Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today said the interim government strongly protested India's attempts to involve Bangladesh in communal violence in Murshidabad, West Bengal, and urged the neighboring country to take steps to 'fully protect' the minority Muslim population there. [caption id="attachment_33611" align="alignleft" width="541"] Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today press briefing at Foreign Service Academy in the capital. Photo : BSS[/caption] "We strongly refute any attempts to impli...

Less than a week after Bangladesh Army chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman's trip to Moscow, three Russian Navy warships arrived at Chittagong Port on Sunday on a rare visit, signalling the Bangladesh military's interest in looking beyond China. As the Russian ships - Rezkiy, Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov and Pechenga - entered Bangladesh's maritime boundary on a four-day visit, they were received by the Bangladesh Navy ship BNS K...

On the occasion of the celebration of the 54th anniversary of Independence and the National Day of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Ambassador Mohammed Sarwar Mahmood held a reception last Monday for the Diplomatic Corps and the Bangladeshi community in Madrid. Ambassador Mohammed Sarwar Mahmood began his speech by emphasizing that “the ultimate goal of our independence was to end the oppression of the then ruling class and eliminate all forms of economic, social and political exploitation and