Staff Correspondent The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) and the United States Embassy, Dhaka cosponsored the three-day 29th Annual US Trade Show at the InterContinental Hotel, Dhaka from May 9-11, 2024. This year's Trade Show was taking place during World Trade Month (May) which has been recognized in the US since 1938 and promotes the importance of International Trade to the US Economy. Since 1992, this three-day-long exhibition has emerged as Bangladesh's premier annual business event, drawing thousands of visitors each time. The show was inaugurated by Salman Fazlur Rahman, Private Industry and Investment Adviser to the Prime…
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Staff Correspondent JT International Bangladesh (JTIB) unveils the exhibition "Blossoms of Existence," celebrating the longstanding cultural connection between Japan and Bangladesh at the Annex Building, Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh. The curated exhibition consists of captivating artworks by Bangladeshi artists, Rokeya Sultana and Maksuda Iqbal Nipa, who are deeply inspired by Japanese culture, philosophies, and art techniques. The exhibition explores human experience and spiritual enlightenment aiming to create a sense of harmony, purpose, and fulfilment. Salman Fazlur Rahman MP, Advisor to the Honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Private Industry and Investment and Japanese Ambassador Iwama Kiminori inaugurated the art…
Staff Correspondent Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen recently met with Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe. Aung expressed his heartfelt thanks to Ambassador Yao for his help and support, and for the positive role China has long played in mediating between Myanmar and Bangladesh and promoting an early resolution of the Rohingya issue. Ambassador Yao thanked Aung for his role in advancing repatriation and hoped to maintain good relations with his successor.
Staff Correspondent UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud. They discussed a wide range of mutually important policy areas including Bangladesh’s LDC graduation, the importance of democratic values for trade and economic growth, the UK’s sustained support for Rohingya refugees, strengthening migration cooperation, and more.
Staff Correspondent Indian Secretary DARPG Shri V. Srinivas recently met Farhad Hossain, Minister of Public Administration, and Mohammed Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury, Senior Secretary, MOPA in Dhaka. The two sides discussed the renewal of the MoU between the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) and the Ministry of Public Administration, Bangladesh on Capacity Building Training Programmes for Bangladesh Civil Servants and discussed new areas for future
Staff Correspondent Swiss Ambassador Reto Renggli recently visited the Security Printing Corporation Bangladesh Limited, the Bangladeshi security printing press that prints bank notes and other security products using best-in- class and high-quality machines, ink and paper manufactured by Swiss companies, such as Blumer AG. This long-standing cooperation between SPCBL and Swiss companies in the field of sophisticated security printing lends credence to Switzerland’s forte in quality, innovation and cuttingedge technology.
Staff Correspondent Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari recently attended the closing ceremony of the training on 'Case Study Based Learning' organized by South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance SIPG, North South University for officials of Hello Nepal Administrative Staff College. In his remarks, the Ambassador highlighted the importance of collaboration between academic institutes and think tanks of Nepal and Bangladesh.
Staff Correspondent The Netherlands Ambassador Irma van Dueren and Agriculture Minister Dr. Md Abdus Shahid, MP, recently inaugurated an onion storage facility in the Giant Agro Processing premises at Bhaluka, Mymensingh. This initiative is a part of the Onion Impact Cluster, where a consortium of Dutch Companies and Bangladeshi companies are working together with the support of the Dutch Government (RVO) to strengthen the onion value chain in Bangladesh. With Dutch technology and this kind of high-tech storage facility, onions will be available all year round, there will be more varieties available and productivity will be higher.
staff correspondent Japanese Ambassador IWAMA Kiminori paid a courtesy call on Naheed Ezaher Khan, M.P., Minister of State for Cultural Affairs, recently. They exchanged views on cultural exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.
Staff Correspondent Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen recently attended the 1st Development Studies International Conference in Bangladesh organized by the Department of Development Studies of the University of Dhaka and The Daily Bonik Barta. Ambassador Yao delivered a keynote speech in Plenary 3 on “Partnership for Sustainable Development”, emphasizing that China and Bangladesh will further tighten and deepen the cooperation in the fields of the digital economy, new energy, and environmental protection, and will facilitate the early realization of "Smart Bangladesh" and "Vision 2041".
