There is a lot of discussion right now about the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine and confusion surrounding the taking of the vaccine.
Despite having a dynamic and fast-growing economy, a senior official of the US Department of State believes that Bangladesh's future success is going to be fuelled by strengthening democratic institutions, governing structure, creating space for civil society and improving environment for economic growth.
US civil and military officials are skeptical about Chinese policy and investment in the Indo-Pacific and stepped up Washington's efforts to expand its engagement on a rule-based system for the mutual benefit of the countries in the region.
Despite having a dynamic and fast-growing economy, US officials believe that Bangladesh's future success is going to be fuelled by strengthening its democratic institutions and governing structures.
The US military wants to develop a partnership with Bangladesh military and engage more with the latter for mutual benefit, a senior US military official said.
The United States has renewed its call on Bangladesh government to fulfil its commitment to uphold free, fair and participatory elections that will reflect the will of the people.
Amid growing international pressure to hold its military accountable for the brutal crackdown on the Rohingya, Myanmar is sending a high-powered delegation to Dhaka late this month to finalise preparations for the start of the Rohingya repatriation.
It was the cabinet's oath-taking night after the 2001 parliamentary elections. The phone rang in the newsroom of The Daily Star. On the other end of the phone was the quivering voice of a man who, in his Dhaka University student days, was an infamous “armed cadre” of a political party.
Since sweeping into office through the general election of 2014, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the last three years has succeeded in winning over her government's international detractors and raising Bangladesh's profile as a country committed to fighting terrorism.
As Rohingyas continue to pour into Bangladesh in the face of "ethnic cleansing" in Myanmar, diplomats and experts have
It is quite appalling that despite the continuous reports of killing, raping, burning down of villages of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine by the Myanmar security forces over last one month, there is still no global outrage.
Several high-level officials are expected to visit Dhaka and New Delhi in the coming weeks to prepare the groundwork for
Bangladesh needs to be very balanced in its approach in going forward with India and China with the correct economic and foreign policy to become a middle-income country by 2021, foreign and strategic affairs experts have said.
India has launched a well orchestrated effort with its might behind several initiatives in the region to bring together its allies in South Asia, leaving Pakistan in the dust.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will begin a three-day official visit to Bangladesh and India from Monday to hold discussion with top leaders of the two neighbouring countries to give shape to closer Indo-Bangla-US cooperation to counter terrorism and violent extremism in Bangladesh.
None of the six fugitive convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman could be brought back home in the past six years, though the government insists that it is a top-priority issue.
Diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Ankara over the executions of war crimes convicts continues with neither side doing anything visible to improve the situation.
The United States believes there are links between Bangladeshi militants and international terror networks, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has told a private TV channel.
