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...
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 Ajit Panja arrives here today on a three-day official visit.
...A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday laid stress on successful implementation of economic diplomacy, reports UNB.
...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.
...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.
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.
...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.
...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.
The government has decided to appoint Humayun A Kamal as ambassador of Bangladesh to China, an official handout said in the city yesterday, reports BSS.
Kamal is at present ambassador of Bangladesh to the Republic of Poland with concurrent accreditation to Hungary and Slovak Republic.
Kamal served in different capacities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He also served in Bangladesh missions in Kuala Lumpur as Second Secretary and in Baghdad and Tokyo as First Secretary.
MALE, Jan 16: Experts and business leaders of the SAARC countries suggested taking collective ventures for best exploitation of potential energy resources, reports UNB.
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