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Spain thanks BD for support in UN Security Council

Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ignacio Ybanez Rubio on Sunday thanked Bangladesh government for its support for being elected member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2015-2016 term. “I wanted to come here to express my gratitude for the support that we’ve got on this operation. We’re ready to cooperate with Bangladesh in the two years,” he told reporters at the Foreign spainMinistry after a meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and State Minister M Shahriar Alam. Rubio said Bangladesh is a member of the UN Hu...

Govt exerts authority to rein media in Bangladesh: CPJ

Matiur Rahman Chowdhury has been the host of “Frontline,” a popular Bangla-language news show, for five years. Aired live three times a week, the show gained notoriety for bringing politicians, members of civil society, and journalists together to discuss current affairs. Chowdhury distinguished himself from many of his counterparts with his soft-spoken but firm demeanor as he led his guests in substantive discussion, rather than presiding over talking heads trying to drown one

Bangladesh ranks 73 in govt transparency

Bangladesh has been ranked a below average country in the ‘open government index-2015’ that defines the level of transparency in governance. The country has been placed at 73rd position among 102 nations, according to the index prepared by Washington-based World Justice Project. govtBangladesh has scored less than half (0.47) of the full marks allocated in four categories for measuring the openness. Three countries that are at the bottom of the list are Myanmar (100), Uzbekistan (101), and Zimbabwe (102). The top three countries are ...

Premises on the question of political crisis in Bangladesh

Today’s Bangladesh faces political crisis as scores of news-reports and views claim [an end-note to this article cites headings/excerpts of a few of those], and today’s Bangladesh doesn’t face political crisis as one can claim periods of turmoil are not crisis, can cite a few data from economy, and can also refer to a lull within a long period of crisis. Both the statements, one can claim, are correct in relative terms. On the other hand, any of the two cancels the other. Only a scientific approach to the question – crisis – can provide a reliable answer. The approach should look into all related aspects instead of making sweeping remarks based on superficial observations and shallow search that ignores basic elements of crisis.

Bangladesh’s instability affects India: Tripura CM

If there is any turmoil in Bangladesh, it also affects India’s peace, stability and integrity, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said. “If there is chaos and trouble in neighbouring Bangladesh, these also affect India’s peace, stability and integrity,” Sarkar said during his address at the Bangladesh Independence Day and National Day celebrations organised by the Bangladesh diplomatic mission here on Thursday night. bd-indiaHe said: “Those unhappy at the creation of Bangladesh as a sovereign nation are conspiring against the internal normal democrat...

Beijing prefers PMO oversight for Chinese projects

The government has responded positively after China suggested Bangladesh set up a special high-level committee under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for better coordination and facilitation of the various Chinese-proposed projects in the country aimed at its development needs, reports UNB. Following the Chinese embassy letter sent to PMO in this regard on January 25, this BD_CHINAyear, the first inception meeting was held at the PMO on February 19. The PM’s Principal Secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad was in the chair to review the progress of th...
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