Staff Correspondent King Sejong Institute Dhaka2 at AIUB recently held a "Korean Speaking Contest '24". 12 Final speakers competed to speak Korean, and the final 3 outstanding winners were awarded. The Korean Embassy also participated to this meaningful program, encouraging all participants and urging them to study Korean eagerly for their hopeful future.
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Staff Correspondent EU Ambassador Charles Whiteley recently paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence, Ganabhaban. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh will become a homeless and landless-free country after the distribution of only 11,000 homes. "We're only 11,000 homes away from making Bangladesh as a homeless and landless-free country," she said. The EU ambassador said that EU will continue extending cooperation to Bangladesh for its flawless graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC). He told the Premier that he will be stationed in Brussels in his next assignment and there, he will work…
Staff Correspondent The Spanish Ambassador Gabriel Maria Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchetru called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban, recently. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for robust trade and commerce between Bangladesh and Spain for mutual benefits. "Spanish investors can also make investment there as we want to see more investments from Spain," she added. The premier also sought his country's support to Bangladesh for its post LDC graduation period.
Staff Correspondent Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma recently attended the signing ceremony of a project for Modernization of City Street Light System in Chattogram City Corporation area. The project is being implemented with a credit line of US$ 25.71 million (nearly BDT 300 crore) under Government of India’s concessional Line of Credit programme. The contract signing ceremony was attended by the Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives of Bangladesh Mr. Md. Tazul Islam, Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation, Mr. Md. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, and Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma. In his remarks at the event, Indian High Commissioner…
Staff Correspondent Bren Flanigan, Acting Counselor for Public Affairs of the U.S. Embassy recently inaugurated the first-ever fair exclusively for Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) alumni in Bangladesh at the BRAC University campus. AWE, a global initiative led by the U.S. Department of State, equips aspiring women entrepreneurs with essential knowledge, professional networks, and foundational materials crucial for launching and scaling up successful businesses. “U.S. Embassy Dhaka is deeply committed to supporting young aspiring women entrepreneurs, promoting small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and nurturing local women business leaders, especially those from historically underrepresented communities.” According to press release of Embassy.…
Staff Correspondent Chinese Ambassador recently attended the DCAB Talk. The event was presided by Mr. Nurul Islam Hasib, President of DCAB, and moderated by Mr. Ashiqur Rahman Apu, General Secretary of DCAB. In his keynote speech, Ambassador Yao said that at the invitation of Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay an official visit to China from 8 to 10 July. During this visit, Prime Minister Hasina will meet with Chinese leaders, sign a number of cooperation documents, and jointly announce major cooperation achievements. This is Prime Minister…
Staff Correspondent The Korean Embassy recently held an opening ceremony on "Legal Advisory services to support Korean companies in Bangladesh". This program, which is supported by the Korean Government to support local law advices of Korean companies operating in Bangladesh, will be continued for six months from July for all Korean businessmen. Korean Ambassador Park Young-sik, Ryu Yong-oh, a Chairman of Korean Community in Bangladesh, Mr.Shahab Udin Khan, a President of the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. K.M. Tanjib Ul Alam, a lawyer, and Korean businessmen in Bangladesh attended the event.
Staff Correspondent The Nepal Embassy, Nepal Tourism Board, and Hotel Association Nepal jointly organized Nepal Tourism Promotion Programme under the theme ‘Next Door Nepal: Your Ultimate Travel Destination’ in Dhaka recently. During the event, B2B and networking sessions among hotel, travel, and tour entrepreneurs from Nepal and Bangladesh were held. Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador Mr. Ghanshyam Bhandari stated that the excellent neighbourly relations between the two countries were further consolidated by tourism and people-to-people linkages. Highlighting tourism as a priority sector of the Government of Nepal, he expressed hope that the B2B contacts between travel and tour entrepreneurs would…
Sazzad Haider The most short-lived military coup attempt in Bolivian history failed on 26 June in just three hours. Electronic media has played a major role in countering this subversive effort. The stricken president Luis Arce was able to speak live on television from his palace. The telecasted footage, filmed inside the presidential palace unfolded the coup attempt, President Arce confronted Gen Zúñiga, ordering him to stand down and asking him to vacate his role. In addition to Bolivia, it caused a wide reaction throughout the world. The Bolivian people took to the streets to the streets in protest against…
Staff Correspondent Japanese Ambassador IWAMA Kiminori recently paid a courtesy call on H.E. Dr. Md. Abdus Shahid, Honorable Minister of Agriculture. They exchanged views on future agricultural cooperation based on the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the agricultural ministries of the two countries, which was concluded during the Prime Minister Hasina’s visit to Japan in April last year.
