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
President, PM's congratulatory messages to Clinton
President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed yesterday sent a congratulatory message to the US President William J Clinton in response to a message of greetings received from him on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports BSS.
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Envoy of Qatar meets PM
Ambassador of Qatar in Dhaka Atiq Nasser Al-Bader made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office yesterday, reports UNB.
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President, PM greet their Indian counterparts
President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed yesterday felicitated his Indian counterpart K R Narayanan on the occasion of the Republic Day of India to be celebrated today, reports BSS.
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