Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said the US government provided no specific information to Bangladesh on the sanctions imposed on the country’s elite force, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), and some of its top serving and former officials.

After a high-level meeting against the backdrop of repeated mortar shells from Myanmar landing in Bangladesh, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said the government was ready to deal with any situation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations to play a stronger role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the Myanmar nationals to their motherland.

Japan will disburse $3.5 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called upon all the world leaders to form a strong global partnership to say goodbye to the curse of homelessness, saying that she believes a safe and decent shelter is the basic right of every individual.

Book unwrapping ceremony of “Bangladesh-Japan Diplomatic Relations (1972-2022): A New Paradigm of Strategic Partnership” was held today (September 21, 2022).

As Dhaka calls upon the international community to use their influence to stop Myanmar’s unlawful activities at the Bangladesh border, Naypyidaw continues to blame the Arakan Army and ARSA for the problem.

As firing and mortar shelling in Myanmar were now heard from Ukhiya border of Cox’s Bazar yesterday, the local authorities warned the boat owners of not carrying Rohingyas amid fear of their fresh entry.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government is going to introduce a fresh national curriculum from next year, aimed at raising Bangladeshi children as global citizens.

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has urged Bangladesh to respond to a general allegation conveyed last year on the alleged forced disappearance that took place at the hands of the Rapid Action Battalion, and the undue pressure on human rights organisations.

UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis has said Bangladesh has been a strong advocate for peace nationally and internationally, and the United Nations in Bangladesh is happy to continue accompanying the country in this regard.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said promoting women’s education has always been a key priority of her government.

Myanmar has blamed Arakan Army (AA) and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) for the mortar shells that landed in Bangladesh territory in recent weeks.

Dhaka has briefed the foreign diplomats on the tense situation along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, seeking their cooperation to stop the violence that may destabilise the whole region.

In the wake of shelling at no-man’s land near Tambru of Bandarban’s Naikhyanchhari upazila, Rohingya refugees living there have appealed to the United Nations to take measures for their protection and safe return to Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today (September 19, 2022) invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit his country as the two leaders met in London during the funeral of late Queen Elizabeth ll.

ASEAN diplomats in Dhaka have assured Bangladesh of raising Myanmar’s unlawful actions on the border at the UN General Assembly strongly as Dhaka sought their cooperation in preventing escalation of violence in the Myanmar-Bangladesh border area, foreign ministry officials said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday joined the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II along with other world leaders at Westminster Abbey.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today met Indian President Droupadi Murmu in London before the commencement of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said free and fair elections are held only during the Awami League’s regimes as she always struggled to establish democracy and democratic rights in the country.