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DHAKA, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Commonwealth Secretary-General on Bangladesh: “Address differences through purposeful dialogue” 3 February 2014 Commonwealth Secretariat Spokesperson Richard Uku today said that the Commonwealth continues to follow political developments in Bangladesh closely after its elections on 5 January. He said the Commonwealth stands ready to provide whatever support may be considered helpful […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 3 (NsNewsWire) — “The newly elected government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will continue with its pro-active foreign policy towards strengthening every facet of its relations with immediate neighbor Myanmar for reaching higher trajectories of bilateral as well asregional trade, economy and connectivity”, said Mr. Md. Shahriar Alam, MP, StateMinister for Foreign Affairs […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mrs Hanne Fugl Eskjaer made a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam MP at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. The Ambassador congratulated the State Minister for his new responsibilities. During the meeting they also discussed various aspects of the bilateral relations. […]
Read More(Reuters) – The wife of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail gave birth on Friday to a boy born from sperm smuggled into Gaza, her family said, the first successful pregnancy of its kind in the embattled coastal enclave. The procedure follows several similar cases last year in the West Bank, and Palestinians view […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Former Bangladesh President Hussain Muhammad Ershad Sunday was appointed as a special envoy to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the rank and status of a cabinet minister. The appointment came as Hasina, who became premier for the third time, formed her new cabinet taking the oath of office Sunday evening […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh sent a message of felicitations to H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and also called her on the telephone this evening to convey his good wishes to her on assumption of the office of Prime Minister after the recent elections in Bangladesh. He wished […]
Read MoreWashington D.C., Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — A resolution expressing the sense of the U.S. Senate regarding the “critical need for political dialogue in Bangladesh”, and for other purposes has been passed recently. The first session of the 113th Congress on Jan. 7 in a regular business meeting at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. passed […]
Read MoreNew York (CNN) — Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat at the heart of a dispute that has strained ties between New Delhi and Washington, is on her way back to India from the United States, officials said. American authorities’ arrest and strip-search of Khobragade, the former Indian deputy consul general in New York, set off […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Jan. 9 (NsNewsWire) — China has joined with the United Nations, Europe and United States in calling for political stability in Bangladesh after the farcical and violent walkover poll last weekend. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party was, essentially, the only participant – and swept the polls. More than half […]
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