DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The UK on Tuesday announced a new funding of £3 million ($3.7 million) for the Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. “I am pleased to announce a further UK contribution of £3,000,000 to UNHCR, which will help to ensure refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char are able to access healthcare, clean […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – France will “intervene in” the Rohingya genocide case lodged with the International Court of Justice, announced a joint statement issued after visiting French President Emmanuel Macron met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Monday. “France announces its decision to intervene, a...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The Myanmar junta government has restricted exports to Bangladesh through ports after Bangladeshi banks froze the accounts of two Myanmar state banks, according to media reports. The junta prohibited the export of various food commodities to Bangladesh via Maungdaw in Rakhine State after the decision by Banglades...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The US and its allies are pressuring South Asian countries in the name of a so-called Indo-Pacific Strategy to promote their own interests in the region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday. Lavrov was speaking at a joint press briefing with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen in the capital [&h...
Dhaka, Bangladesh — AFP Hundreds of articles praising Bangladeshi government policies apparently by independent experts have appeared in national and international media but the authors have questionable credentials, fake photos, and may not even exist, an investigation by AFP has found. Commentators say it is evidence of a sustained cam...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – In a first, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov landed in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Thursday for high-level talks on the bilateral interests of the two countries. Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen welcomed his Russian counterpart, who is paying a one-day visit, at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Air...
– DHAKA Bangladesh (AA) – The UN has appealed for scaling up funds for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The UN also made a fresh allocation of $8 million for Rohingya refugees staying in camps in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district and on the island of Bhasan Char. “This allocation is especially important in the light [&...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Myanmar delegation is expected to visit Rohingya refugees living on the southeast coast of Bangladesh for the third time aiming to begin their repatriation in the next three months, a Bangladeshi official has confirmed. A high-level Bangladeshi delegation is in Myanmar to attend Chinese-mediated talks to begin ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on September 10, Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry has said. This will be the first time a French president visits the South Asian nation in 33 years. Prior to his Bangladesh visit, Macron will be in India for the G-20 summit scheduled for Septem...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A high-level delegation from Bangladesh reached Myanmar on Monday in order to lead a Chinese-mediated meeting on Rohingya repatriation. A list of over 3,000 Rohingya under a pilot program has been sent to Myanmar to verify and a possible repatriation could begin under the mediation of China, according to Banglade...
