‘US for lifting Rab sanctions’
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu yesterday told the government they will support the withdrawal of sanctions against Rapid Action Battalion, Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said.
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‘US for lifting Rab sanctions’
Dhaka’s priority will be trade and economy, while Washington’s will be security, especially advancing partnership under its Indo-Pacific Strategy, as US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu holds meetings with the government high-ups today.
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Bangladesh a trusted and reliable partner
The UK wants increased engagement with Bangladesh and other partners in the Indo-Pacific region for its future security and economic prosperity, said the country’s Minister of State for Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan.
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Dhaka-Doha Ties: Mutual interests may lead to strategic partnership
Amid geopolitical shifts, Bangladesh’s emergence as an economic and diplomatic power in the Indo-Pacific region and mutual interests in trade and commerce may lead both Dhaka and Doha to elevate the existing ties into strategic partnership, said experts.
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Bangladeshis in Malaysia: Cops after workers, not rogue employers
Malaysian police have been prosecuting Bangladesh migrant workers instead of the employers who have confiscated the workers’ passports and failed to provide them with jobs and salaries, alleged the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM).
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A hostel of nightmares
The dream of a better life in Malaysia has turned into a nightmare for around 100 Bangladeshi migrant workers, each of whom had taken loans of around Tk 5 lakh to reach the country.
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Kurigram to perk up with Bhutan’s economic zone
Nur Islam, 70, a marginal farmer in Kurigram, one of the most poverty-prone regions of Bangladesh, was overcome with excitement when he learnt on Monday that Bhutan would be setting up a special economic zone in the area.
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Malaysia employer framed Bangladeshi workers
Three Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia were framed in a case that led to their arrests for defying pressure to withdraw complaints they lodged with the police and labour department against their employer
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February 27, 2024
Bangladesh, US look to patch up differences
After some strains over the past two years, Dhaka and Washington now want to begin a new chapter in the bilateral relationship -- a desire that was expressed by both during a US delegation’s three-day visit that ended yesterday.
February 20, 2024
Myanmar Civil War: Policy experts urge diplomatic push to end instability
As fears grow that Myanmar’s civil war and refugee crisis could deepen in the coming days, foreign policy experts are calling for a diplomatic push by the regional players to facilitate reconciliation among the warring parties.
February 17, 2024
Dhaka, Paris likely to sign 1b euro climate pact
Dhaka and Paris are expected to sign Climate Adaptation Pact wroth 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion) during a visit by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to France sometime in the middle of this year.
February 5, 2024
What does President Biden's letter to PM Hasina mean?
US-Bangladesh relations didn't need to be normalised.
February 4, 2024
Dealing with Myanmar now more challenging
Dealing with Myanmar is becoming more complicated for Bangladesh as the military of the neighbouring country is getting weaker in the face of strong resistance by the armed rebel groups that seized dozens of towns and hundreds of army posts in recent months, say experts.
January 29, 2024
Wait for Rohingya repatriation gets even longer
With the escalation of conflict in Myanmar, the possibility of Rohingya repatriation materialising anytime soon has become remote, heaping the challenges for the Bangladesh government in managing the displaced people in the face of shrinking humanitarian aid for them.
January 14, 2024
Hasan Mahmud must tread lightly
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud, who faces a geopolitically complex world order, will find it hard to navigate the global powers and maintain the balancing act that Bangladesh has so far been doing well, foreign policy experts say.
January 10, 2024
Election Results: Global powers’ varied reaction, as expected
Divergent reactions of the global powers to Bangladesh’s election result reflect the geopolitical division that prominently existed before the polls and will continue in the days to come, foreign policy analysts said.
January 7, 2024
Int’l community keeping a close watch on polls
The international community will be closely watching the election today to see how peaceful and participatory it is after the boycott of the BNP and its allies, which made it a one-sided affair.
January 5, 2024
An uneasy stability the likely outcome
South Asia politics expert Michael Kugelman shares his view with The Daily Star on possible post-election global response
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