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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.

Diplomats dismayed by security lapses

Expressing serious concern over the systematic attacks and gradual escalation of terrorism and violent extremism, foreign diplomats in Dhaka stress the need for more effective security steps.

FIFA names woman as secretary general for first time

FIFA name a Senegalese UN diplomat as its first ever female secretary general on Friday, a historic move announced at a congress that sought to relegate world football's corruption crisis to the past.

Pakistan protests reports on diplomat’s terror link

Pakistan protests reports in Bangladeshi media on alleged involvement of one of its diplomats in financing terrorism here. A press release issued in the 45th Victory Day of Bangladesh, Pakistan High Commission says the reports are "utterly baseless and fabricated".

Diplomat to be sent home for shoplifting

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to dismiss the job of its young diplomat charged with shoplifting during overseas training in Hague, Netherlands.

27kg gold seized from NKorea diplomat at Shahjalal

Customs authority seized 170 gold bars weighing 27 kilogrammes from a North Korean diplomat at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

September 13, 2023
September 13, 2023

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.

July 5, 2016
July 5, 2016

Diplomats dismayed by security lapses

Expressing serious concern over the systematic attacks and gradual escalation of terrorism and violent extremism, foreign diplomats in Dhaka stress the need for more effective security steps.

May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016

FIFA names woman as secretary general for first time

FIFA name a Senegalese UN diplomat as its first ever female secretary general on Friday, a historic move announced at a congress that sought to relegate world football's corruption crisis to the past.

December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015

Pakistan protests reports on diplomat’s terror link

Pakistan protests reports in Bangladeshi media on alleged involvement of one of its diplomats in financing terrorism here. A press release issued in the 45th Victory Day of Bangladesh, Pakistan High Commission says the reports are "utterly baseless and fabricated".

April 11, 2015
April 11, 2015

Diplomat to be sent home for shoplifting

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to dismiss the job of its young diplomat charged with shoplifting during overseas training in Hague, Netherlands.

March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015

27kg gold seized from NKorea diplomat at Shahjalal

Customs authority seized 170 gold bars weighing 27 kilogrammes from a North Korean diplomat at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.