Tag: Int’l relations

From S. Gopikrishna Warrier There is a kind of e-mail that does its rounds of mailboxes frequently. It is a rather long one, extolling the virtues of ancient Indian science and technology, and talking about the glory of Aryabhata, Charaka…

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, will debate on South-South Cooperation at the first high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) to be held in Mexico on Tuesday. The Southern Voice on…

A 14-member high-level Indian delegation, led by Indian Power Secretary PK Sinha, arrived here on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) and joint working committee meeting on power sector. Official sources said the JSC meeting…

Norway wants to sign an agreement with Bangladesh to send back illegal Bangladeshi nationals who seek political asylum in that country, Law Minister Anisul Haq said on Tuesday. The subject was raised by Norwegian Ambassador in Dhaka Merete Lundemo during…

In an interview to the ‘Telegraph’, Kolkata’s leading English daily, Khaleda has asked India to stop supporting the ‘illegal government’ of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “India, which has a long and proud history of democracy, should stand on the side…

Bangladesh is going to assist the international community in tracing the Malaysian missing aircraft from Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday directed the authorities concerned to assist the international community in the search operation for the missing Malaysian plane,…

Arab League Secretary General Nabil El Araby has said he is following Bangladesh’s war crimes trial “quite closely” and that the Arab League will always “stand by the side of justice”. He made the comment in a meeting with Bangladesh’s…

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad arrives here on Saturday to attend the convocation of the University of Information, Technology and Sciences (UITS) to be held here on the same day. Dr Mahathir is scheduled to arrive here…

Visiting Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani on Sunday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take initiatives for the repatriation of Myanmar refugees from Bangladesh. Madani made the request when he met the Prime Minister…

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani, scheduled to reach here on Saturday evening on a four-day official visit, now arrives early Sunday. As per his fresh flight schedule, the OIC Secretary General arrives at…

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani is due in Dhaka on Saturday on a four-day official visit. He will lead a five-member delegation on his first visit to Bangladesh after taking office as…

The Indian Border Security Force has handed over the body of a cattle trader to the Border Guard Bangladesh. BGB’s Shimulbarhi Company commander Subedar Rai Mohan Roy received the body on Monday. Mukul, 35, succumbed to bullet injuries at a hospital…

No Bangladeshi died in the gas tank explosion at a restaurant in Qatar’s capital Doha on Thursday. The explosion killed at least 12 people. The foreign ministry spokesperson Md Shameem Ahsan, however, said that one Bangladeshi was among the 32…

Joypurhat –A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Hatkhola frontier in Panchbibi upazila early Wednesday. The deceased identified as Azizul alias Eju, 34, son of Tofajjal Hossain Tofa and a resident of Ramkrishnapur village…

Dhaka – Washington has assured Dhaka of its full support to implement the national strategy adopted to address the issue of refugees and undocumented Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh. The assurance came during a meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque…

The 35th sitting of the Saarc Foreign Ministers will be held in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on Thursday with a focus on regional connectivity and enhancing trade ties among the Saarc countries. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar…

The third round of the Bangladesh-US security dialogue will be held on Apr 16 in Dhaka, the foreign ministry has said. The US confirmed the date when Bangladesh’s foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque met senior state department officials including Assistant…

Dhaka – After a long wait, the 35th sitting of the Saarc Foreign Ministers will be held in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on Thursday with a focus on regional connectivity and enhancing trade ties among the Saarc countries.…

The cabinet in its weekly meeting on Monday approved a proposal for signing a memorandum of association (MoA) to establish BIMSTEC Centre for Wealth and Climate. Bangladesh is a member of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and…

Dhaka – State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on Sunday said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has not stopped issuing visa to Bangladeshis mentioning that some 1716 Bangladeshi workers went to Dubai in January. “I had discussions with Dubai…

Saudi Arabia is allowing Bangladeshi workers to change their ‘Iqama’ or residency permit. The move means the kingdom is now again open for Bangladeshi labourers, said Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Wednesday left Dhaka for New Delhi on a three-day visit to India. She will visit to India at the invitation of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will visit India from Wednesday at the invitation of her counterpart Meira Kumar. She will hold discussions with the Lok Sabha Speaker and meet other Indian dignitaries during the tour that will run through to Feb…

Kolkata – Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of helping fundamentalist forces in Bangladesh, the Left Front Sunday said its stand has resulted in fanatics belonging to both the majority and minority communities becoming more active in West Bengal. Calling it…

Executive Director of the Trade and Export Promotion Centre of Nepal, Iswar Prasad Ghirmi on Saturday said Nepal wants to enhance bilateral trade with Bangladesh.   Iswar Prasad conveyed the interest during a meeting with Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry…

Members of Border Security Force (BSF) of India picked up a Bangladeshi national from Jagdal border in Baliadangi upazila on Saturday morning.   The victim was identified as Abdul Kader, 25, son of late Salimuddin of Ratandighi village of the upazila.

The government on Thursday made a proposal to Saarc for launching a project on language conversion, aiming to enable the people of eight Saarc countries to have various important information about the region, including their respective tradition and culture, in…