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Saudi ambassador in Bangladesh Issa bin Youssef Al-Dahilan

Saudi wants to gear up defence cooperation with Bangladesh

Saudi Arabia is going to sign some other MoUs with Bangladesh regarding defence and security

Principal staff officer of Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman and Indian defence secretary Ajay Kumar shakes hand at the meeting

Dhaka, Delhi agree to strengthen defence cooperation

The talks covered the existing bilateral exercises and training, and the countries agreed to increase the complexity of these exercises

The Ground Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducts a long-range live-fire drill into the Taiwan Strait, from an undisclosed location in this handout released on 4 August, 2022

Airlines scrap, reroute flights as China fires live missiles in drills near Taiwan

The airspace involved is comparatively small, but the disruption from the largest military exercises by China in the area since it fired missiles off the coast in 1996 is hampering travel between ...

Mustafa Osman Turan

Interview: Ambassador of Turkey Turkish entrepreneurs show increased interest in Bangladesh

Mustafa Osman Turan, ambassador of Turkey in Bangladesh, in an interview with Prothom Alo's diplomatic correspondent Raheed Ejaz talks on various aspects of bilateral interest between the two ...

'This tragic incident should not be repeated'

Interview: Japanese ambassador Ito Naoki 'This tragic incident should not be repeated'

In an interview Prothom Alo, Japanese ambassador Ito Naoki pays respects to the Japanese nationals killed six years ago in the militant attack on Holey Artisan Bakery. Speaking about close ...

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, South Korea Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup and others chat before the ministerial working lunch during the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore 11 June, 2022.

South Korea says to boost defence capacity to counter North Korean threat

South Korean defence Minister Lee Jong-sup said the situation on the Korean peninsula posed a global threat and urged North Korea to immediately end its nuclear weapon and missile programmes.

Budget 2022-23

Defence sector budget to be increased by Tk 27.15b

An allocation of Tk 361.56 billion has been proposed as the operating cost of defence sector while an allocation of Tk 18.85 billion has been proposed as the development expenditure in the defence ...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on 5 April, 2022

US approves $95 million sale of missile defence support to Taiwan

The US announced Tuesday it has approved the sale of up to $95 million worth of training and equipment to support Taiwan's Patriot missile defence system, something Taipei said would help protect the ...

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives to Senate Democrat policy luncheons at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on 8 March 2022

US lawmakers advance budget with $14b for Ukraine

The funding, which has huge cross-party support, was one of the keys to passing the omnibus package, which has proved controversial in other areas

New BGB chief Major General Shakil Ahmed

Shakil Ahmed takes charge as new BGB chief

Major General Shakil Ahmed has taken over the reins of Border Guard Bangladesh

British High Commission Robert Dickson

Bangladesh-UK defence dialogue We can work together to enhance military capacity: Dickson

Bangladesh and the UK are holding their first ever defence dialogue from Wednesday in Dhaka. British High Commission Robert Dickson talks to Prothom Alo about the issues likely to be discussed

Flags of Bangladesh and the UK

Dhaka, London to hold first ever defence dialogue Wednesday

The dialogue is taking place at a time when there are emerging security concerns in various parts of the world including in Myanmar, Ukraine and Afghanistan

Sufiur Rahman

50 year of Bangladesh-Australia relations 'Dhaka to become economically more pertinent to Canberra with geopolitical aspects in mind'

With the newer kind of appreciation of Bangladesh’s value in Australia, Dhaka is now making its all-out efforts to become “economically more pertinent” to Canberra by jointly exploring the vast areas ...

Bangladesh must sign deal to receive US assistance

US security aid Bangladesh must sign deal to receive US assistance

Under the law, assistance is halted to any security agency or force that is involved in extensive violations of human rights including torture, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearance and rape

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visits an exhibition at the inauguration of ‘Swarnim Vijay Parv’, at India Gate, in New Delhi on 12 December 2021. The event commemorates the 50 years of India's victory in the 1971 war and the Indo-Bangladesh friendship

Indian defence minister Rajnath pays tributes to Bangabandhu

On the occasion, Rajnath Singh mixed the soil collected from different locations of major battles fought during the war to commemorate the golden jubilee of 1971 war victory

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