By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Aug 11, 2023Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday that his ministry had received no information about CIA Chief William J. Burns’ alleged visit to Sri Lanka on Feb 14. Making a ministerial statement in response to a series of questions raised by SLPP dissident MP Ven. Aturaliye Ratana Thera on June 22, the minister said that his ministry only provided necessary diplomatic clearances for the aircraft to fly…
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By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 5, 2023The political deputy of the foreign ministry, Sher Mohammad Abad Stanekzai, said that Afghanistan cannot develop without education. Stanekzai, speaking at an event in Kabul on Saturday, asked the higher education and education ministries to pay serious attention to the principle and create the necessary facilities in the education sector. “No country can develop without education, and the Islamic Emirate will open it for its citizens.…
report in Prothom Alo, Aug 4, 2023The recent recommendations made by India’s parliamentary standing committee to initiate a meaningful dialogue with Bangladesh regarding Teesta water sharing agreement has generated hope in Dhaka. “It is surely encouraging and meaningful, especially when MPs from all political parties of India are there in this committee. That is why such a recommendation generated hope among us,” foreign ministry spokesperson Seheli Sabrin made the remark while speaking to the newspersons…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, July 27, 2023 at 5:30 PMThe spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted that a delegation of the Islamic Emirate led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is scheduled to travel to Doha at the end of this month to meet with American officials. Abdul Qahar Balkhi tweeted that in the meeting, ending sanctions and blacklists, releasing Afghanistan’s bank reserves, and stopping violations of Afghanistan’s airspace…
by Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya in Daily Mirror, July 14, 2023Preliminary investigations by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) against Pastor Jerome Fernando have so far revealed that funds in billions including foreign currencies have circulated via his local bank accounts on a regular basis, Daily Mirror learns. Sources said legal action against Jerome Fernando under the Money Laundering Act cannot be proceeded as of now because the majority of funds he had accumulated, had been received…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, July 10, 2023 at 8:59 PMIslamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Twitter denied the remarks of the US House of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, who said the “Taliban” is selling weapons left behind by foreign troops to Washington’s “adversaries like Iran and the Palestinians against Israel.” In an interview with the CNN’s State of the Union program, Mc Caul claimed that the “Taliban” are selling the weapons left…
By Nadia Fazlulhaq in The Sunday Times, July 9, 2023The growing exodus of professionals and skilled workers to foreign countries will threaten the quality of services provided to the public, experts warn. Statistics reveal that the country’s heading towards a major brain drain with 14,307 professionals leaving the country last year compared with 2,957 professionals in 2020 and 8,373 in 2021. According to the Bureau of Foreign Employment, the majority of the professionals were between…
by AKM Zamir Uddin in The Daily Star, Jul 9, 2023Bangladesh is set to join a global effort that is seeking to cut over-dependence on the US dollar when it comes to settling foreign trades as the country commences to use the rupee to carry out bilateral transactions with India from July 11. The move may extend some respite to importers since they will be able to open letters of credits in the rupee to…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, July 8, 2023 at 8:32 PMAmir Khan Muttaqi, the acting minister of foreign affairs, said that there are many different propaganda efforts in Afghanistan, including propaganda claiming the country’s economy is weaker than before. Speaking at the greeting ceremony for some Islamic Emirate officials who returned on Friday night from completing Hajj, Muttaqi said that while money used to be spent on war supplies and weaponry, it is now used…
report in ToloNews, July 5, 2023 at 9:48 PMThe relatives of the victims of a village in Mata Khan district of Paktika which was raided by foreign troops 15 years ago, are calling for compensation and justice. The residents of Ibrahim Kariz village said that 40 villagers including women and children were killed in the raid. Hafizullah, who lost his father and 15 other members of his family in the raids, told TOLOnews that many…
report in The Daily Star June 29, 2023Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh would get good news on human rights issues soon. “The United States is a friend of Bangladesh. They also want to strengthen relations with us. Bangladesh also believes in a balanced foreign policy to improve relations with all countries,” he told reporters at his Sylhet house. Momen said they are looking into the wrong information presented in the US…