Foreign-Affairs
UAE accumulates $18m fund for Rohingyas
Dhaka, June 10 (UNB) - Emirates Red Crescent Authority (ERC) has collected more than US$ 18 million fund in a weeklong campaign to support livelihood of the Rohingya people sheltered in Bangladesh.
Japanese footballer Hasebe visits Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps
Dhaka, June 10 (UNB) - Makoto Hasebe, one of the prominent Japanese football players currently playing for Eintracht Frankfurt of Bundesliga, has visited Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar as the UNICEF Ambassador for Japan to raise awareness of Japanese people on the situation of the Rohingyas.
Dhaka-Washington partnership dialogue Monday
Dhaka, June 9 (UNB) - Bangladesh and the United States will hold the next round of partnership dialogue in Washington on Monday to discuss the issues they are tackling together.
BRI brings new opportunities for Bangladesh, others: China
Kunming (Yunnan), June 9 (UNB) - China has said its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has brought new opportunities for Bangladesh and other countries in South and Southeast Asia.
Shahriar meets UK Sports Minister, MoU on sports dev agreed
Dhaka, June 9 (UNB)— Bangladesh and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for further development of Bangladesh’s sports through wider cooperation.
China signs deal with Russia for setting up more nuke power units
Dhaka, June 8 (UNB) - China has signed a general contract with Russia for constructing two more VVER-1200 reactor-based nuclear power plants.
23 million boys married before 15: Unicef
Dhaka, June 8 (UNB)— An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, according to the first-ever analysis on child grooms, launched on Friday by the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef).
Bangladesh HC in London hosts reception for Tigers
Dhaka, June 8 (UNB)— Bangladesh High Commission in London has hosted a reception in honour of the Bangladesh National Cricket Team to the ICC World Cup 2019 and to celebrate the Bangladesh-UK friendship on the ground.
‘Delhi wants to take its partnership with Dhaka to desired goal’
Dhaka, June 7 (UNB) - Newly appointed Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has said he is committed to take the partnership between Bangladesh and India to its desired goal as envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Tigers host 'coaching clinic' with children to celebrate ICC, Unicef
Dhaka, June 7 (UNB) - The night before their match with New Zealand in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, players from the Bangladesh cricket team hosted a coaching clinic with some children from Hague Primary School, Bethnal Green at The Kia Oval.