UNB News Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said Bangladesh is in touch with India on the recent issues of push-ins and port-related restrictions on the import of certain goods, including readymade garments and processed food items, from Bangladesh. Responding to a question on the restrictions, Adviser Hossain said the Commerce Adviser of […]
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Rohingya refugees increasingly risk perilous journeys to safety, UN says By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 23 (Reuters) – Dire humanitarian conditions in Myanmar and Bangladesh are driving more Rohingya to risk dangerous boat journeys to safety, such as one this month that ended in a sinking and estimates of 427 deaths, the U.N. refugee agency […]
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Army chief at Officers’ Address National election should be held by December Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has said the next national election should be held by December. He noted that his stance on elections remains unchanged, and it is the right of an elected government to determine the country’s future course. The army chief […]
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BNP calls for removing national security adviser Khalilur Rahman BNP has called upon the interim government to immediately remove National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman from his post. Protesting the security adviser’s remarks made yesterday about the party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, BNP condemned the statement and called for an immediate withdrawal. “There is no room […]
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Announce election date without ‘muddling’ the situation, Tarique tells government He says the lack of clarity from the interim government is likely “contributing “to political unrest BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has urged the interim government to announce a specific date for the general election without “unnecessarily muddling” the situation. Speaking virtually from London at […]
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