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
US mission closed on Sunday
The American Embassy offices including American Centre, Information Resource Centre (IRC) and Student Advising Centre will remain close on Sunday in observance of the birth anniversary of slain civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr Luther King's birthday is a national holiday in the United States, said a US embassy press release here yesterday.
By setting aside a day in honour of late Luther King, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, the American nation reaffirms its commitment to the noble goals of equal opportunity and justice for all for which he worked and eventually gave his life.
Travel alert for US citizens in Bangladesh
The US State Department last month warned all American citizens residing in or visiting Bangladesh to consider carefully the security risks in deciding whether to attend large public gatherings, referring to the recent bombings.
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UK education fair begins Jan 23
A three-day 'Education@UK Fair 2003' organised by the British Council (BC) begins in the city on January 23. Education Minister Dr. Osman Farruk will inaugurate the fair at the Winter Garden of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel at 10:30am.
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Sari against cholera
A folded sari -- available to every woman in Bangladesh -- can filter drinking water clean of the particles carrying cholera, cutting in half the number of cases of the disease, researchers reported yesterday.
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Hajj flight from Ctg airport begins Jan 24
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will carry 2,740 Hajj pilgrims from Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport (CSAIA) to Saudi Arabia from January 24. This is the second time that the Hajj pilgrims will be carried from the CSAIA to the Kingdom directly. Last year Biman carried 822 Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia in three direct flights from Chittagong, Biman sources said yesterday.
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Re-export of three items approved
A move is underway to allow limited re-export of three products to other countries.
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Koreans urged to start jt venture shipbuilding
Shipping Minister Akbar Hossain yesterday invited Korean shipbuilders to start shipbuilding under joint venture here, saying that Bangladesh would be able to make high-tech, economically viable ships in collaboration with them.
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Australian aid for cold-hit people of northern districts
Australia will provide 10,000 dollars under its Direct Aid Programme (DAP) as an immediate response to the growing emergency caused by severe cold wave sweeping over Bangladesh, says a press release.
Australia will donate the amount to International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to purchase and distribute blankets, second-hand clothes and high protein biscuits for the needy people in the hardest hit districts of north and north- western region of the country.
SAARC needs upgrading: Sinha
India has proposed creation of a South Asian Union (SAU), which will not only be an economic grouping but will also acquire a "political and strategic dimension".
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Vietnam to reopen mission in Dhaka
Vietnam has decided to re-open its mission in Dhaka after 23 years, Foreign Secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury disclosed yesterday.
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