Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said Tuesday there is no reason for the United States or any other country to be concerned about Bangladesh’s balanced relationship with China.
South Asia could add millions of jobs by integrating more deeply into global value chains, according to the World Bank. Greater participation would attract foreign direct investment, increase competition, and raise productivity.
Bangladesh is tackling youth unemployment through the $300 million RAISE program, supported by the World Bank. The initiative targets nearly 900,000 young people who left school early, offering counseling, life-skills and job training, and access to finance. One participant, Suma, was abandoned by her husband and returned to her parents, facing stigma as a divorced […]
A group of 174 Bangladeshi nationals who were victims of human trafficking in Libya returned home Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. They arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport aboard a chartered Buraq Air flight arranged with support from the International Organization for Migration. The returnees were provided travel allowances, food, and medical assistance. […]
Bangladesh must liberalize its services sector and align its investment and regulatory rules with international standards if it hopes to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the world’s largest free trade bloc, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser’s Office has dismissed as “completely false and imaginary” Indian media reports claiming that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus presented a flag featuring an altered map of Bangladesh incorporating parts of India to a top Pakistani military official.
Bangladesh’s interim government has dismissed as “completely false” reports by numerous Indian outlets claiming that a map printed on a Bangladeshi book includes parts of India’s northeastern states. The stories alleged that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus gifted a book to a Pakistani general showing Indian territory as part of Bangladesh.
Transparency advocates have urged Bangladesh’s interim government to ensure the Anti-Corruption Commission’s new independence is matched by public accountability. The draft ACC Ordinance 2025, approved by the advisory council, removes the need for government consent to prosecute officials. But several key reform proposals were dropped. Iftekharuzzaman, head of the ACC Reform Commission and executive director […]
Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission will no longer need government approval to prosecute judges and public servants under a draft ordinance approved in principle by the advisory council, restoring the body’s long-sought independence. The draft ACC Ordinance 2025 repeals Section 32 (Ka) of the ACC Act 2004, a 2013 amendment from the Hasina era that required compliance […]
India is losing Bangladesh. The warmth that once marked relations between the two South Asian neighbors has chilled since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. Accusations of “fake news” by Dhaka’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh’s growing outreach to Pakistan are symptoms of a deeper failure in New Delhi’s foreign policy.
