UNFPA supplement 2013
SAARC officials meet to set agenda for bringing down tariffs
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...
SAFMA regional confce
Seven South Asian nations all set to launch massive drives
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.
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Dhaka, Delhi to sign MOU on goods train service
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.
Election That Chandrika Won
The 1999 election was not the first occasion when the Tigers intervened to change the course of Sri Lankan history.
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Skyjack Saga Strains Indo-Pak Relations
With the plane hijack saga, there is likely to be more retaliatory measures from both India and Pakistan resulting in the intensity and frequency of cross border insurgency with its debilitating and destabilising impact on the regional plank, fears Mansoor Mamoon
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US envoy meets health minister
US Ambassador in Bangladesh John C Holzman yesterday called on Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim at the latter's office yesterday, reports BSS.
They discussed matters of mutual interests including US President's forthcoming visit in Bangladesh in February, US investment on energy and hydrocarbon sectors and establishment of 13,000 satellite clinics in rural Bangladesh.
US envoy calls on Amu
US Ambassador to Bangladesh John C Holzman called on Food Minister Amir Hossain Amu at the latter's secretariat office yesterday, reports BSS.
During the talks they discussed issues of bilateral and common interest.
Outgoing British HC calls on PM
The outgoing British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, David C Walker, paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban yesterday, reports UNB.
Walker who was nearly three-and-a-half years in Bangladesh recalled that his stay was very pleasant.
The British envoy wished all success of the government.
Foreign Secretary CM Shafi Sami was present.
President, PM greet Myanmar leader
President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted General Than Shwe, the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar, on the occasion of his country's Independence Day, reports UNB.
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Dr David Carter new British HC to Bangladesh
Newly appointed British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr David Carter, CVO, arrives in the city on January 19 to take over his new assignment, reports UNB.
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New Iranian envoy calls on Hasina
Newly appointed Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Mohammad Razaii Nouri made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in the city last morning, reports BSS.
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