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A 37-member new cabinet of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was announced on Wednesday night. Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain told a press conference that the cabinet included Prime Minister Hasina, 25 cabinet ministers and 11 ministers of state, reports Xinhua. According to the cabinet secretary, Hasina has inducted 14 new faces into her new cabinet. […]
Read Moreby Bui Minh Long Unlike Cuba, Ukraine has different geopolitical and historical contexts that shape its foreign policy. On October 6, 1973 the Egyptian and Syrian armies launched an attack on Israel, from the north and the south. The US began intensive diplomatic efforts to secure an agreements between Israel, Syria and Egypt, and offered […]
Read MoreThe following is the full and unedited text of a letter which internationally distinguished persons wrote to Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina on Aug. 28, 2023 in support of Dr. Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grmeen Bank and pioneering […]
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Responding to the completion of one year of university student Khadijatul Kubra’s pre-trial detention under the draconian Digital Security Act (DSA) in Bangladesh, Nadia Rahman, Amnesty International’s Interim Deputy Regional Director for South Asia said: “The year-long incarceration and repeated denial of bail to Khadija is a travesty and flagrant violation of the right to […]
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ITO Naoki, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, and Ms. Fatima Yasmin, Secretary of Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance signed Exchange of Notes of the 43rd Official Development Assistance (ODA) Yen Loan and Grant Aid of Japan to Bangladesh.The first batch of the 43nd Yen Loan amounts to 165.861 billion yen (approximately USD 1.23 Billion) […]
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Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has written a letter to his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen, looking forward to working with Dhaka in the spirit of “friendship”. In his letter, the Pakistani foreign minister noted that Pakistan and Bangladesh are bound by ties of shared history, common faith, values and traditions. The newly elected […]
Read MoreA total of 50 people died in parts of Bangladesh due to the ongoing cold spell accompanied by chilly wind and drizzles since November, reports Xinhua. The figure was reported by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health on Thursday. Ayesha Akhter, assistant director at DGHS, told Xinhua […]
Read MoreBangladeshi veteran politicians have praised China’s governance system and modernization process, saying China’s development strategies offer lessons for other countries, reports Xinhua. Praises have poured in from Bangladeshi Planning Minister MA Mannan while speaking at the event titled “Modernization of System and Capacity for Governance – A Chinese experience” here on Sunday. The Bangladesh-China […]
Read MoreThe following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming issued here in capital Dhaka on Tuesday: “Proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has been a trending word that frequents news headlines all around the globe, even more so […]
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