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
PM expresses relief for surviving assassination attempt on Sharif
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her great relief for surviving an assassination attempt on the lives of Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his family members, reports UNB.
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Hasina to visit Italy in April
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to visit Italy in April this year, reports APB.
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Baroness Pola Uddin calls on Hasina, Samad
Baroness Pola Uddin, member of the British House of Lords yesterday made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Gonobhaban Residence, reports BSS.
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President, PM greet Myanmar leader, Than Shwe
President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have felicitated Myanmar leader Gen Than Shwe on the auspicious occasion of the independence day of that country, report APB.
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Khaleda leaves for KSA Jan 7
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will visit Saudi Arabia this month for medical check-up, reports UNB.
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Rodrigo takes over as SAARC Secy General today
KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Nihal Rodrigo, a Sri Lankan diplomat, will take over as chief of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), diplomats said today, reports Reuters.
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Samad Azad to visit China Jan 20
Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad will pay a five-day official visit to China beginning January 20, reports APB.
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Azad concerned over Indian fence plan
Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad has again regretted the Indian move to erect barbed-wire fence along its border with Bangladesh, reports agencies.
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Bangladesh economy stable
The newly-appointed North Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh, Ri Sang Il, yesterday called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office and conveyed the greetings of North Korean President, says BSS.
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Bangladesh envoy to Japan calls for workers' right protection
Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Rashed Ahmed called upon Japanese employers to pay full compensation to Bangladeshi workers, who receive serious injuries during accidents at their workplace, in accordance with Japanese Labour Laws.
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