Rezaul Karim

Dhaka is cautiously examining Myanmar's proposal to take back Rohingyas and will keep its doors open for resolving the crisis through international means.

Japan will continue to cooperate with Bangladesh closely and extend its full support in resolving the humanitarian crisis created over

The European Union will begin talks with Dhaka today to negotiate a process to be followed to deport more than one lakh irregular Bangladeshi migrants living in 28 EU countries for years.

The Rakhine Advisory Commission, led by its chairman former UN chief Kofi Annan, has called for freedom of movement for all people

None of the six convicted fugitive killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hiding abroad could be brought back home in spite

The Malaysia police have detained 290 more foreigners, including 29 Bangladeshis, in the second large-scale sweep for terror

Considering the potential for expanding its export market and the service needs of the growing number of Bangladeshi expatriates, Dhaka has decided to soon open seven new diplomatic missions in India, Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, Romania, Sudan and Sierra Leone.

Dhaka is anxiously monitoring a meeting of the foreign ministers from a Saudi-led quartet who were set to meet yesterday in Egypt to

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh yesterday for the first time started using bomb detection dogs in cargo screening at Hazrat

Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday conveyed to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that there is a bipartisan approach in India towards consolidating relations with Bangladesh.

Bangladesh and India were drawn into a close strategic embrace yesterday with the two neighbours expanding their cooperation to new areas of defence and civil nuclear sectors.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has apparently failed to persuade an adamant West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to agree to the Teesta water-sharing deal.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday embarked on a four-day state visit to India with a flickering hope of breaking the stalemate on the much-delayed Teesta water-sharing treaty. “I want to have a separate meeting with Mamata [chief minister of West Bengal], and I am waiting for that,” Hasina told a group of four Indian journalists hours after Indian Premier Narendra Modi received her at Delhi's Palam Air Force Station in a departure from his protocol.

Seeking to inject fresh dynamism into Bangladesh-India ties, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in Delhi today on a four-day state visit.

India yesterday made it clear that the much-desired Teesta water sharing deal would not be signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming visit there as the country was yet to have all on board for resolving the issue.

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is expected to take an initiative to break the ice for resolving the long pending water sharing issue during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi on April 7-10.

Indian Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat arrives in Dhaka on March 30 on a two-day visit to discuss bilateral defence cooperation with top Bangladesh officials.

Leaving aside several bilateral issues, including the unresolved Teesta water-sharing deal, India has proposed a long-term comprehensive defence pact with Bangladesh that encompasses training, sale of military hardware and wide range of military to military cooperation.

In the run-up to the 2019 general election, the UK said it would keep eyes on Bangladesh's political developments and hoped to see a

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's New Delhi visit next month seems unlikely as most of the focus in India would be on elections in five states, including the most populous Uttar Pradesh, beginning February 11.