Business & Commerce
Bangladesh has sought preferential market access from the United States to increase bilateral trade and investment.The request was made at the second High Level Economic Consultation between Bangladesh and the United States held in Washington on Thursday.Salman F. Rahman, Adviser to the Prime Minist...
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Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen highlighted the devastating impacts of climate change and urged for finance, technology transfer and capacity building for the developing countries, while delivering a country statement at the Stockholm+50 international meeting, held on Thursday in Sweden.Speaking...
The United States briefed Dhaka on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), and Bangladesh welcomed additional information on the supply chain resilience and decarbonization pillars of the IPEF, according to a joint statement.Both countries share a common vision of a free, open, inclusive, peacef...
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The British High Commission, the High Commission of Canada, and the High Commission of India in Dhaka were all covered in dazzling royal purple lights between 6pm and 9pm on Thursday to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.The Queen has become the first British monarch to celebrate a Plat...
Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde agreed to strengthen and expand cooperation to combat climate change during a bilateral meeting held in Sweden on Wednesday on the margins of the ‘Stockholm+50 International Meeting’.The Swedish Foreign Minister ap...
United States Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Haas said on Tuesday that the successes of Bangladesh are “real” and that the country is not Sri Lanka.“I will say in Washington that I believe that in the last 50 years, Bangladesh has had no better friend than the United States. And that it...
Bangladesh expects the International Community, in particular UNHCR, to enhance their activities in Rakhine in creating an environment conducive to the sustainable repatriation of the persecuted Rohingya to Rakhine, Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen has said. He made this remark on Wednesday...
U.S. Ambassador Peter Haas on Wednesday announced the resumption of U.S. Fulbright program after six years and jointly launched the “Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE)”, a Department of State global initiative with BRAC University to promote small and medium enterprise (SME) and foste...
A fresh chapter in FAO-Bangladesh cooperation was marked on Wednesday with the signing of a new five-year Country Programming Framework (CPF) that will accelerate the pace of agricultural transformation.The CPF 2022-26 for Bangladesh is a strategic planning and management tool that provides the Food...
Over 1.5 million children are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition due to extensive flooding in north-eastern Bangladesh, the UNICEF says.The UN agency is on the ground with government and non-government partners to respond to the urgent safety, health, nutrition ...
Bangladesh expresses deep concern and condemns the heinous assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh, a correspondent of Al-Jazeera, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). "This constitutes a flagrant violation of international laws and norms, and thus warrants an immediate investigation and a...
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Information minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud, along with Indian High Commissioner Vikram K. Doraiswami unveiled the official Logo and launched the Portal for the Bangladesh Youth Delegation 2022 which is now active for receiving applications from Sunday upto 30 June.This International Youth Exchange ...
On the auspicious occasion of the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations, Bangladesh seeks to elevate the relationship with South Korea to new heights, forging “a deeper comprehensive economic partnership based on common priorities with long-term perspectives”. “I believe unf...
In the first international call for justice against the assassins of Bangabandhu and four national leaders, Bangabandhu's daughter Sheikh Rehana raised the demand at an international conference in 1979 in Sweden's Stockholm, a historic beginning that culminated in success, long after, during...
The proposal of naming a street in Sofia after the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and a road in Dhaka after the forefather of the Bulgarian National Revival, St. Paisiy Hilendarski has been discussed and both side agreed, in principle, to work on that, the foreign ministry sa...
New US Ambassador Peter Haas has said that the United States is willing to “go as fast as Bangladesh is” to deepen the bilateral partnership.“And I also truly believe we can go fastest together in building our trade and investment relationship,” he said while speaking at the ...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Wednesday launched the ‘Global Action on Green Development of Special Agricultural Products: One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) in Asia and the Pacific,’ encouraging countries of the Region to join the initiative, ...
The European Union National Institues for Culture (EUNIC) has launched a 'River Heritage' project in Bangladesh to promote the value of architectural traditions of old Dhaka.EU Ambassador in Dhaka Charles Whiteley, Director of British Council Tom Miscioscia, Director of Alliance Francaise de...
Historic John Gorton Building, Old Parliament House, and National Carillon in Canberra have been illuminated in red and green from the evening of Friday.On behalf of the Australian government, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the National Capital Authority of Australia have shown this...
The government has decided to send Tk 200 million worth emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka amid the crisis. Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday handed over a few boxes of medicine to Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Dhaka Prof. Sudharshan D.S. S...
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