State Minister for Foreign Affairs

State minister’s response to citizenship question echoes ousted regime’s ‘shoot the messenger’ approach: TIB

Anti-graft watchdog urges govt to disclose Humaiun Kobir’s citizenship status, says his technocrat appointment would be unconstitutional if he retained foreign citizenship when taking office
25 August 2026

‘Who is so bothered that they won’t let me work?’: Humaiun Kobir on citizenship question

Foreign affairs state minister avoids directly answering whether he renounced British citizenship
24 August 2026

Pakistan shows no reason yet

Maushumi Rahman, counsellor (political) at Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad, left Pakistan last night for Lisbon to take up her new assignment in the country's Portugal mission.
6 January 2016

Bangladesh diplomat recall: Pakistan fails to give reasons

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says Pakistan has failed to give any reasons for asking Bangladesh to withdraw its diplomat from Islamabad.
6 January 2016

Govt not bothered by HRW statement: State minister

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says the government is not bothered by today’s statement issued by HRW over the trial of death row convict war criminals Mojaheed and SQ Chy.
20 November 2015

Bangladesh gets WIP Award

Bangladesh has won the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) Award as a pioneering country in reducing gender discrimination
22 March 2015