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
Dhaka keen to increase trade with India, Iran
Commerce Minister Abdul Jalil yesterday said that Bangladesh believes in 'give-and-take' policy with priority to national development in bilateral trade and investment, reports UNB.
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Chief Justice to visit India
Chief Justice Latifur Rahman will go to India on a week-long visit to attend the Republic Day Parade and Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Indian Supreme Court, reports UNB.
The Chief Justice will visit India at the invitation of the Indian Supreme Court.
During his absence from January 23 to 30, Bimalendu Bikash Chowdhury, the senior-most judge of the Appellate Division, will act as Chief Justice, said a press release.
New British envoy arrives
Dr David Carter, the new British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, arrived in Dhaka yesterday to take up his assignment, reports BSS.
Dr Carter, who replaced David C Walker, was accompanied by his wife, Susan Victoria Wright.
A career diplomat Dr Carter served as Deputy Head of Mission of British High Commission in New Delhi before being posted to Bangladesh.
Indian State Minister for External Affairs arrives today
Indian State Minister for External Affairs Ajit Panja arrives here today on a three-day official visit.
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JS body for successful implementation of economic diplomacy
A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday laid stress on successful implementation of economic diplomacy, reports UNB.
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Indian state minister for external affairs due tomorrow
Discussions on transhipment, opening of multi-modal communication links and bilateral trade are expected to top the agenda of talks between Indian State Minister for External Affairs Ajit Panja and Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury.
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BGMEA fashion instt teachers to attend training course in Colombo
A group of 12 teachers of the BGMEA Institute of Fashion and Technology will leave Dhaka today for Sri Lanka to attend a training programme on quality control and medium-level management in the garments industries.
The group led by Engineer Ali Mortaza will attend the training course in the Phoenix College of Clothing Technology in Colombo, said a press release by the BGMEA yesterday.
Dhaka to join Indian Ocean Rim tomorrow
Bangladesh will formally join the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) at a meeting of the organisation in Muscat, Oman, tomorrow, reports BSS.
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JICA chief lauds social sector reforms
Kimio Fujita, President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), yesterday lauded the development programmes of the present government in various sectors including the social field, reports BSS.
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French envoy calls on CCC Mayor
CHITTAGONG, Jan 16: French Ambassador to Bangladesh Allen Brown Brewtatit called on Chittagong City Corporation Mayor A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury here today, reports BSS.
During the meeting the mayor apprised the ambassador of various development and service projects of the city corporation including turning Chittagong city into a mega city and building up a 17-kilometre deep sea port from Patenga to Faujdarhat.
They also discussed matters of mutual interests.
The ambassador commended Mayor Mohiuddin Chowdhury for overall development of Chittagong City.