report in Prothom Alo, June 15, 2023China has lauded prime minister Sheikh Hasina for her firm stance against the US sanctions and extended support to Bangladesh in safeguarding its sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity and upholding its domestic and foreign policies. “We stand ready to work together with Bangladesh and other countries to oppose all forms of hegemonism and power politics, uphold the UN-centered international system and the international order underpinned by international law and…
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by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee/ Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, June 13, 2023Leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami gathering at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, in the capital ahead of their rally yesterday afternoon. Dhaka (south) city Jamaat held the rally to press home the party’s three-point demand, including the next national polls under a caretaker government. Photo: Amran Hossain Saturday’s rally of Jamaat-e-Islami in the capital after a decade has raised many eyebrows and…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, June 1, 2023Securing India’s approval to sell Nepal’s electricity to Bangladesh is on the agenda of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s discussions in New Delhi where he reached on an official visit on Wednesday. As India’s permission for its territory and its transmission infrastructure to be used for selling Nepal’s power to Bangladesh is important, the two countries want to involve India in the development of a…
by Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, May 24, 2023A syndicate has been smuggling people from Bangladesh to nations such as Italy, France, and America under the pretense that they are employees of a non-governmental organisation. As employees of the non-governmental organisation known as the “Protection for Legal and Human Rights Foundation,” they used to request authorisation from the UN headquarters to attend conferences. The syndicate member would apply for a visa at the…
AFP report, May 23, 2023The United Nations food agency said Monday lack of funding has forced it to cut food aid for around one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh for the second time in three months. Rations would be cut from $10 per person per month to $8 from 1 June, World Food Programme spokesperson Kun Li told AFP in an email. The full ration of $12 had already been cut in…
report in Dhaka Tribune, May 17, 2023Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the United States may not want her in power because it has banned Bangladesh’s special security forces. In an exclusive interview with Yalda Hakim of the BBC during her recent visit to the UK, the premier said due to the continued democracy in Bangladesh for the last 14 years, there has been extraordinary development in the country. She highlighted various issues including…
by Samsur Rahman in Prothom Alo, May 16, 2023Insaniyat Biplob Bangladesh has been registered by the Election Commission of Bangladesh as the 41st political party in the country. The EC gave registration to the party at the order of the Supreme Court on 8 May. The registration of Insaniyat Biplob, an almost unknown political entity in the country, has drawn much discussion in the political arena. Those who have constituted the political party are basically…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, May 17, 2023Nepal and Bangladesh have agreed to make efforts to start trading of power from the upcoming wet season (June-November) with the export of 40–50MW electricity from Nepal, according to a member of the Nepali delegation to the bilateral talks held in Patuakhali, Bangladesh. During the fifth meeting of the secretary-level Joint Steering Committee on energy cooperation between Nepal and Bangladesh on Tuesday, the two sides…
report in Prothom Al0, May 16, 2023Envoys of six countries including the United States and the United Kingdom will no more get additional security in Bangladesh. Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen confirmed Prothom Alo about the decision of the government on Monday. “We’ve told them that we are maintaining austerity by various ways due to the economic situation. For that reason, we can no longer continue to provide additional security we currently provide to the…
report in Daily FT, May 3, 2023Factum Sri Lanka, an Asia-Pacific-focused think-tank on foreign policy, in partnership with the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) and The Baani Centre for International Policy, Maldives, held a Trilateral Dialogue on Maritime Cooperation in the Indian Ocean in Colombo recently. The Dialogue was held in the backdrop of the Indian Ocean – The Ocean of the 21st Century’s significant big power contestations and focused on how…
report in Prothom Alo, May 3, 2023The US does not want to comment on Bangladesh’s forthcoming national election, noting that it is an internal domestic election. “I don’t have anything else to get into that beyond as it’s an internal, domestic election,” said deputy principal spokesperson Vedant Patel. He came up with the remarks when a journalist wanted to know how the US would navigate a situation where, in Bangladesh, another party refuses to participate…