Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Sa Ching Prue has said he wants to develop Bandarban as a clean and tourist-friendly city through coordinated efforts by local political leaders, businesspeople, government and private officials and representatives of professional organisations. “Bandarban town is small, but it is a city of exquisite beauty. Through concerted efforts, we want to develop it as a clean and tourist-friendly city,” he said. The minister made the remarks as chief guest at a stakeholder exchange meeting held at the Bandarban Deputy Commissioner’s Office on the occasion of World Tourism Day 2026. The meeting discussed tourism development, maintaining…
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Bangladesh repaid $698.92 million in foreign loans during the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY27), according to the Economic Relations Division (ERD). Of the total debt repayment, $516.04 million was paid as principal and $182.88 million as interest. The country received $294.56 million in foreign loans and grants in July-August of FY27. The ERD data covers foreign loans and grants received by the government as well as repayments made against previously contracted external loans. Bangladesh received $750 million in foreign assistance during July-August of FY26. The country also received commitments for $240.39 million in foreign assistance during…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s five-day visit to New York at attend the 81st UNGA session brought Bangladesh’s national interests and priorities into sharp focus through a wide range of bilateral and multilateral engagements, Prime Minister’s office spokesperson Mahdi Amin said today. “Overall, during the four working days, we saw the Prime Minister has firmly presented Bangladesh’s interests and potentials before the world community as well as uphold the country’s sovereignty and independence,” he told journalists at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after the Prime Minister return at home this morning. During his four working days in New York, the Prime Minister…
US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he expects talks with Iran to resume in the coming week, despite his rejection of a truce proposal put forward by Tehran. Iranian officials brought with them to the UN General Assembly in New York a plan for a seven-day truce followed by the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel. Trump dismissed the plan and has mused on resuming full-scale air strikes on Iranian targets, but he told the news platform Axios that he expects negotiations to resume. “They want to make a deal, but it is not the deal that…
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today called upon farmers to form a central organization at the national level to ensure their overall development and protect interests, irrespective of party affiliation, opinion or path. The President made the call as an eight-member delegation of the Bangladesh Farmers Association, led by its President Md. Siddiqur Rahman Kul Moyez, paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban this afternoon. Other members of the association present during the meeting were Md. Abdul Jalil, Md. Hasan Ali, Mst. Beli Begum, Md. Abu Taleb Joaddar, Md. Hafizur Rahman Mukul, Toffazzal Hossainand Shawkat Alam, President’s press secretary…
Bangladesh Permanent Representative and Ambassador to UN Irene Khan has retreated Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s call for greater international action to resolve the Rohingya crisis and enable the safe return of more than 1.2 million forcibly displaced people to Myanmar. In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister called for political action to end the prolonged Rohingya crisis while he proposed a roadmap for voluntary and safe repatriation to Myanmar and more humanitarian support for the displaced people. “What is really failing is the international commitment to, first of all, assist these 1.2 million Rohingyas…
Chief Whip of the Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad Md. Nurul Islam Moni returned home today after concluding a personal visit to Malaysia. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here at 12:55 am on a Malaysia Airlines flight MH-136 from Malaysia, accompanied by his wife and son, said a press release of parliament secretariat. Nurul Islam Moni left Dhaka for Malaysia on September 21 for the personal visit, the release added.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir has sought stronger ties with Brazil through South-South cooperation during talks with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira in New York. The duo met on Friday afternoon on the sidelines of United Nations meetings, according to a foreign ministry press release issued today. They expressed satisfaction with the growing momentum in Bangladesh-Brazil relations and discussed expanding cooperation in trade, investment and other areas of economic engagement. The ministers also stressed the importance of regular high-level visits and stronger links between the two countries’ people and institutions,the releases added.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah today discussed increasing manpower exports to Kuwait, expanding trade and investment and strengthening economic cooperation between the two countries. The two leaders held the meeting at the Kuwait Permanent Mission in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. During the meeting, they exchanged views on various issues of mutual interest, including increasing the export of Bangladeshi workers to Kuwait, expanding trade and investment and strengthening economic cooperation. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman recalled the longstanding friendly relations between Bangladesh and…
Bangladesh has called for stronger international cooperation to ensure predictable and sustainable financing for future pandemic preparedness and to build robust, self-reliant, equitable and resilient health systems. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s message was conveyed by his Special Assistant for Health Dr SM Ziauddin Hyder at a high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response held at the UN headquarters in New York this afternoon (local time) on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Dr Hyder stressed the need to view pandemic preparedness not merely as an expense for responding to emergencies but as a…
