Yunus seeks Dhaka-Baku direct flight to boost ties
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday agreed to increase connectivity with Azerbaijan to boost trade and commerce and increase the exchange of scholarship programmes for students.
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Professor Yunus seeks Azerbaijanian investment
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday agreed to increase connectivity with Azerbaijan aiming to boost trade and commerce and increase the exchange of scholarship programmes for students.
Azerbaijan presses Armenia to meet 鈥榙emands鈥� for peace deal
Azerbaijan on Wednesday insisted that arch-foe Armenia must meet Baku鈥檚 鈥榣egitimate demands鈥� before the Caucasus neighbours can sign a peace treaty, the text of which they agreed upon last month...
Russia shot at plane before crash: Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev accused Russia on Sunday of firing at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed and of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster, demanding that Moscow admit guilt.
Putin apologises to Azerbaijan over plane crash
Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, breaking the Kremlin鈥檚 silence as speculation mounted Russia may have accidentally shot the plane.
Azerbaijani plane tried to land during Ukraine drone attack: Russia
Russia鈥檚 aviation chief said Friday that an Azerbaijani Airlines plane that eventually crashed in Kazakhstan tried to land in the Chechen city of Grozny as it was being attacked by Ukrainian drones.
Azerbaijan mourns 38 killed in plane crash
Azerbaijan held a national day of mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet from the flag carrier crashed in Kazakhstan killing 38 people, as experts pointed to apparent shrapnel damage on...
35 feared dead as Azerbaijani jet crashes in Kazakhstan
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, with 35 people feared dead, officials said.
Adaptation to combat climate change
COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, brought the world鈥檚 attention once again to strategies to address the climate crisis. While reducing emissions (mitigation) remains essential, it has become increasingly clear that even with significant global efforts, the consequences of climate change are here to stay. Rising sea levels, erratic weather patterns, and...
Bangladesh urges EU to support in allocating $200b to LDCs
Bangladesh urged the European Union to support a proposal for allocating $200 billion to the least developed countries and the most vulnerable countries, to ensure the nations鈥� ability to...
Rich nations urged to commit up to $900b at climate talks
Negotiators at deadlocked UN climate talks said Wednesday that rich countries have been urged to commit as much as $900 billion per year to help poorer nations take action against global warming...
COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil
Host Azerbaijan tried to bring down the diplomatic temperature in Baku on Thursday after a French minister cancelled her trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina withdrew its delegation...
Azerbaijan defends fossil fuels at COP29 as big names skip summit
The host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan on Tuesday defended fossil fuels and the right of countries to exploit them as dozens of world leaders arrived for the COP29 conference.
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim govt chief Yunus reaches Azerbaijan
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus reached Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday evening [local time] to attend the UN鈥檚 biggest climate conference, COP29.
COP29 opens after Donald Trump win with call for cooperation
The COP29 climate talks opened on Monday in Azerbaijan with a call to show global cooperation was not 鈥榙own for the count鈥�, as Donald Trump鈥檚 re-election hangs over the key discussions....
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim govt chief to leave Dhaka tomorrow to attend COP-29
Bangladesh鈥檚 chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to leave for Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday to attend the UN鈥檚 biggest climate conference COP29, which is seen as a...
COP29: no more promises
AS THE world hurtles towards unprecedented climate extremes, from raging wildfires to rising sea levels, the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan this November may well be our last, best chance to reverse course. Every year, world leaders gather under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, to...
Thousands rally in Armenia against PM
Thousands rallied on Wednesday in Armenia鈥檚 capital, demanding prime minister Nikol Pashinyan鈥檚 resignation over his handling of the decades-long standoff with Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan ruling party wins polls, opposition cries foul
Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev鈥檚 party has won snap parliamentary elections, the poll commission said Monday, as the opposition denounced widespread violations...
Dhaka urges Azerbaijan to recruit manpower
Dhaka urged Azerbaijan to recruit manpower from Bangladesh during the first round of foreign office consultations between Bangladesh and Azerbaijan.
3,000 rally in Armenia against PM over territorial concessions
Some 3,000 Armenians on Thursday rallied against prime minister Nikol Pashinyan in the capital Yerevan, denouncing his territorial concessions to...
Armenia detaines 273 anti-govt protesters
Armenia said on Monday police had detained hundreds of demonstrators demanding the resignation of prime minister Nikol Pashinyan over territorial concessions made to arch foe Azerbaijan...
Thousands rally in Armenia against Azerbaijan land transfer
Thousands of Armenians staged an anti-government protest on Sunday, demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan鈥檚 resignation over territorial concessions to arch foe neighbour Azerbaijan...
Armenia returns four border villages to Azerbaijan
Armenia has returned to Azerbaijan four border villages it seized decades ago in a key step toward normalising ties between the rivals, the countries...
Armenians protest against land deal with Azerbaijan
Tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of the Armenian capital Yerevan on Thursday, protesting against a government decision to cede land to arch-foe Azerbaijan...
Russia exits Karabakh, ending its clout in region
When Russian troops deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh four years ago, their task was clear: keep the peace between bitter foes Armenia and Azerbaijan and...
Russian peacekeepers start withdrawal from Nagorno-Karabakh
Russian peacekeepers have begun withdrawing from Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan鈥檚 recapture of the disputed territory from Armenian separatists last year, the Kremlin said on Wednesday...