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Work on infrastructure projects continues in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Government of Bangladesh have signed a USD200-million on-lending facility to Infrastructure Development Co. Ltd (IDCOL) to finance infrastructure projects in Bangladesh, marking AIIB’s first investment through a financial institution into infrastructure in the country. IDCOL is a government-owned nonbanking […]

Bangladesh strongly condemns the act of burning of the Holy Quran by a far-right extremist group in several cities of Sweden. Bangladesh expresses concern over the subsequent unrest and violent protests leading to casualties among civilians and law enforcement personnel. Bangladesh believes that the freedom of religion must be upheld and respected. Bangladesh urges all […]

Pakistan strongly condemns the recent abhorrent act of desecration of the Holy Quran during rallies in Sweden. Pakistan also strongly condemns the offensive remarks made by a Dutch politician, attacking Islam and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. These mindless provocative Islamophobic incidents serve no purpose other than hurting the sensitivities of over 1.5 billion […]

The following is the full and unedited text of a statement which a Spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on Sunday: “In response to media queries regarding recent incidents along the Pakistan- Afghanistan border, the Spokesperson stated the following: In the last few days, incidents along Pak – Afghan Border have significantly increased, […]