Staff Correspondent The Netherlands Embassy’s Deputy Head of Mission Thijs Woudstra , together with European Union, Sweden, Denmark as Team Europe Initiative on Decent Work, recently attending the signing ceremony of the project ‘Advancing Decent Work’. Economic Relations Division signed with who will implement the project till 2027.
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Staff Correspondent Sri Lankan High Commissioner Dharmapala Weerakkody paid a courtesy call on recently Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid and discussed areas of potential collaboration in the #agricultural sector benefiting both countries.
Staff Correspondent Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma inaugurated recently the Liaison Office of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) today in Dhaka in the presence of Mr. Bhaskar Jyoti Phukan, Managing Director of NRL. In his inaugural remarks, High Commissioner complimented NRL for opening its liaison office in Dhaka as well as on the successful completion of NRL's project of India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline, which was jointly inaugurated by the Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh in March 2023, as the first cross-border pipeline for supply of petroleum products to Bangladesh. High Commissioner described the collaboration in Power & Energy sector as a…
Staff Correspondent To mark International Women’s Day, IFC partnered with the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), UN Women, United Nations Global Compact and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to Ring the Bell for Gender Equality, highlighting the private sector’s key role in boosting the economic participation of women. The event in Dhaka took note of recent data indicating a decline in the number of women serving as independent directors on the boards of listed companies on the Dhaka Stock Exchange. The percentage decreased from 6 percent in 2023 to 5 percent in 2024, emphasizing the continued relevance of…
Staff Correspondent Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen recently called on H. Zillul Hakim, MP, Minister of Railways. The two sides spoke highly of the achievements in bilateral economic and trade cooperation, especially in Railways field. They agreed to explore the way on further cooperation in this regard to assist in achieving the development goal of Bangladesh.
Staff Correspondent Japanese Ambassador IWAMA Kiminori visited recently the camp in Bhasan Char, where over 30,000 Rohingya Refugees reside. Ambassador IWAMA visited the 20-bed Hospital, a school, a Multi-purpose Centre, WASH facilities, Water quality testing laboratory, and attended a Library opening, hand-over ceremony of UNICEF, and an inauguration ceremony of Grassroot Grant. He also discussed with Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, Camp in Charge, and exchanged views with UN agencies. Since the large influx in August 2017, Japan has contributed over 220 million USD to various interventions in Cox's Bazar as well as in Bhasan Char through international organizations…
staff reporter The two-day-long International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Electrical, and Smart Systems (iCACCESS) 2024, organized by the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) on Friday and Saturday. Professor Dr M Mofazzal Hossain, the conference chair and dean of the School of Science and Engineering (SSE) at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), extended a warm welcome to all attendees. He emphasized that the SSE at ULAB is proud to host this conference, providing a platform for the exchange of cutting-edge research, innovative concepts, and technological breakthroughs. Additionally, he highlighted that the IEEE Bangladesh Section is serving…
LONDON, March 8, 2024 (Diplomaticjournal) – Former UK prime minister Theresa May on Friday announced that she will stand down as a member of parliament at the next general election, due to take place later this year. May, 67, is the most senior member of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party to announce they will not seek re-election. The Tories have consistently trailed the main opposition Labour party since October 2022 and are widely seen as on course to be dumped out of power after 14 years. May has represented the constituency of Maidenhead in southeast England since 1997 and…
DHAKA, March 8, 2024 (Diplomaticjournal) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the necessity of womenfolk’s more engagement to the development process, saying equal participation of both men and women is needed for the country’s overall development. “Today, if we have to progress economically further, women and men can build the country equally with their labor because half of the society is women,” she said while addressing a function marking the celebration of International Women’s Day. The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs organised the function in the city’s Osmani Memorial auditorium where the Premier, as the chief guest, also…
DHAKA, March 8, 2024 (diplomaticjournal) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today conferred the “Best Joyeeta Award-2023” to five women in recognition of attaining success in different fields at the national level by overcoming difficulties and challenges. The Premier handed over the award as the chief guest at a function in the city’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium, marking International Women Day-2024. The best awardees are Anar Koli (economics), Kallyani Minji (education and employment), Komoli Robi Dash (successful mother), Jahanara Begum (repression prevention), and Pakhi Dutta Hijra (social development). With State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simeen Hussain (Rimi) in the chair,…
