Joint statement also mentions cooperation in maritime affairs, infrastructure, trade, One-China policy

Eight MoUs on exchange and cooperation in culture, media, sports, health also signed

Chief Adviser Prof Yunus and President Xi Jinping hold bilateral meeting in Beijing

As part of Australia’s growing bilateral relationship with Bangladesh, the Albanese Labor Government has announced the establishment of a new Home Affairs Office in Dhaka.

The Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has refuted a US commission’s report that says religious freedom conditions in Bangladesh declined amid a series of attacks on religious minority communities.

Dhaka has reiterated its call for reducing interest rates for Chinese loans from 3 percent to 1-2 percent, while also seeking a waiver on commitment fees for Chinese-funded projects.

India has committed to advancing its partnership with Bangladesh on the occasion of Independence Day yesterday.

Yunus will be visiting Bangkok to attend the BIMSTEC summit on April 2-4

India was aware of an anti-Hasina wave building up in Bangladesh ahead of the overthrow of her government on August 5, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Consultative Committee on External Affairs.

'Bangladesh will encourage Chinese companies to relocate their factories to Bangladesh'

Peters, a member of the US Senate Armed Services Committee and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, visited Bangladesh from March 17-19 and called on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain, and Chief of Army Staff Waker-Uz-Zaman

Yunus and Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to hold their first-ever bilateral meeting on March 28

The key function for the interim government is now to build consensus among political parties and ensure everybody is carried along in the process and elections, said Comfort Ero, president of the International Crisis Group.

The United States has said that it welcomes measures taken by Bangladesh’s interim government to ensure safety and security for all citizens.

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are unlikely to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit on April 2-4, putting a damper on the possibility of a thaw in the currently icy bilateral relationship between the two neighbouring countries.

Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin yesterday raised with Italy the issue of the backlog of visa applications, particularly of aspirant migrant workers

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said the attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus, following August 5 last year were politically, not religiously, motivated.

Qatar has extended its full support to the reform agenda of Bangladesh's interim goverment, its Ambassador Seraya Ali Al-Qahtani said today

The two held an hour-long meeting, discussing issues of mutual interest

Labour and Employment Adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain highlighted this commitment during the 353rd Governing Body Session of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) held yesterday