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Bangladesh urges UNSC to address Palestinian issue

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said that Bangladesh believes in a comprehensive and durable solution to the Palestinian issue in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quarter Road Map. He said that as the principal organ of the UN charged with en...

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3 more land ports to remain open for Bangladeshis’ return

Considering the suffering of the Bangladeshis still stranded in India, three more land ports were opened for entry by Bangladeshis from India into Bangladesh from Sunday, the foreign ministry said.The new land ports are Darshana, Hili and Sonamasjid in addition to Benapole, Burimari and Akhaura.As t...

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Donors meet tomorrow for $943m Rohingya support

Donors will meet virtually on Tuesday for a $943 million fund to meet the needs of more than 880,000 Rohingya refugees and 472,000 Bangladeshis in the surrounding host communities in Cox’s Bazar District for this year, the UN refugee agency says. The UNHCR also called for renewed internat...

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Chinese envoy’s comment on Bangladesh ‘regrettable’

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday termed Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming's remarks on Quad and Dhaka “regrettable” and said that Bangladesh would decide its own foreign policy as an “independent and sovereign” country.He also said Bangladesh is “lucky&rdquo...

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FM seeks cooperation to enrich Bangladesh's foreign policy

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has sought cooperation of all to enrich the foreign policy of Bangladesh to face the challenges of the future.He made the call at a discussion meeting with the foreign affairs experts at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka on Monday on the possible outline of maki...

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Bangladesh donates medical aid to Nepal for Covid

Bangladesh on Tuesday handed over medicines and health protection items to Nepal to help the country fight the deteriorating Covid-19 situation.Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen and Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque handed over those items to Nepalese Ambassador in Dhaka Dr. Banshid...

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Half million vaccine gifts arriving Wednesday

Bangladesh would get the Chinese gift of 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Sinopharm on May 12 as announced before, but the commercial supply would take time due to the long queue, Ambassador Li Jiming said on Monday.“On the upcoming occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, I would like to say ‘Eid...

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Beijing warns Dhaka against Quad joining

Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming on Monday warned that Dhaka-Beijing bilateral ties would be “substantially damaged” if Bangladesh decides to join the US-led security alliance Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) in any form.He said this message was conveyed to the Bangladesh gove...

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Bangladesh condemns attacks on Al Aksa mosque compound

Bangladesh strongly condemns the attacks of terrorist nature and violence unleashed on the innocent devotees and civilians at Al Aksa mosque compound , the evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and transfer of civilian population into occupied territories by the occupy...

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Bangladesh seeks urgent delivery of vaccines from US

Bangladesh has sought emergency delivery of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine from the US to fill up the second dose gap.Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen on Thursday in a meeting with US Ambassador in Dhaka Earl Miller sought 10 to 20 million doses of vaccine with immediate release of 4 million dose...

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Bangladesh sends 10,000 vials of Remdisivir to India

Some 10000 vials of Remdisivir Injection were handed over on Thursday to the representative of the Indian government by the Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata at the Indian border port of Petrapole. These 10000 injections manufactured by Bangladeshi company BEXIMCO Pharmaceuticals a...

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UAE provides 50 tonnes food aid to Bangladesh

The United Arab Emirates has provided 50 metric tons humanitarian food aid to Bangladesh as a part of its humanitarian initiatives during the Holy Month of Ramadan. The food aid, containing fine quality of rice, sugar, oil, milk, tea powder, salt, lentil, beans, flour, and macaroni, among other...

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UNICEF hails release of children from detention centres

UNICEF Representative in Dhaka Tomoo Hozumi on Thursday in a statement commended the recent release of 345 children from detention centres in Bangladesh by virtual courts. This marks an important step for children’s access to justice in Bangladesh and places the protection, safety and bes...

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FM hails Mamata

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday congratulated West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and hoped that with her “commitment and cooperation” the unresolved issues would be resolved.“We believe that through your commitment and cooperation, the relationship between t...

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Bangladesh now depends on US for AstraZeneca jab

Bangladesh is now depending on the US response to get the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab to fill-up the gap for completing the second dose.The government stopped giving the first dose as the Serum Institute of India could not deliver the vaccine as expected.More than 8 million people were vaccinated with th...

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160 stranded Bangladeshi return from Libya

Working in close coordination with the government of Bangladesh, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitated the safe return of 160 Bangladeshi migrants stranded in Libya under its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme on Wednesday.The flight carrying the returnees left Be...

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Bangladesh launches BOITHOK for virtual meetings

Bangladesh has launched a home-grown virtual platform for meeting and interactions styled ‘BOITHOK’.Due to the pandemic, all the meetings are taking place virtually.The foreign ministry said a senior officials’ meeting was held on the BOITHOK virtual platform in the Ministry of For...

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Bangladesh offers emergency medical aid to India

The government of Bangladesh has offered to dispatch on “emergency basis” medicines and medical equipment for the people of India who are fighting the pandemic across the country.The development follows the rapidly deteriorating Covid-19 situation in India.The medical aid includes approx...

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Bangladesh puts drowning prevention on UN map

Bangladesh has managed to adopt a historic UN resolution for preventing drowning which is a leading child killer in the country as in many other nations in the world.With that resolution, July 25 has become the ‘World Drowning Prevention Day’.According to the WHO’s latest estimates...

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Intergovernmental session of IOC ends in Dhaka

The 3-day 13th Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) ended in Dhaka on Thursday with the final remarks by Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen.He appreciated the IOC WESTPAC for its admirable initiatives amid the trying times of pandemic, the foreign mini...