Commonwealth

Today marked the start of Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Botchwey’s first official visit to Bangladesh, where she will discuss topics of mutual interest, such as strengthening engagement to assist the people’s aspirations for prosperity, peace, stability, democracy,...

The Commonwealth is poised to offer its support for political reforms in Bangladesh ahead of the nation’s planned general election next year, according to Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey. Speaking during a meeting with Chief Adviser Professor...

Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) of the Commonwealth Prof Luis Gabriel Franceschi has reiterated the Commonwealth’s commitment to collaborating with Bangladesh’s interim government to establish a “discrimination-free, inclusive, and prosperous” society. The promise was made when a high-level...

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