G20 Summit

Global unity of urgent importance

We reiterate PM’s call for concrete solutions to crises

No arrest risk for Putin at Brazil G20: Lula

Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not be arrested if he attends the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro next year, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said

PM holds meetings with UAE, South Korea presidents

On the sidelines of the G20 summit, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held bilateral talks with the UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

G20 summit: Five key takeaways

The G20 summit in New Delhi managed to defy expectations and reach consensus on a joint declaration by world leaders, but not without compromises over the Ukraine conflict and action on climate change

PM joins G20 leaders in launching Global Biofuels Alliance

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined the leaders of seven other countries, including US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in launching the Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) to help cut down the world’s dependence on fossil fuel that drives global warming

India, US, KSA, EU announce rail, ports deal for trade corridor

The leaders sign the 'historic' deal aiming to form a new corridor to bolster trade linking Europe, India, Middle East

Hasina joins world leaders at G20 Summit in New Delhi

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined the world leaders at the G20 summit being held at Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan in India's New Delhi

Will work together for regional stability

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have agreed that Dhaka and New Delhi will work together to ensure political and economic stability in the two countries as well as the region.

Modi-Hasina Meet: Food import, CEPA to feature high on agenda

Bangladesh will discuss the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), guarantee of a quota for the import of seven food items, sharing of Teesta water and energy, and line of credit during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India.

March 13, 2023
March 13, 2023

Is the Rest answering back to the West?

The West is in a Metaverse of its own imaginative creation, whereas the seven billion Rest is trying to figure out realistically how to survive the existing liberal order.   

January 26, 2023
January 26, 2023

India Takes World Centre-Stage with G20 Presidency

India assumed the Presidency of G20 (comprising 19 large economies and the European Union) for 2023 from Indonesia on December 1, 2022.

December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022

India's G20 presidency to promote the universal sense of one-ness

India’s G20 agenda will be inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented, and decisive.

November 16, 2022
November 16, 2022

G20 leaders condemn Russia's war in 'strongest possible terms'

Leaders of the Group of 20 countries condemned "in the strongest possible terms" Russia's invasion of Ukraine in their joint declaration released on Wednesday.

November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022

G20 summit opens with plea for unity over global economy

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations opened talks on Tuesday on the island of Bali, with a plea by host Indonesia for unity and concrete action to mend the global economy despite deep rifts over the war in Ukraine.

November 28, 2018
November 28, 2018

What's at stake?

This week's G20 Summit to be held in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, will be keenly observed across the globe for several reasons. First, it comes amidst an ongoing trade war between US and China that appears to be getting out of hand and can be resolved only by direct intervention by its leaders.

July 15, 2017
July 15, 2017

A retreat from multilateralism

The two-day summit of the exclusive but informal club of G20 comprising of the big industrial and developing countries, held between July 7-8, ended with the issuance of a Communiqué, a ritualistic outcome of such events.

July 14, 2017
July 14, 2017

G20 summit outcome beyond the cold prints

Who could disagree, for example, with the conclusion that the social and economic benefits and opportunities of life from orderly and regular migration can be substantial?

July 11, 2017
July 11, 2017

Disunity at the G20 Summit

This year the annual G20 summit was held in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7-8. Nineteen leaders of the world's richest nations and emerging economies, representing 85 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP), 80 percent of world trade and two-thirds of the world population, met with the aim to stabilise the global economic and financial infrastructures. With the European Union attending the summit, the group became G20. Leaders of 7 other countries were also invited as guests.

July 8, 2017
July 8, 2017

Trump versus the rest as violent G20 wraps up

US President Donald Trump remains at loggerheads with fellow leaders over climate change as the most fractious and violent G20 summit to date draws to a close ahead of fresh mass protests.