Diplomats
DiplomatsKhalilzad, US envoy who brokered Afghan exit, quits
Zalmay Khalilzad, the veteran US envoy whose months of patient hotel-ballroom diplomacy helped end the US war in Afghanistan but failed to prevent a Taliban takeover, resigned on Monday
Indo-Pacific
UK sees Bangladesh as 'critical stability provider'
The UK has recognized Bangladesh’s role as a "critical stability provider" in the region, and its particular relevance in the context of the UK’s integrated foreign, trade, development and security ...
Post-Brexit partnership
Dhaka-London 4th strategic dialogue Thursday
Bangladesh and the UK will hold the fourth strategic dialogue in London on Thursday to review all aspects of the relations between the two countries with a focus on post-Brexit and post-Covid new ...
Khondker M Talha made new envoy in Paris
Khondker M Talha, currently serving as the Director General of East Asia and Pacific Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is to be Bangladesh's next ambassador to France
Dhaka turns down Washington’s request to shelter some Afghans
Bangladesh has rejected a request from the United States to give temporary shelter to some people from Afghanistan, saying Bangladesh is already in a big problem by giving shelter to over 1.1 million ...
'Dhaka to extend cooperation if permanent govt goes to power in Kabul'
Three Bangladeshis have been brought back from Afghanistan and the process to bring back others is on, the state minister for foreign affairs has said.
Afghanistan
Govt seeks to hold capital as Taliban takes Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad
Western governments were accelerating plans to evacuate their embassy staff, citizens and Afghans who had worked for them
No specific date for vaccine supply to Bangladesh: Doraiswami
Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami than Covid vaccine production was increasing in India, but he was not sure when they could supply Bangladesh with the vaccine
Number of Bangladesh missions abroad now 80
State minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam tweeted confirming the new number of Bangladesh missions abroad
Foreign minister Momen meets with Jaishankar in Tashkent
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Thursday held a meeting with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar at Tashkent, Uzbekistan and discussed issues of mutual interest
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