Commonwealth

Following a contentious session that ended in Samoa on Saturday, the 56-nation Commonwealth declared that Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the foreign minister of Ghana, would be the organization’s new secretary general. The former British colonies make up...

Last Friday, a Commonwealth ally summit devolved into a heated discussion about the history of slavery and empire, prompting calls for Britain’s King Charles to repent about his nation’s colonial past. At a meeting in Samoa,...

Bangladesh Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain has chaired a meeting on the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana (CMGG) virtually on Tuesday evening. The meeting was also attended by the foreign ministers and representatives from Antigua and Barbuda,...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received congratulations from Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland KC on her win in Bangladesh’s national parliamentary election. “My congratulations to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her electoral victory,” she said in a...

The 12th parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for Sunday, were discussed today between the ruling Awami League and the Commonwealth Election Observer Mission. This morning’s meeting took place in the city at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon...

Bangladesh has been unanimously chosen to serve on the Commonwealth Board of Governors’ Executive Committee from 2022 to 2024. A press release from the Bangladesh high commission in London that was received here on Friday stated...

Queen Elizabeth II and Head of the Commonwealth today greeted the people of Commonwealth countries....Read More

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 92nd birthday on Saturday with a star-studded, Commonwealth-themed charity concert featuring Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue and Shaggy. The monarch took to the stage herself at the end of the show at...

Prince Harry officially opened the Commonwealth Youth Forum this morning, it marked the start of his new role. Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, has appointed him a Commonwealth Youth Ambassador. The newly-appointed Ambassador addressed...

The Commonwealth on Friday called for a halt to all violence, restoration of normality and accountability of the perpetrators for gross violations of human rights in northern Rakhaine state of Myanmar through an independent investigation. The...