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  Bangladesh sends new PR to UN

  Diplomatic Correspondent | Updated at 02:39pm on May 18, 2020

  Bangladesh has appointed Md Mustafizur Rahman, current high commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore, as the next permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations offices...

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  7 foreign envoys in Bangladesh call for freedom of expression

  Diplomatic Correspondent | Updated at 05:37pm on May 07, 2020

  Seven foreign ambassadors in Bangladesh on Thursday stressed the need for upholding independence of the press and freedom of expression for disseminating facts-based information during...

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  The virus claims a victim at UN: personal diplomacy

  Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 12:07am on March 16, 2020

  At the normally busy headquarters of the United Nations in New York, life is suddenly moving at slow speed — very slow speed. This temple of...

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  Labour diplomacy needed for Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia

  | Updated at 12:00am on February 18, 2020

  A PROMPT action on part of the government is still absent to end the plight of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. After public protests...

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  Lanka continues delicate dance with India

  MK Bhadrakumar | Updated at 12:00am on December 11, 2019

  SRI Lanka is a role model for the dictum of diplomacy being the extension of a country’s national policies. Sri Lanka’s performance must be commended...

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  Dhaka’s cricket diplomacy stillborn

  M Serajul Islam | Updated at 12:00am on December 01, 2019

  SHEIKH Hasina has a bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart at every available opportunity in India or abroad since she assumed office in January 2009....

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  Nat’l interests must get priority in diplomacy: experts

  Diplomatic Correspondent | Updated at 12:51am on November 14, 2019

  Governments require maintaining national interests on a priority basis during engagements at the bilateral and regional levels, experts said on Wednesday. While engaging at bilateral-level...

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  The perils of post-370 diplomacy

  | Updated at 12:00am on November 04, 2019

  IN THE weeks following the government’s decision to amend Article 370 and divide Jammu and Kashmir into two separate union territories, the government sent out...

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  Major reshuffle of ambassadors likely

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:00am on October 29, 2019

  The government is set to bring about major changes at the level of ambassadors and high commissioners in Bangladesh embassies abroad along with some reshuffle...

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  The last act of the human comedy

  Chris Hedges | Updated at 12:00am on September 05, 2019

  THERE is nothing new to our story. The flagrant lies and imbecilities of the inept and corrupt leader. The inability to halt the costly, endless...