French President Emmanuel Macron

French elections 2024 / Vive la Revolution… again?

In what is looking like the most shocking election result so far this year, the French left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NPF) emerged victorious.

Column by Mahfuz Anam: West’s moral standing and the slaughter of Palestinians

Hasn't the world already been a witness to the massacre that has been taking place in Gaza over the past several weeks?

Macron’s support for an ‘adaptation pact’ with Bangladesh

Macron first told us that he had had a one-on-one conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina already in which he’d offered assistance from France to Bangladesh to work on an energy transition partnership.

Bangladesh-France ties on the right track

Greater French investment vital in achieving our development goals

Talks between Hasina, Macron underway

The bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and French President Emmanuel Macron is underway

Macron pays homage to Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32

French President Emmanuel Macron paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi 32 around 9:30am today

Hasina greets Macron on being re-elected as French president

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted Emmanuel Macron on his re-election as the President of the French Republic.

French President Macron hopes to rebuild Notre-Dame in five years

President Emmanuel Macron pledges that France would rebuild the fire-devastated Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying he hopes the work would be done in five years and the French people would pull together to repair their national symbol.

FUEL PROTEST IN FRANCE / Police fire tear gas, water cannon

Police yesterday fired tear gas and water cannon in central Paris against "yellow vest" protesters demanding French President Emmanuel Macron roll back tax hikes on motor fuel.

August 28, 2018
August 28, 2018

EU's security must no longer depend on US

French President Emmanuel Macron says that he would put forward new proposals for the European Union to boost its security, saying the bloc must stop depending on American might.

April 25, 2018
April 25, 2018

France's Macron decries nationalism in speech to US Congress

French President Emmanuel Macron urges the United States to reject nationalism and stay true to global ideals of cooperation in the face of terrorism and other challenges, saying countries can still retain their own identities.

December 13, 2017
December 13, 2017

Fulfill climate deal promise

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the developed nations to deliver on their commitments to ensure climate justice and meet the historical responsibility to protect the world.

November 10, 2017
November 10, 2017

France's President Macron begins Saudi visit, amid Lebanon crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron holds hastily scheduled talks in Riyadh with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, notably over Lebanon and Yemen.

June 20, 2017
June 20, 2017

Boeing launches new jet with flurry of orders

Boeing unveils a new version of its bestselling 737 aircraft, injecting life into a faltering civil aviation market as French President Emmanuel Macron flies in to open the world's biggest air show in Paris.

May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017

Macron to unveil first French government

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to end the suspense over his first government after a 24-hour delay in unveiling what he has promised will be a new-look cabinet.

May 8, 2017
May 8, 2017

Macron wins French presidency by emphatic margin

Emmanuel Macron is elected president of France with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.

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