Prime Minister Tarique Rahman delivered a speech in Bengali on behalf of Bangladesh at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA, on Thursday afternoon local time. The full text of his speech is presented below: Opening Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim (In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the […]
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman invited Wall Street firms Friday to invest in Bangladesh, saying his government is working to create a more predictable and investor-friendly business environment.
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.
Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned Wednesday as World Health Organization Southeast Asia regional director following fraud investigations by the agency and Bangladeshi authorities.
Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman was sworn in Tuesday as president of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, returning Bangladesh to the post for the first time in nearly four decades.
A Cox’s Bazar court on Friday sent six Chinese nationals to jail over allegations they were involved in an international online fraud ring, according to court and police officials.
Bangladesh has committed billions of dollars to purchase additional Boeing aircraft under a new agreement with Washington, significantly expanding an earlier planned order, a senior United States official said.
A United States congressional staff delegation visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday, meeting Bangladeshi officials to discuss humanitarian conditions and prospects for repatriation to Myanmar.
Bangladesh and Singapore have expressed hope for an early conclusion of a proposed bilateral free trade agreement and called for stronger business-to-business ties to expand trade and investment.
The death toll among Bangladeshi workers killed in a factory fire in Saudi Arabia has risen to at least 17, up from seven previously reported, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday.
