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  Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow me to first congratulate Romania for assuming the Presidency of the Community of Democracies. I thank His Excellency Mr Bogdan Aurescu, the Foreign Minister of Romania for inviting Bangladesh to join the 10th Ministerial Conference as an observer.   Excellencies, Democracy is one of the fundamental principles …

Statement by H.E. Mr. Md. Shahriar Alam, MP, Hon’ble State Minister for Foreign Affairs of at the 10th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies: “Democracies and Resilience: Shared Goals”, 22 September 2021, Virtual Read More »

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Excellencies, Distinguished participants, Assalamu Alaikum. The world leaders this year have joined the 76th Session of the UNGA whose theme is “hope”- hope for recovery; hope for sustainable rebuilding. My delegation too is participating in the Session with “hopes” on many pressing issues. One of these is the plight of the Rohingya, …

Statement by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh at the High-Level Side Event on “Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (Rohingya) crisis: Imperatives for a Sustainable Solution on 22 September 2021 at New York Read More »

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim I thank President Biden for convening the Summit. Bangladesh undertook three-fold approach to fight the pandemic: Saving lives by allocating adequate medical facilities, equipment, life saving drugs and resources; Supporting livelihoods of our citizens, especially the most vulnerable groups; and Recovering economic activities back on track as quickly as possible. So far …

Statement by H. E. Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh at White House Global Covid-19 Summit: Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better Health Security to prepare For the Next on 22 September 2021 Read More »

Mr. President, Thank you for convening us. I am very pleased to join my fellow colleagues here today. It is greatly empowering to be with you all.  I strongly feel that we can establish a Women Leaders’ Network, which can bring us together, not just for one-off meetings, but to act as a force to …

Statement by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh at the High-Level Meeting on Women Leaders Convened by the President of the General Assembly on 21 September 2021 at the United Nations Headquarters Read More »

Nisha Biswal, President, US-Bangladesh Business Council, Members of the US-Bangladesh Business Council, Leaders of the US and Bangladesh Business World. Assalamu Alaikum and Good Afternoon. It is a pleasure for me to be with you today. All of your presence here reflects keen interest in doing serious business with Bangladesh. I thank Nisha Biswal and …

Statement by H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh at the Executive Business Roundtable on 21 September 2021 at New York Read More »

Mr. President, Thank you for convening us. I am very pleased to join my fellow colleagues here today. It is greatly empowering to be with you all.  I strongly feel that we can establish a Women Leaders’ Network, which can bring us together, not just for one-off meetings, but to act as a force to …

Statement by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh at the High Level Meeting on Women Leaders Convened by The President of the General Assembly on 21 September 2021 at the United Nations Headquarters Read More »