Porimol Palma

The UNDP has been present in Bangladesh since its independence, and our work has evolved alongside the country’s needs.

Continued attempts by Indian authorities to push people into Bangladesh could further strain Dhaka-Delhi relations at a time when both countries have significant stakes in maintaining stable ties, according to international relations experts.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is likely to make his first overseas visit to Malaysia on June 21-22, ahead of a three-day China visit starting June 23.

Concrete houses with bright colours are dotted across several villages in Shariatpur, standing as proof of the hard-earned economic success of Bangladeshi migrants in Italy.

Border killings, push-ins, and repatriation of irregular migrants are expected to top the agenda at the director general-level meeting between the border forces of Bangladesh and India on June 8-11, according to diplomatic sources in Dhaka and New Delhi.

In its first 100 days in office, the BNP government has found itself navigating a turbulent global landscape, shaped by the US-Israel war on Iran and geopolitical rivalry among major powers, which is causing energy insecurity and mounting economic pressure at home.

For millions of Bangladeshi migrant workers across the Gulf and wider Middle East, Eid-ul-Azha arrives with a symphony of mixed emotions.

Their families do not know whether they are being kept in detention camps or traffickers’ hideouts in Libya or drowned in the Mediterranean during perilous journeys to Europe.