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BD sends 2nd mission of aid to quake-hit Myanmar

Bangladesh has sent the second mission of emergency medicines and relief supplies for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Myanmar.

The supplies and medicines were sent this morning via three transport aircraft of the Bangladesh Army (BA) and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), following the instructions of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.

The mission consists of rescue and medical teams composed of rescue experts from all three services and doc...

Dhaka urges BIMSTEC to finalise FTA

Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin today urged all the BIMSTEC member states to extend their full cooperation to ensure the timely finalization of six fundamental agreements on trade. “Realisation of the FTA is paramount for our region's collective economic advancement,” he said in the 25th BIMSTEC Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Bangkok, in a press release by the foreign ministry.

Jashim Uddin is leading a five-member Bangladesh delegation in the SOM.

The six pendin...

Potential of Bangladesh-Türkiye strategic partnership

In an era of geopolitical volatility and economic restructuring, the burgeoning relationship between Bangladesh and Türkiye offers a compelling case study in South-South cooperation. While historical ties and shared cultural values have long connected these two nations, the potential for a deeper, more strategic alliance remains largely untapped. The economic relationship between Bangladesh and Türkiye is currently characterized by promising, but still relatively modest, trade volumes. In fiscal ...

Assam CM Himanta terms Yunus’ comment ‘Offensive’

The remarks by Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladesh interim government's chief advisor, on the Northeastern states have drawn sharp reactions in India. While Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has described the remarks as "offensive", Congress's Pawan Khera has said Dhaka's approach is dangerous for the Northeast and questioned the Centre's foreign policy. A video of Mr Yunus's remarks, apparently made during his four-day trip to China, is doing the rounds on social media. The seven states of India...

The lessons of Bangladesh

It’s the middle of the night, and news is breaking around the globe as most of Bloomington-Normal sleeps. A mild-mannered professor from Illinois State University is often awake in these quiet hours. There’s a 12-hour time difference between Bangladesh and Bloomington-Normal, so Dr. Ali Riaz often finds himself monitoring events in his home country deep into the night. The Distinguished Professor in Illinois State’s Department of Politics and Government is a scholar of South Asian politics, especially the political landscape in his native land. Last August, an uprising led mostly by students rejecting the government’s turn to full-blown autocracy caused Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to leave the country after 15 years in office. An interim government, le...
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