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
Senator Harkin due today
US Senator Tom Harkin, famous for his Bill against American import of garments made with child labour, will arrive in the city today, reports UNB.
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Belgium hails CHT peace accord
Belgium has congratulated Bangladesh government for signing a peace accord last month to bring an end to years of unrest in the South Eastern part of the country, reports BSS.
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US envoy calls on law minister
US Ambassador to Bangladesh John C Holzman called on Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Abdul Matin Khasru at his secretariat chamber yesterday, reports BSS.
They discussed the country's legal system, and protection and promotion of human rights in the country.
Besides various issues of mutual concern, they also discussed the establishment of human rights commission.
Ove Fritz Lasen, minister and deputy head of mission of the Danish Embassy in Dhaka also called on the law minister yesterday. They discussed matters of mutual interests.
UK parliamentary under-secretary due Jan 11
British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Mike O'Brien MP will arrive in Dhaka on January 11 on a three-day official visit, reports UNB.
He is entrusted with the responsibility of Immigration and Nationality; Community Relations and Passport Agency, said a British High Commission press release.
On his first official visit to Bangladesh, O'Brien will visit Sylhet from where the majority of Britain's Bangladesh community originate.
915 more tribal refugees back home
A total of 915 tribal refugees of 184 families returned home yesterday, the seventh day in the sixth phase of repatriation from Indian state of Tripura through Ramgarh border point, officials said, reports BSS.
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