Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the friendly ties between Bangladesh and France reached a new dimension as she delivered her statement in a joint press briefing after the bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.
"The friendly ties that my father, the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman initiated in 1972 have reached a new dimension," she said.
Sheikh Hasina also said in her statement that "today is a historic day in our bilateral relationship between France and Bangladesh which has been evolving for more than five decades".
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Harun-or-Rashid will be punished for his injustice role of brutally beating of two Central Chhatra League leaders at Shahbag police station.
"Whoever did this, is it police or whoever, he should be punished for wrongdoing. Why did it, what did it do, we will ask. He must be held accountable for his wrongdoing," he said this to journalists while replying to a query after inaugurating Regional Passport Office, Dhaka East (Aftabnagar) here.
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
wrapped up Sunday a G20 summit that played down deep divisions over the war
in Ukraine and climate change, but gave him a moment in the diplomatic
spotlight.
G20 leaders have been deeply riven over the Ukraine war since Moscow
invasion last year, with Russian President Vladimir Putin skipping the summit
entirely to dodge political opprobrium.
Leaders of the Group of 20, which brings together Russia and China as well as
some of Ukraine most ardent backers, have long struggled to agree on much,
in particular about the 18-month-old invasion.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on strengthening global solidarity and adopting coordinated response to address crisis as she placed four recommendations in this regard joining the G20 Summit here.
"Here G20 and international financial institutions have crucial role to play, and Bangladesh is ready to support their efforts for tailoring actionable recommendations to tackle the crisis," she said in her first recommendation addressing "One Earth" session in the summit.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is attending the summit at Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre of Pragati Maidan at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.