KATHMANDU, July 30 : The main South Asian regional group on Tuesday took new steps toward eliminating tariffs to boost trade in the region, reports AFP. Senior officials from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries began a three-day meeting here to set an agenda for bringing down tariffs. The inter-governmental group on trade liberalisation will make recommendations to the governments of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on how to free up trade. The meeting was inaugurated by SAARC Secretary General Naeem U Hasan who stressed the importance of regional cooperation for developing regional trade and commerce through concessional tariffs. The member nations set up the South Asian Preferential...
The Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Command Admiral Dennis C Blair arrived in the city yesterday on a three-day goodwill visit to Bangladesh, says an ISPR press release.
He is accompanied by his wife Diane E. Blair and a two member delegation.
Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman, Bir Bikram, Rasheda Mustafiz and senior military officers received the distinguished guests on their arrival at the Zia International Airport.
The US Ambassador in Bangladesh, John C Holzman, and other US Embassy officials were also present.
An Infantry Platoon of the Bangladesh Army led by Lt Colonel Chowdhury Hassan Sarwardy, Bir Bikram left Dhaka for Nepal to take part in the Regional Peace Keeping Exercise to be held in Nepal from 17-31 January, says an ISPR press release.
...BEIRUT, Jan 11: Thirty-seven Bangladeshis stranded in a south Lebanon border town since October were sent home today, reports AP.
...Admiral Dennis C Blair, Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Command, will arrive in the city today on a two-day visit, reports UNB.
...A delegation of the World Health Organisation (WHO) led by its Bangladesh representative Dr Hardjo Tanejo called on Health and Family Welfare Minister Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim yesterday, reports BSS.
...Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay a two-day visit to Brussels, Belgium from February 1.
...Heads of government and state of various Muslim countries have greeted President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB.
...As Muslims across the world prepared for celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr festival, US President Bill Clinton extended warm greetings to the people of Islamic faith in the United States and around the globe, reports UNB.
...Seven South and Southeast Asian countries, including Bangladesh, are launching massive drives jointly financed by European Commission and UNFPA to improve reproductive health services for rearing balanced and healthy populations, reports UNB.
...CALCUTTA, Jan 6: Bangladesh and India would sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in the third week of this month on operation of goods train between the two countries through Bongaon border, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said yesterday, reports PTI.
Inaugurating a railway reservation office at Belur Math near here, she said that her ministry was examining a proposal for setting up of rail links to Kamarpukur in Hooghly district and Joyrambati in Bankura district.
