Geopolitics
Dhaka/New Delhi: A prominent Bangladeshi journalist has said ever since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to power in Dhaka, the country has been receiving greater cooperation from India. more
Guterres commends India and Bangladesh for life-saving work in face of deadly cyclone

The UN chief António Guterres commended the governments and people of India and Bangladesh on Saturday, for their life-saving efforts ahead of devastating Cyclone Amphan, and for t ...

SAARC leaders led by India deliberate on strategies to combat Coronavirus

New Delhi: With the death toll due to coronavirus outbreak touching 6000 globally, leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on Sunday attended a video confe ...

Top UN court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide

New York : Myanmar must take steps to protect its minority Rohingya population, the top UN court unanimously ruled on Thursday.

Myanmar willing to repatriate ‘verified returnees’ from Bangladesh

New York: Myanmar is prioritizing the repatriation of scores of people who fled violence in northern Rakhine state for Bangladesh, a senior official from the country said on Saturday, the ...

Abrogation of Article 370 is an internal matter of India: Bangladesh

Dhaka: At a time Pakistan is raging a war of words over the doing away of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, Bangladesh maintained the abrogation of Article 370 is entirely an intern ...

More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time: UN refugee agency

New York, Aug 10 (JEN): More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were cr ...

Climate-smart growth key to achieving upper-middle income status: World Bank leader tells on Bangladesh

Dhaka: The World Bank reaffirmed its continued support to Bangladesh to achieve the country’s vision of reaching an upper-middle income status through ensuring green growth, as the ...

Sheikh Hasina to serve as Bangladesh PM for 20 years now

Dhaka: Sheikh Hasina is all set to serve as the Bangladesh Prime Minister for 20 years now.

UN urges ‘restraint’ in Bangladesh’s post-presidential election violence

New York: The United Nations said on Monday that it is aware of violent incidents and reports of irregularities in Sunday’s general elections in Bangladesh.