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
Italy urged to take sympathetic view regarding GSP
Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria yesterday said grounds were already prepared to move fast in implementing reform programmes to achieve better discipline in various fields, reports UNB.
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Kuwaiti envoy presents credentials
Newly appointed Ambassador of the State of Kuwait Mohammad Abdullah Al-Muhaiteeb presented his credentials to President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban yesterday, reports UNB.
Welcoming the envoy, President Shahabuddin said relations between the two countries are deeply rooted in common Islamic heritage and culture. Mohammad Abdullah Al-Muhaiteeb while expressing similar sentiment said the state of Kuwait values her relations with Bangladesh.
Mannan returns from Malaysia
State Minister for Labour and Manpower MA Mannan returned home yesterday at the end of a four-day official visit to Malaysia, reports UNB.
During the visit, Mannan hold separate meetings with the State Minister for Human Resources, State Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Domestic Trade of Malaysia.
The Malaysian ministers assured him of taking positive steps in this regard.