Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, at the closing of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum said the Islamic Emirate needs to take practical steps, mainly toward an inclusive government, in order to be recognized. Click here to read...
AFP has cited its sources in the US Department of State as saying, Afghanistan’s embassy in consulates in the United States are suffering from dire financial problems that will lead to their closure as soon as next week. Click here to read...
Family members, relatives and neighbours were mourning as the body of Hadisur Rahman, third engineer of the Bangladeshi ship "Banglar Samriddhi", who was killed in a rocket attack at a Ukraine port on March 3, reached home this noon. Click here to read...
The Cabinet Division has approved the proposed Evidence (Amendment) Act 2022 in principle, keeping the provision that makes digital evidence admissible in court. Click here to read...
"Rivers and canals in the Sundarbans region are plagued by unplanned industrialisation, anti-environmental development activities, encroachment and pollution... Environmental and people-friendly development plans have to be adopted while safeguarding their flow”. Click here to read...
Saudi Arabia has shown interest in investing more than $10 billion in 15 large- and small-scale projects in Bangladesh. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud is expected to discuss the projects on his two-day visit to Dhaka starting today. Click here to read...
The High Court yesterday observed that government machinery must be active throughout the year to control prices of daily essentials and appropriate legal action has to be taken against unscrupulous traders responsible for hoarding goods. Click here to read...
German Ambassador to Bangladesh Achim Troster has advised Bangladeshi companies to prepare for challenges that may arise from 2023 when a German law comes into effect for enhanced human rights protection in supply chains. Click here to read...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam today rejected the recent Nikkei Asia report that claimed China is preparing to set up a maintenance facility in Bangladesh for surface-to-air missile systems it had supplied in 2011. Click here to read...
Bangladesh has sought investment opportunities for Bangladeshi entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan, a central Asian country rich in natural gas. Such a proposal was made to the Uzbek authorities during the first-ever Foreign Office Consultation between Bangladesh and Uzbekistan held in Tashkent today. Click here to read...
The Punatsangchu II project was supposed to commission its first unit by July 2022 and have all its six units commissioned by early 2023. Click here to read...
The Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering said the relaxations are being done gradually to avoid a large surge in cases over a short period which will lead to a rush of cases to hospitals, the system being overrun and deaths. Click here to read...
With the completion of exams on Saturday and preparation for phase two, the government announced a four-week transition period until fully lifting the movement restriction. Click here to read...
To focus on developing new opportunities and stragegies for private sector investments as the region recovers from the impacts of Covid-19, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has appointed Martin Holtmann as the new Country Manager for Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. Click here to read...
Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) is exhibiting Maldives at the biggest travel trade event held in India, OTM Mumbai, as the partner country, - a move aimed at further strengthening Maldives’ brand visibility in the Indian market. Click here to read...
The Maldives on Sunday lifted its health emergency, declared at the beginning of the pandemic two years ago, and relaxed the mandatory mask policy, amid wide vaccine coverage and a low positivity rate. Click here to read...
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested six persons and busted a human trafficking racket that was helping Rohingya Muslims enter India and settle down on the basis of forged documents. The gang was active and operating in border areas of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and other parts of the country. Click here to read...
Myanmar’s military government has been attacking civilians since the February 1 coup last year with weapons provided by China, Russia, and Serbia. This was stated in a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council in February on the human rights situation in Myanmar. Click here to read...
Pakistan’s military partnership with Myanmar is changing post-military coup in the Southeast Asian nation that poses a serious regional security threat. According to sources, the Myanmar military is planning to purchase 60- and 81-mm mortars, M-79 grenade launchers and heavy machine guns from Pakistan. Click here to read...
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Sunday expressed hope that the repatriation of Rohingya people from Bangladesh to Myanmar would begin this year. ‘China is making relentless effort to speed up early repatriation of Rohingya people…this year we’ll achieve the goal,’ he said in a press conference styled as spring dialogue with China in Dhaka.
Myanmar junta struggles with fuel supplies - Mizzima
The Myanmar police force looks set to escort a convoy of fuel delivered from Thailand entering through the Myawaddy border crossing, reports DVB. Myanmar is facing a growing fuel crisis and is looking to its neighbours for help. Click here to read...
A former parliamentary candidate is among two men in southern Rakhine State who were charged with terrorism offences on Wednesday for allegedly supporting the anti-junta People’s Defence Force (PDF), their lawyer has said. Click here to read...
Nepal prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for evacuating Nepali nationals who were stranded in the war-torn Ukraine. Click here to read...
Fringe parties have threatened to boycott upcoming local polls if the Election Commission fails to address their concerns about election symbols. Click here to read...
Doctors say without improving water and sanitation conditions, waterborne diseases including typhoid cannot be defeated. Click here to read...
The United States and China urged India and Pakistan on Monday to hold direct talks for reducing tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations. Click here to read...
Pakistan is contemplating different options in case India refuses to agree on a joint probe into a missile fiasco that could have triggered an accidental war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Click here to read...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said he was not worried about the no-confidence motion against him as the situation leading up to the no-trust vote is “satisfactory”. Click here to read...
Amid the worsening economic situation in his country, Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa will begin his India visit on Tuesday, hoping to seal a USD 1 billion line of credit (LoC). Click here to read...
“There may be long queues at grocery stores, gas stations, and pharmacies. Local authorities may impose the rationing of electricity, resulting in power outages,” the advisory saidClick here to read...
Sri Lanka is tackling its worst financial crisis in over a decade, struggling to pay for critical imports including fuel, food and medicines and with just $2.31 billion of reserves. Click here to read...
The visit was finalised during a telephone conversation between minister Rajapaksa and external affairs minister S Jaishankar last week. Click here to read...