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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is set to visit Bangladesh on October 4, 2024. The Prime Minister will visit Bangladesh only for hours after completing his visit to Pakistan. Even though it will be a `very short` visit with duration of `four hours maximum` planned at the last moment, both countries are seeing the visit as official one. The visit will marks a pivotal moment in the diplomatic and economic landscape of both nations. 

The recently aggravated ethnic tensions in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) between the Bengalis and ethnic minorities have presented the country with a set of new political, social, and security challenges. Since the country is already in turmoil as a result of the recent political upheaval, the conflict in the CHT adds a threat to the country’s socio-political stability, and so it requires prompt, just, and equitable solutions.

The interim government has decided to form six commissions to reform the judiciary, election system, administration, police, Anti-Corruption Commission, and the constitution. There is commission to work on economic laws and rules.

Visiting Moscow in early July, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi described Russia as New Delhi’s “trusted ally” and “all-weather friend”, referring to the decades-old strategic collaboration between the two nations.

The 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s United Nations (UN) membership is a significant milestone that highlights the country’s progress and contributions on the global stage since its independence in 1971. Bangladesh became a member of the UN on September 17, 1974, and its half-century of involvement with the organization holds both symbolic and practical importance.