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...
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Japanese team visits BUET
A delegation from Centre of the International Cooperation for Computerisation (CICC) of Japan visited Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in the city yesterday, reports UNB.
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Employment Bank a ray of hope in job seeker
A ray of hope sparked in the eyes of a previously diffident youth as a new-generation bank assured him a modest sum in loan for opening a laundry shop at his village, says UNB.
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Nepal donates medicine
Nepal has donated some 108 boxes of medicines for the country's flood affected people, reports UNB.
Nepalese Ambassador in Dhaka Madhu Raman Acharya handed over the medicines to the Director General of Health Services yesterday, says an official handout.
SAARC commerce ministers to meet in Dhaka Feb 2-3
The Commerce Ministers of the SAARC countries are scheduled to meet in Dhaka February 2-3 to discuss ways for implementation of SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangements (SAPTA), reports APB.
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Dhaka to renew cultural agreement with Russia
Russian Ambassador in Dhaka Ugeni Ivanov yesterday handed over the draft copy of a cultural exchange programme to State Minister for Youth, Sports and Cultural Affairs Obaidul Quader at his office, reports UNB.
Until recently, Bangladesh and Russia were exchanging cultural activities as per the cultural agreement signed between two countries in 1972.
Bangladesh decided to renew the agreement in the wake of changed geographical situation in that country, said an official handout.
Haksar remembered as a friend of Bangladesh
PN Haksar, the Indian lawyer-turned-diplomat, who played an important role during Bangladesh's Liberation War as a close aide of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was remembered yesterday at a me-morial meeting, reports BSS.
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Invitations sent to heads of govt, state
Invitations have been sent to the heads of government and state of D-8 (Development Eight) countries to attend the second summit of the group scheduled to be held in Dhaka on March 1 and 2, Foreign Office sources said, reports BSS.
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Two pc of Swedish want to join EMU
STOCKHOLM, Jan 7: Sixty-two per cent of Swedes want to join the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), an opinion poll said yesterday, reports AFP.
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Sri Lanka hands over annual contribution to ICDDR,B
Sri Lanka has given its 1998 annual contribution to ICDDR,B, the centre for health and population research, says a press release.
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Dhaka to receive Tk 21.35cr loan from Sweden
Bangladesh is to receive 35 million Swedish kroner equivalent to Tk 21.35 crore as additional loans from Sweden, says UNB.
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