Police on Thursday arrested seven operatives of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaa'tul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including the acting chief of a faction of the group from Turag, on the outskirts of the capital.
US President Barak Obama has expressed willingness to continue to work together with Bangladesh for further strengthening bilateral relations existing between the two countries.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that "Bangabandhu founded Bangladesh and his daughter Sheikh Hasina saved it."
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that she has given Taka 201.58 crore to 29,046 insolvent people and journalists from her relief and welfare fund and the Journalist Assistance Allowance/Grant Policy, 2012.
Bangladeshi-Japanese relations were established in February 1972. Japan is Bangladesh's 11th-largest export market; imports from Bangladesh make up 26 per cent of all Japanese imports from the least developed countries, second only to those from Cambodia.