Diplomacy

Diplomacy
U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he boards Air Force One to depart from Yokota Air Base in Fussa, on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan on 24 May 2022

Biden unveils Asia-Pacific trade framework excluding China

China has expressed no interest in joining IPEF. Many of the standards Washington wants would make such a deal unpalatable to Beijing, a U.S. official said

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam holds a bilateral meeting with Livia Leu, state secretary of Switzerland held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos on 23 May 2022

Dhaka seeks increased Swiss investment

Shahriar informed the Swiss state secretary that Bangladesh offers one of the world’s easiest investment opportunities

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Washington seeks Dhaka’s participation in new economic group

The US informed Bangladesh about the priorities of the new economic group several weeks ago

Anthony Albanese, leader of Australia's Labor Party is accompanied by his partner Jodie Haydon while he addresses his supporters after incumbent Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Scott Morrison conceded defeat in the country's general election in Sydney, Australia on 21 May, 2022

China congratulates Australia's Albanese in hint at thawing ties

Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang has sent a congratulatory note to newly elected Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, Beijing's state media reported, ending a year-long freeze in diplomatic ...

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina (2nd L) leads Bangladesh delegation in a discussion with China delegation lead by president Xi Jinping (2nd R) at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, China

Bangladesh’s ‘deft’ balancing of US, China and India ties stands out: SCMP

Dhaka has not been anxious to strengthen such ties as the government carries out a deft “three-way balancing” act between India, China and the US, SCMP reports quoting analysts

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

78th ESCAP session PM for enhancing financial coop to improve regional crisis management

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict came as a huge blow to the global economic and social stability when the world is struggling to recover the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Sheikh Hasina

US president Joe Biden attends a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on May 23, 2022

US would defend Taiwan militarily from invasion: Biden

US president Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan

A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on 21 September 2021 shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addressing the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly from Tehran

Iran will 'avenge' killing of Guards colonel: president

Iran will avenge the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel who was shot dead in Tehran, president Ebrahim Raisi warned on Monday

Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Rohingyas entering from India: Dhaka sends ‘note verbale’ to Delhi

Bangladesh has asked India to take measures to halt entry of the Rohingyas as Dhaka reported the arrival of some Myanmar nationals in the past weeks

Russian House in Dhaka hosts discussion on ‘Past-Present-Future’

Russian House in Dhaka hosts discussion on ‘Past-Present-Future’

The Russian House in Dhaka, with the participation of the Liberation War Academy Trust and the Compatriots Association “Rodina”, hosted a discussion on “Past-Present-Future”

Russian president Vladimir Putin and US president Joe Biden attend a meeting at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland on 16 June 2021

Moscow bans over 900 prominent Americans from Russia

The Russian counter-sanctions are necessary and aim to constrain the US which is trying to impose a neocolonial ‘world order’, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement

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Parliamentary delegation underscores greater engagement with the US

The delegation of the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Bangladesh has underscored the greater engagements between Bangladesh and the United States to further ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (L) and US president Joe Biden arrive for a state dinner at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on 21 May, 2022

Biden, Yoon signal expanded military drills due to North Korea 'threat'

US president Joe Biden and South Korea's new president Yoon Suk-yeol signalled Saturday an expanded military presence in response to the "threat" from North Korea, while also offering to help the ...

This picture taken from the Mariupol drama theatre, hit last March 16 by an airstrike, shows the central avenue of Mariupol on 12 April 2022, as Russian troops intensify a campaign to take the strategic port city, part of an anticipated massive onslaught across eastern Ukraine, while Russia's president makes a defiant case for the war on Russia's neighbour.

Russia-Ukraine war Ukraine warns only talks can end war as Russia cuts Finland gas supply

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday that only a diplomatic breakthrough rather than an outright military victory could end Russia's war on his country, as Moscow cut gas supplies ...

Model of LNG tanker is seen in front of Finland's flag in this illustration taken on 19 May 2022

Russia halts gas supplies to Finland

Finland, along with neighbouring Sweden, this week broke its historical military non-alignment and applied for NATO membership

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