French President Emmanuel Macron
Vive la Revolution… again?
In what is looking like the most shocking election result so far this year, the French left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NPF) emerged victorious.
10 July 2024, 08:10 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: West’s moral standing and the slaughter of Palestinians
Hasn't the world already been a witness to the massacre that has been taking place in Gaza over the past several weeks?
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Macron’s support for an ‘adaptation pact’ with Bangladesh
Macron first told us that he had had a one-on-one conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina already in which he’d offered assistance from France to Bangladesh to work on an energy transition partnership.
13 September 2023, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh-France ties on the right track
Greater French investment vital in achieving our development goals
12 September 2023, 01:00 AM
Talks between Hasina, Macron underway
The bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and French President Emmanuel Macron is underway
11 September 2023, 05:08 AM
Macron pays homage to Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32
French President Emmanuel Macron paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi 32 around 9:30am today
11 September 2023, 04:51 AM
Hasina greets Macron on being re-elected as French president
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted Emmanuel Macron on his re-election as the President of the French Republic.
26 April 2022, 15:27 PM
French President Macron hopes to rebuild Notre-Dame in five years
President Emmanuel Macron pledges that France would rebuild the fire-devastated Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying he hopes the work would be done in five years and the French people would pull together to repair their national symbol.
17 April 2019, 10:37 AM
Police fire tear gas, water cannon
Police yesterday fired tear gas and water cannon in central Paris against "yellow vest" protesters demanding French President Emmanuel Macron roll back tax hikes on motor fuel.
24 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Blow for France's Macron as star minister quits
President Emmanuel Macron suffers a major political blow as his popular environment minister resigns live on radio -- without informing the French leader beforehand.
28 August 2018, 10:46 AM
EU's security must no longer depend on US
French President Emmanuel Macron says that he would put forward new proposals for the European Union to boost its security, saying the bloc must stop depending on American might.
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM
France's Macron decries nationalism in speech to US Congress
French President Emmanuel Macron urges the United States to reject nationalism and stay true to global ideals of cooperation in the face of terrorism and other challenges, saying countries can still retain their own identities.
25 April 2018, 15:48 PM
Fulfill climate deal promise
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the developed nations to deliver on their commitments to ensure climate justice and meet the historical responsibility to protect the world.
12 December 2017, 18:00 PM
France's President Macron begins Saudi visit, amid Lebanon crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron holds hastily scheduled talks in Riyadh with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, notably over Lebanon and Yemen.
10 November 2017, 05:36 AM
Boeing launches new jet with flurry of orders
Boeing unveils a new version of its bestselling 737 aircraft, injecting life into a faltering civil aviation market as French President Emmanuel Macron flies in to open the world's biggest air show in Paris.
20 June 2017, 05:16 AM
Macron to unveil first French government
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to end the suspense over his first government after a 24-hour delay in unveiling what he has promised will be a new-look cabinet.
17 May 2017, 10:37 AM
Macron wins French presidency by emphatic margin
Emmanuel Macron is elected president of France with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.
7 May 2017, 18:49 PM