DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement which the High Commission of Pakistan in Dhaka issued on Monday: “The 45th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) was concluded in Dhaka on 6 May 2018. The Pakistani delegation was led by Foreign Secretary Tehmina […]

DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — On April 29, 2018, the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2018 Spring Imperial Decorations. Among 140 recipients, Mr. Kazi Ghiyasuddin, Artist, received “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.” The conferral is in recognition of his great contribution to strengthening cultural exchange through […]

DHAKA, April 10 (NsNewsWire) — IGCC organised a musical soiree of 250 years of Bangla songs by Ms. Chandrabali Rudra Dutta from India on 9 April 2018 at 6.30PM at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh, Dhaka. Ms. Chandrabali Rudra Dutta will sing Puratoni Bangla Gaan, Adhunik, D L Ray, Rajnikanta, Atulprasad, Rabindra Sangeet […]

Dhaka, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — “Bangladesh and Azerbaijan have the opportunity to explore further economic and trade cooperation building on the sound momentum in our bilateral political ties,” said Shahriar Alam, State Minister for Foreign Affairs at a bilateral meeting with Elmar Oglu Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan here today. The meeting took place on the […]

Tashkent, March 29 (NsNewsWire) — Reception by Bangladesh Embassy in Tashkent held on the occasion of celebrating 48th Independence and National Day of Bangladesh. The Embassy of Bangladesh in Tashkent held the reception on the occasion of the 48thIndependence and National Dayof Bangladesh on 28 March 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Tashkent Hotel. Chief guest of the […]

DHAKA, March 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has reached a significant milestone in meeting all criteria for graduating from Least Developed Country status, said Haoliang Xu, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UN Development Programme’s Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific, at a press conference in Dhaka today. “While there is still much to […]

DHAKA, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — The High Commission of India organized a flagging off ceremony of the 100 member Bangladesh Youth Delegation to India at Dhaka on March 22, 2018. The delegation will embark on an 8 day visit to different cities in India such as New Delhi, Agra and Mumbai, where they will see […]

Dhaka, 21 March (NsNewsWire)–   Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly with  the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a 02-day  National Workshop on “Countering the Financing of Terrorism and the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” in Dhaka on 21-22 March 2018.  Mr. Md. Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary inaugurated the workshop today at the UNCLOS Conference Room of […]

DHAKA, March 21 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh sought support of Japan for a peaceful solution of the protracted Rohingya crisis by safe return of Rohingyas to Myanmar. Bangladesh appreciated Japanese emergency assistance to support the displaced people of Rakhine State of Myanmar who took shelter in Bangladesh. Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali told this when visiting Japanese […]