COL Lawrence Wilkerson was the chief of staff of the US secretary of state Gen Colin Powell. He is today among the most vocal American critics of the US-sponsored war in Ukraine, the genocide of Palestinians by Israel and the US-Israeli plans to wage war on Iran...
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that Gaza had become 鈥榓 killing field鈥� because Israel has continued to block aid, an accusation an Israeli official quickly denied, saying there was 鈥榥o shortage鈥� of aid...
Washington is revoking all visas for South Sudanese passport holders and blocking new arrivals, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday, complaining the African nation is not accepting its nationals expelled from the United States.
The government on Thursday promoted 196 deputy secretaries, mostly belonging to the administration cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service 24th batch, to the rank of joint secretary...
A Rohingya elderly person was killed and two others injured in a stampede during an iftar gathering attended by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and UN secretary-general Ant贸nio Guterres in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Friday.
United Nations secretary general Ant贸nio Guterres, who arrived in Dhaka Thursday afternoon on a four-day visit to Bangladesh, is scheduled to visit Cox鈥檚 Bazar Rohingya camps today.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, together with UN secretary-general Ant贸nio Guterres, is scheduled to visit the Rohingya camp in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Friday as the UN chief is set to embark on Bangladesh visit as part of his annual Ramadan solidarity tour...
The chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Saturday said that the prices of most essential commodities had now reached a tolerable level compared with the previous Ramadan due to various measures adopted by the interim government to stabilise the prices of essentials during Ramadan...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump鈥檚 top diplomat denouncing Beijing鈥檚 鈥榗oercive鈥� moves...
Foreign secretary Md Jashim Uddin on Thursday appreciated the role of diplomatic correspondents and said their accurate and balanced reporting could play an important role in preventing the spread of rumours and misinformation.
Seventy-seven Nobel prize winners on Monday sent an open letter to the US Senate opposing the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr., president-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 choice for secretary of health and human services, citing his 鈥榣ack of credentials鈥� and anti-vaccine beliefs...
Chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Saturday said that the Bangladesh鈥檚 minority issue was unfairly portrayed in international media and influential nations鈥� top parliamentary hearings.
US president-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs...
The government on Wednesday made railways ministry secretary Abdul Baki an officer on special duty at the public administration ministry, while also changing the positions of a senior secretary and two more secretaries...
A fresh draft of a UN climate deal released Wednesday proposes concrete options to raise funding for poorer countries, but leaves unresolved sticking points that have long delayed an agreement...
Foreign secretary Md Jashim Uddin said that Dhaka would like to take the occasion of the 50-years diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and China as an opportunity to elevate the...
US under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights Uzra Zeya has said the United States values Bangladesh as a 鈥榩artner鈥� in the Indo-Pacific region and their 鈥榮trong collaboration鈥� as their leading partner on Rohingya response and number one source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
US secretary of state Antony Blinken voiced hope Friday for a diplomatic solution in Lebanon and preventing a broader conflict, as he backed efforts by the fragile state to...
The government on Wednesday appointed former bureaucrat Md Siraj Uddin Mia (ID No 1380) as principal secretary to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office on a two-year contract...
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that the UN stood ready to support reforms in Bangladesh.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that Washington would help Bangladesh government rebuild the country, offering support in Dhaka鈥檚 effort to fight...
Bangladesh and Pakistan on Thursday discussed holding the next round of foreign secretary-level consultations.
Md Golam Rabbani has been appointed as the full secretary of the Law and Justice Division of the law ministry...
The government appointed Md Jashim Uddin as the 27th foreign secretary of Bangladesh, the foreign ministry said on Sunday...
The contractual appointment of foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen has been cancelled...
Journalist Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad Majumder was appointed on Friday as a deputy press secretary to the chief adviser of the interim government.
The US deputy secretary of state for management and resources, Richard R Verma, will lead US delegation to India from August 17 to 22.
Leaders of seven student organisations at Rajshahi University declared the university unit Bangladesh Chhatra League general secretary, Asadulla hil Galib, persona non grata on the campus...
Contractual appointments of deputy press secretary Hasan Jahid Tusher and assistant personal secretary (APS-2) Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku to prime minister have been canceled...
Secretary of state Antony Blinken on Tuesday assured Ukraine that US military aid was 鈥榦n its way鈥�, as Russia claimed a 鈥榙eep鈥� advance into Ukrainian defensive lines in a new offensive...