DHAKA, Sept 08, 2024 (DJ) – Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan today expressed keen interest to work jointly with Nepal for the country’s power sector development. “Bangladesh is interested to work jointly with Nepal for power sector development. Both the countries can also work together for expansion of bilateral trade relations,” he said when Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari paid a courtesy call on him at his ministry’s conference room, said a press release. A number of bilateral issues such as purchasing of 40-MW hydropower from Nepal, setting up jointly a 683-MW Sunkoshi-3 hydropower…
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Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on monday said that taking the right bilateral steps could help alleviate public discontent towards Bangladesh-India relations. “It’s possible to ease public dissatisfaction towards India. I believe we need to take very correct bilateral steps to address this,” he told reporters at the foreign ministry this afternoon. Hossain noted that while the ‘golden chapter’ of Bangladesh-India relations is apparent at the governmental level, it has not extended to the general public. “We want to see strong people-to-people ties. The public should feel that there is a genuinely good relationship between Bangladesh and India, but…
Diplomatic Correspondent,diplomatic journal.com Bangladesh has lodged a formal protest to the Government of India over the killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl by Border Security Force (BSF) of India. Shwarna Das, of Juri upazila of Moulvibazar district, was shot dead by BSF troops on September 1. In the protest note sent to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday, Bangladesh strongly protested and condemned such ruthless acts and expressed deep concern over the incident. The Government of Bangladesh reminded that such incidents of border killing are undesirable and unwarranted and such actions are in violation of the provisions of…
Special Correspondent The interim government will turn Ganabhaban into a ‘July-mass-revolution memorial museum’ to preserve the memories of the July revolution, commemorating student-people mass movement against autocratic regime of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Labour and Employment Ministry Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain revealed the information at a press briefing at Foreign Service Academy here after a meeting of advisers’ council held at Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO) at Tejgaon with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the chair. “Ganabhaban was never turned into the people’s building. As Ganabhaban was won by student-people through an uprising, it will be made open…
Diplomatic Correspondent In an interview with Press Trust of India, the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, Prof Muhammad Yunus, has made a strong case for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s return from India to face trial for atrocities she committed in Bangladesh. The interview, conducted last Sunday at the Chief Adviser’s official residence in Dhaka and released today, reflects the interim government’s commitment to ensuring justice for the people of Bangladesh. “She has to be brought back, or the people of Bangladesh won’t be at peace. The kind of atrocities she has committed must be addressed through a trial…
