UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres returned to his workplace wrapping up a four-day visit to Bangladesh with foreign relations analysts seeing it as a significant event when the South Asian nation passes a challenging time.
"The visit was important when Bangladesh is going through a transition, a challenging time with an election ahead, reform initiatives going on; and uncertainties over external factors like the Rohingya crisis," former diplomat Humayun Kabir told the media.
The Interim government has expressed deep concern and distress over the remarks of US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard regarding Bangladesh in an interview with Indian television channel NDTV World.
“The interim government has noted with deep concern and distress the remarks made by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, in which she alleged “persecution and killing” of religious minorities in Bangladesh and that “the threat of Islamic terrorists” in the country is “rooted” in the “ideology and objective” to “rule and govern with an Islamist caliphate," said a statement issued by the Chief Adviser's Press Wing tonight.
"This statement of Tulsi Gabbard is both misleading and damaging to the image and reputation of Bangladesh, a nation whose traditional practice of Islam has been f...
The Election Commission sent its opinions to the National Consensus Commission, contradicting several reform proposals related to the election.
We've sent our opinions, expressing different views over 2 proposals – it may be 7-8 or 9-10," said EC senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed while talking to reporters at his office in the capital on Monday (17 March).
Raising some differe...
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