The test run of the $12.65 billion Rooppur nuclear power plant will begin soon as Bangladesh’s landmark project is on course for a timely completion, said a Rosatom delegation yesterday.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in a letter to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, has reaffirmed his solidarity and support for the transition process under the chief adviser’s leadership.

Dismislab, an independent online verification and research platform, has said US President Donald Trump’s claim regarding the $29 million USAID funding is incorrect, and the Department of Government Efficiency’s statement is misleading.

Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, is arriving in Bangladesh tomorrow to discuss the progress of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project with the interim government

Bangladeshi expatriates are working in the Maldives, mainly in the tourism and fishing industries.

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain yesterday said that Delhi needs to decide what kind of relationship it wants with Dhaka.

US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his outrage over USAID’s spending, accusing the agency of funnelling $29 million to prop up a “radical left communist” in Bangladesh.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres will visit Bangladesh in mid-March, said UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop yesterday.

A 22-member delegation from eight political parties, including leaders from BNP, its affiliated organisations, and like-minded parties, is leaving for China tonight at the invitation of China’s ruling Communist Party.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday said Dhaka needs to “make up its mind” what kind of relationship it wants with New Delhi, stressing that the two neighbours share a special history that goes back to 1971.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged Sweden to consider investing in social business in Bangladesh instead of providing grants as development assistance

Jacobson conveyed the commitment of the US Administration in the ongoing democratic transformation and strengthening Bangladesh-US relationship in the areas of mutual interest including trade, investment, development cooperation, energy security, public health

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said Dhaka needs to make up its mind what kind of relationship it wants with New Delhi, stressing that the two neighbours share a very special history that goes back to 1971

Bangladesh, among other delegations, staged a walk out at a global conference in Morocco, protesting the presence of Israel’s transportation minister, Miri Regev, whose visit has reignited tensions over the North African Kingdom’s ties with Israel.

'Everyone in South Asia knows which country and what activities are stymieing Saarc,' says MEA spokesperson

Ambassador to China Md Nazmul Islam and Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Sun Weidong hold meeting in Beijing

Bangladesh Ambassador to China Nazmul Islam and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Sun Weidong reiterated their countries’ commitment in a meeting held at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing today

“We agreed that we need to reach a good working relationship,” the adviser told reporters at the foreign ministry this afternoon, referring to his recent meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Muscat, Oman

Maria Tripodi, vice minister for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, today reaffirmed firm support of the Italian government for the Bangladesh interim government in its efforts to carry forward the ongoing reform initiatives

Tens of thousands of people converged on dried-up riverbeds of the Teesta as a 48-hour demonstration demanding a fair share of water from India and implementation of a government master plan to save the river continued yesterday.