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
Bangladeshi-American ambassador in Fiji
Osman Siddique is the new US ambassador to Fiji. He happens to be a Bangladeshi-American.
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President, PM greet their Australian counterparts
President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmad and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday felicitated their Australian counterparts on the eve of the National Day of their country today, reports UNB.
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Kuwait Army chief lauds Dhaka's role in UN peace-keeping force
Chief of Staff of Kuwait armed forces Lt Gen Ali Mohammad Al-Moumen yesterday lauded the role of Bangladesh armed forces personnel in UN peace-keeping forces as well as those Bangladeshis who are serving in other fields in his country, report agencies.
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Indian envoy calls on Food Minister
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Deb Mukharjee called on Food Minister Amir Hossain Amu yesterday and exchanged views on bilateral and common issues of interest, reports UNB.
They expressed the hope that the relationship between the two countries would be further strengthened in future, said an official handout.
Barbed wire fencing by India to affect ties
Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad yesterday said erection of barbed wire fence along the border by India would "affect the relations between the two neighbouring countries," reports UNB.
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SAARC IT workshop begins today
The first ever SAARC Information Technology workshop "Information Infrastructure in SAARC Region" begins in the city today to discuss the prospect and challenges of information technology in the region.
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Hasina to attend One Asia Assembly in Kuala Lumpur
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been invited to attend the One Asia Assembly to be organised by the Press Foundation of Asia (PFA) in January 2001 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, reports UNB.
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Indo-Bangla Joint Working Group meets today
A two-day joint working group meeting of Bangladesh-India begins today at the State Guest House Padma in the city, reports BSS.
Joint Secretary (Political) of Home Ministry Md Janibul Haq will lead an eight-member Bangladesh delegation while Indian Joint Secretary (North-East) GK Pillai will head his country's seven-member team at the meeting.
The meeting will discuss bilateral issues and existing problems between the two countries, an official handout said in the city last night.
Lankan Air Force chief in city
Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force Air Marshal J Weerakkody arrived in the city yesterday on a five-day visit, reports BSS.
He is accompanied by his wife and a three-member delegation.
Chief of the Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Jamal Uddin Ahmed received the guests at Zia International Airport. Senior BAF officers were present at the airport.
Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Ediriwera Gamage Dayanarida and other officials of the High Commission were also present to greet them.
Chief Justice to attend Indian SC golden jubilee celebration
The Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Justice Latifur Rahman, left here yesterday afternoon for New Delhi to attend the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Supreme Court of India and the Republic Day Parade, reports BSS.
As per Presidential Order the senior most Justice of the Appellate Division Justice Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury will act as the chief justice till Chief Justice returns here on January 30 and takes his charge, an official handout said.