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NEWS DESK Bangladesh on Wednesday urged both India and Pakistan to remain calm, show restraint and refrain from taking any steps that could further aggravate the situation. “The Government of Bangladesh is closely observing the evolving situation in India and Pakistan …Bangladesh expresses its deep concern over the situation,” the foreign ministry said in a […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on Tuesday returned home from United Kingdom (UK) after treatment as party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir led senior leaders to welcome her at the airport with flower bouquet. The pro-democracy leader reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around Continue Reading
Myanmar’s regime has rejected a proposal by Bangladesh’s largest Islamist political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, for the creation of an independent Rohingya state in Rakhine State. AFP reports. Jamaat made the proposal during a meeting with a Communist Party of China (CPC) delegation in Dhaka on Sunday. China has not responded. The Jamaat delegation’s leader Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, also a former prime minister, is scheduled to return home from London on Monday after nearly four months of advanced medical treatment there. BNP chairperson’s private secretary ABM Abdus Sattar confirmed on Friday that Khaleda was expected to arrive in Dhaka in the morning of May 5. […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Friday said that the comments made by Major General ALM Fazlur Rahman (retd) on his personal social media account do not reflect the position or policies of the Government of Bangladesh. “Government of Bangladesh wishes to clarify that the recent remarks made by Major General ALM […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The United Nations has said it cannot support a humanitarian corridor from Bangladesh to Myanmar without approval from both governments. “The UN needs consent from the countries involved to deliver aid across borders. Without it, our role is limited,” a spokesperson said, amid ongoing discussions over aid access to Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The […]Continue Reading