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Newly elected Iranian president Ayatullah Seyed Ibrahim Raisi on Friday appreciated the robust economic development of Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the foreign ministry said.State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam led a 3- member Bangladesh delegation ...
Foreign Minister Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen emphasised on collective efforts by the ASEAN leaders in tackling challenges faced by ASEAN region while delivering a speech on Friday at the 28th Meeting of ASEAN Regional Forum. The meeting held virtually from Brunei Darussalam under the theme “We ...
Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Ito Naoki is touched to see so many Bangladeshi people know about the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and devoted themselves to advocacy for peace.“Thus this `Hiroshima Day’ in Bangladesh is significant for our long-standing friendship and partnership,&rd...
India has expressed its willingness to implement the recently concluded MoU with Bangladesh in the field of disaster management, resilience and mitigation on a “priority basis”.External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar wrote this in a letter to his Bangladesh counterpart Dr. A. K. Abdu...
Bangladesh on Tuesday received 616,780 doses of AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccines manufactured in Japan.This was the third batch of the jab delivered by Japan under the COVAX mechanism of the WHO and the Gavi Alliance.It is part of a total of about 3 million doses that the Japanese government will provide t...
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The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) has shared its ideas of creating an “effective and stronger” Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime for drawing more investments in Dhaka. AmCham President Syed Ershad Ahmed at a virtual discussion on Tuesday said that &ldqu...
The World Bank’s proposed ‘Refugee Policy Review Framework’ is a “global document, not specific to any countries”, the Washington-based lender says.“The World Bank is supporting the government of Bangladesh with $590 million grant financing to address the needs of...
The connectivity between Bangladesh and India gets a boost with the resuming of a rail route which was snapped in 1965. Indian Railways dispatched the first freight train loaded with stones from Damdim Station of Northeast Frontier Railway to Bangladesh on Sunday, putting the Haldibari-Chilahat...
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State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said that it is time “to allow our young generation to dream large and address any skills gaps in their career path through training in communication, cooperation, and leadership”.“I request support and cooperation from all th...
Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque received the second consignment of AstraZeneca vaccines sent by Japan on Saturday. Cathay Pacific Airways arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport carrying 7,81,320 doses of vaccines from Japan at 3:15pm.Senior Secre...
The European Union Delegation to Bangladesh starts a month-long ‘Climate Adaptation Campaign’ on its social media on Sunday following the publication of the EU Adaptation Strategy in February.While ambitious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions remains essential to limit further tem...
Terming the private sector as the “main driving force” in the Dhaka-Washington relations on energy and power, Prime Minister’s Adviser Dr. Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury has asked the US companies to invest in oil and gas explorations in Bangladesh, particularly the offshore ones.The Adv...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has organised a ‘Stakeholders’ Meeting’ in Washington, DC to showcase the potentials of the capital market and trade and investment opportunities in the country to the US investors.The meeting was a part of BSEC’s ongoi...
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Prime Minister’s Adviser for Private Industry and Investment Salman Fazlur Rahman held a meeting with Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Washington at the latter’s Senate Hart Office Building.He also met with the World Bank’s Managing Dir...
The first goods train on the revived Chilahati-Haldibari route between Bangladesh and India is scheduled to leave the Alipurduar section of India for Bangladesh on Saturday. The Chief Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the North Western Frontier Railway SubhananChanda said that goods train with ...
In the midst of a global pandemic, accompanied by rising inequalities and economic devastation, the voices of human trafficking survivors and victims’ risk being drowned out.But listening to their stories is more crucial than ever as the Covid-19 crisis increases fragilities and drives up desp...
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Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said that trafficking in persons is a serious human rights violation and the Bangladesh government has "zero tolerance" policy on this and is actively taking steps to fight this horrific crime. "The fight against trafficking and smuggling of ...
Another ‘Oxygen Express’ of Indian Railways has embarked on its journey to Bangladesh carrying a second tranche of 200 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to help address respiratory distress due to Covid-19The train carrying 200MT LMO in 10 containers (20MT each) departed for Bangladesh f...
The US-Bangladesh Business Council has delivered essential medical supplies to the government to help bolster the country’s response to Covid-19. Former assistant secretary of state for South Asia Nisha Desai Biswal is the President of the recently formed U.S.-Bangladesh Business Council...
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A 6-part webinar series on StartUp Landscapes in India and Bangladesh began on Monday.State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami inaugurated the webinar series styled ‘Shoto Borsho Shoto Asha – Rise Up’.It is being organised by the High...
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