Bangladesh prime minister Tarique Rahman is scheduled to meet Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif in New York on Thursday on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The bilateral meeting is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to noon at the Secretariat Building at United Nations headquarters, according to the prime minister’s Press Wing.
Bangladesh has dismissed six senior police officers for remaining absent from work without permission for more than 60 days after the July Uprising, according to government notifications issued Monday.
United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen met Bangladesh chief of army staff Waqar-uz-Zaman at Army Headquarters in Dhaka on Monday, with the two discussing defense cooperation and bilateral ties.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in New York on Monday to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), beginning a visit that includes bilateral meetings and high-level events.
Opinion
Bangladesh’s High Court has, on the facts reported, turned the Constitution upside down. Justices Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar and Faysal Hasan Arif declared any strike or hartal protesting a court verdict illegal, even though Article 37 protects peaceful, unarmed assembly, subject to reasonable restrictions imposed by law for public order or public health.
