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.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday directed authorities to intensify coordinated efforts to curb pollution in lakes in Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara, Niketan, and Dhanmondi.
Bangladesh wants to “reset” relations with India and move beyond what state minister for foreign affairs Humaiun Kobir described as a 15-year “uncomfortable” relationship under an “authoritarian, corrupt and exploitative” regime.
Bangladesh’s government has formed a seven-member inter-ministerial committee to determine how taxes and duties can be recovered from overseas bank accounts frozen by court orders in cases involving assets allegedly siphoned out of the country.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) warned that proposed amendments to the country’s cyber law could undermine freedom of expression, enable surveillance, and create broad opportunities for abuse by authorities.
Acute gas and electricity shortages are crippling production at 413 factories across Bangladesh, with 202 at risk of complete shutdown within one to two months if disruptions continue, according to an Industrial Police (IP) assessment.
Prime minister Tarique Rahman urged Bangladeshis, particularly young people, to take part in a nationwide cleanup campaign as the country confronts a worsening dengue outbreak that has killed 139 people and hospitalized more than 48,000 this year.
Bangladesh has launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered traffic surveillance on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway as authorities pursue wider upgrades aimed at reducing accidents and congestion.
Bangladesh is unlikely to send a representative to the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit in New Delhi on Sept. 12-13, with a senior official saying Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was not invited in his government capacity.
