climate action is unstoppable. UNB news agency reported
Continuing the climate battle without the US
By Martin Khor With President Trump pulling the United States from the Paris agreement, the US has lost not only leadership but membership of the community of nations that subscribe to humanity’s fight for survival against climate change So in…
Kuwait trying to mediate, solve rift: Qatar
Dubai, Jun 6 (AP/UNB) – Kuwait is trying to mediate a diplomatic crisis in which Arab countries have cut diplomatic ties to Qatar and moved to isolate the energy-rich, travel-hub nation from the outside world, Qatar’s foreign minister said early…
4 nations cut diplomatic ties to Qatar as Gulf rift deepens
Dubai, Jun 5 (AP/UNB) — Four Arab nations cut diplomatic ties to Qatar early Monday morning, further deepening a rift among Gulf Arab nations over that country’s support for Islamist groups and its relations with Iran. Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia…
India to introduce land port entry visa: Shringla
Brahmanbaria – India will introduce land port entry visas to Bangladeshis, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Saturday. He said this while talking to reporters on his way to Indian city of Agartala through Akhaura land…
US Envoy, CEC against lopsided election
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat on Wednesday said they do not want the next parliamentary elections to be a lopsided one like the February-15 or January-5 election, according to the Election Commission…
Hasina off to Austria to attend IAEA conf
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Vienna, Austria on Monday morning to attend a conference of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and hold a bilateral meeting with the Federal Chancellor of Austria Christian Kern. UNB news reported
Delhi wants Dhaka to tap sea resources together
India wants to work very closely with Bangladesh to exploit sea resources in the best possible way for enormous economic benefits of the two countries and create a ‘secure and sustainable’ Bay of Bengal and beyond. “Certainly, I think, that…
PM deeply shocked at Manchester terror attack
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the horrific attack in the northern English city of Manchester, which killed 22 people and injured dozens more. UNB news reported
Hope to visit Bangladesh, Trump tells Hasina
From Golam Moin Uddin UNB Staff Writer Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), May 22 – US President Donald Trump has expressed his hope to visit Bangladesh as he exchanged greetings with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the Arab Islamic-American (AIA) Summit in…
US, Saudi Arabia sign arms deals of almost $110bn
US Secretary of State says the arms agreements will help Saudi Arabia deal with ‘malign Iranian influence’. The US and Saudi Arabia signed arms deals worth almost $110bn on Saturday, the first day of President Donald Trump’s visit to the…
PM Leaves for KSA to attend Saudi-led alliance meet
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here this evening for Riyadh on a four-day official visit to Saudi Arabia to join the Arab Islamic-American (AIA) Summit at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
Islamic preacher Zakir Naik granted Saudi citizenship
Dhaka, May 20 (UNB)- Controversial Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik, booked under an anti-terror law, has been granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia, according to media reports.
Trump asks Muslims on first foreign trip: Drive out terrorists
Washington, May 20 (AP/UNB)- President Donald Trump will use his first visit to the Middle East to call for unity in the fight against radicalism in the Muslim world, casting the challenge as a “battle between good and evil” and…
‘Uday Shankar Library’ inaugurated at DU
Dhaka – A renovated reading room-cum-library hall, named after Uday Shankar, was inaugurated at Dhaka University’s Dance Department on Thursday. UNB news reported
Danish ambassador in Dhaka says forfeign diplomats still feel unsafe
Diplomats are “happy” over the post Jul 1 security measures in Bangladesh, but still feel the risk of terrorist attacks remains. “In terms of risk assessment, we still feel the risk. We still have restrictions on our movement,” Danish Ambassador…
Foreigners still exercising caution in movement fearing attacks
Dhaka – Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mikael H Winther on Tuesday said they are still restricting their movement here as they still feel the risk of terror attacks even after 10 months of July 1 attack. UNB news agency reported
Trump ‘shared classified information with Russia’
President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about so-called Islamic State (IS) to Russia’s foreign minister, sources have told US media.
Take back Rohingyas, President tells Myanmar envoy
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid urged Myanmar on Thursday to take back Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. He made the call when outgoing Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka Myo Myint Than met him at Bangabhaban in the afternoon.
Dhaka for cooperation with Stockholm for energy, urban dev
Dhaka, May 10 – State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, now on a three-day visit to Sweden, will hold a series of discussions there focusing on energy and sustainable urban development. He is leading a delegation…
Saudi King invites PM to attend summit in Riyadh
Dhaka – Saudi King and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the Arabic Islamic American Historical Summit in Saudi Arabia. UNB news agency reported
Cooperation in space exploration to benefit all S Asian countries: PM
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed her belief that any cooperation in space exploration will definitely take the South Asian countries to the ambitious technological enhancement for the benefit of the region. UNB news agency reported
Turkish entrepreneurs keen to expand investment ties with BD
Dhaka – Turkish businesspeople, investors and industrialists have expressed keen interest in expanding their business and investment relations with countries in the East, including Bangladesh. UNB news agency reported