Staff Correspondent : Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today stressed on the tangible, and result-oriented cooperation among BIMSTEC member states specially through effective implementation of the BIMSTEC Free Trade Area (FTA) enhancing intra-regional trade. He made the remark while leading the Bangladesh delegation in the 20th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting held today in Bangkok, Thailand, said a foreign ministry’s press release here. Foreign ministers of all BIMSTEC seven member countries participated at the ministerial meeting one day ahead of the Sixth BIMSTEC summit. Earlier in the morning, the Foreign Ministers signed the Agreement on BIMSTEC Maritime Transport Cooperation marking a…
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US Deputy National Security Adviser Alex N. Wong held a telephone meeting with the Chief Adviser’s High Representative Dr. Khalilur Rahman on Wednesday evening. The two officials discussed a broad range of matters of mutual interest and agreed to remain in contact. This is the highest level contact, so far, between the new US administration and the Interim Government of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. The US government recently confirmed the provision of US$ 73 million in new financial aid for Rohingya refugees. The US is the largest provider of aid to the…
Staff Correspondent : Talks between Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be held during the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok. A reliable source at Chief Adviser Office (CAO) confirmed it to BSS today. Chief Adviser’s High Representative on Rohingya and Priority Issues Dr Khalilur Rahman today also hinted about the possibility of this meeting. “We requested India to hold this talk (between the leaders of two countries)…there is enough possibility of holding this meeting,” he told a press briefing here ahead of BIMSTEC Summit in Thailand. The briefing was held at the Foreign Service…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today left here for Bangkok to join the sixth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit. “A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the chief adviser and his entourages departed from Hazrat Shahjalal international airport at 8:55 am,” CA’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. During his visit to Bangkok, Prof Yunus will speak at BIMSTEC summit. He will also hold bilateral talks with the leaders of BIMSTEC member states. Prof Yunus will hold a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus received an honorary doctorate degree from Peking University (PKU) here this morning. The PKU conferred the honorary doctorate on the Bangladesh chief adviser at a function held at the university conference hall in Beijing. Chief Adviser Prof Yunus also delivered a lecture on the occasion. After wrapping up his four-day China tour, he is expected to return home this evening. Chair of the Peking University Council He Guangcai was present on the occasion, among others.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home tonight, wrapping up his four-day official tour to China. A commercial flight of Air China carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 8:10pm (Bangladesh standard time). Earlier, the flight departed Beijing Capital International Airport at 16:57 pm local time (Beijing time). Hong Lei, Chinese Assistant Minister for foreign affairs and also the Chief Protocol Officer of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, saw off Chief Adviser Prof Yunus at Beijing Capital International Airport at the conclusion of his historic four-day official visit to China.…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home tonight, wrapping up his four-day official tour to China. A commercial flight of Air China carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 8:10pm (Bangladesh standard time). Earlier, the flight departed Beijing Capital International Airport at 16:57 pm local time (Beijing time). Hong Lei, Chinese Assistant Minister for foreign affairs and also the Chief Protocol Officer of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, saw off Chief Adviser Prof Yunus at Beijing Capital International Airport at the conclusion of his historic four-day official visit to…
The UK pledged £10 million ($12.9 million) in humanitarian aid for Myanmar on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people and caused widespread damage in the war-torn country. “This UK funding will increase support in the hardest hit areas of the earthquake and geared towards food and water supplies, medicine, and shelter,” the UK foreign office said in a statement. “UK-funded local partners are already mobilising a humanitarian response on the ground,” said development minister Jennifer Chapman. “I offer my deepest sympathies to the people of Myanmar after this tragic event,” Chapman added. The isolated country’s ruling junta…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday invited top Chinese companies to invest in Bangladesh and make the country a manufacturing hub to export their products to the West and Asia. The Chief Adviser hosted four interactive meetings with more than 100 leading entrepreneurs and CEOs of China to share how Bangladesh is now open for business. He also described the benefits of relocating their factories to Bangladesh, saying the country faces no trade restrictions and it offers some of the best competitive advantages and opportunities to foreign direct investors. “It is the best time to set up your factories…
