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
Hasina, Gujral hold exclusive talks
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had an exclusive meeting with Indian Prime Minister IK Gujral at Bangabhaban yesterday, reports UNB.
Before hosting the banquet at Bangabhaban, the Bangla-desh Prime Minister held a formal meeting with her Indian counterpart.
Hasina received the Indian Premier at Bangabhaban and later they had discussions on various bilateral issues.
Canadian envoy meets Mosharraf
Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Nicholas H R Etheridge paid a courtesy call on Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mosharraf Hossain at his office in the city yesterday, reports BSS.
The Canadian envoy stayed with the minister for some time and discussed matters of mutual interest and bilateral relations.
Setting up of int'l migration office okayed
A meeting of the council of ministers yesterday approved the proposal for setting up a sub-regional office of the International Organisation for Migration in Bangladesh, reports BSS.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting at her office.
Ministers, state ministers in charge of different ministries, cabinet secretary, principal secretary to the prime minister and secretaries concerned were present.