Staff Corresspondent Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has hosted a reception for honorary consuls representing 69 countries in Dhaka. The event took place at State Guest House Jamuna on account of the New Year 2024 on Monday, reports bdnews24.com. President of FBCCI and Honorary Consul of Japan Mahbubul Alam, Honorary Consul General of Greece Faruk Hassan, Honorary Consul of Indonesia Sufi Mizanur Rahman, Founding President of Consular Corps Bangladesh Asif Chowdhury and CCB Vice President and Honorary Consul of Malta Shoeb Chowdhury, Honorary Consul of Djibouti Abdul Haque and Honorary Consul of Mongolia Nasreen Fatema Awal spoke on the occasion.…
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Staff CorrespondentBangladesh needs energy security and energy sovereignty to secure its economic development.Bangladesh has a potential of 66,802 MW (Near Shore- 41,468 MW, Offshore- 25,334 MW) windpower and 30,000 MW on-shore according to studies. This means, the Wind power potential of BGDis about four times the current power consumption of the country. However, this potential iscurrently only marginally exploited. In the next years Team Europe and Bangladesh will focus to tap atleast this on-shore potential as well as the potential of solar power as part of a joint 400 million Euroeffort called the “Bangladesh Renewable Energy Facility” launched by PM…
Sazzad Haider After much suspense and excitement, the climate conference COP 28 officially concluded in Dubai on12 December 2023 with hope for the optimists and despair for the pessimists. In fact, it is difficult toterm the achievement as neither ultimately successful nor ultimately unsuccessful.Despite all these dramas, a hopeful decision has been made to phase out the use of fossil fuels bylaying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts andscaled-up finance. The conference agreed to reduce the production and consumption of such fossilfuels, achieving this is the primary requisite to attain net zero…
Staff Correspondent The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is gearing up to restore its critical food assistancefor the entire Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar. Starting 1 January 2024, WFP will increase the foodration from US$8 to US$10 per person per month, and gradually add locally fortified rice to its foodassistance package, according to press release.“The year 2023 was a tumultuous one for the Rohingya in Bangladesh, who lived through multiple fireoutbreaks, cyclones, and, for the first time, ration cuts. The rapid deterioration of the food andnutrition situation in the camps is extremely worrying. Through all this, the donor community…
Staff CorrespondentMalaysian High Commissioner H. E. Haznah Md Hashim attended recently the Meet and Greet sessionwith the newly elected Board of Directors of Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce andIndustry (BMCCI).
Staff Correspondent Australian High Commissioner Jeremy Bruer recently paid a farewell call on Prime Minister SheikhHasina. The High Commissioner reflected fondly on his time in Bangladesh since he started hisposting in 2020 and welcomed the deepening of the warm and friendly relationship betweenAustralia and Bangladesh.The High Commissioner discussed highlights of his time in Bangladesh including the betterunderstanding of contemporary Bangladesh now held by Australians, the increase in trade to AUD 4billion between Australia and Bangladesh for calendar year 2022, and the appointment of a residentDefence Adviser in the Australian High Commission.The High Commissioner raised Australians’ growing interest in Bangladesh, including…
As 2023 ends and we welcome 2024, as we bid goodbye to this year, let’s reflect on all that happenedand hope to be a better human being and work towards our happiness.Wishing you a happy new year filled with health,happiness and prosperity! May this year bring youcountless blessing and joy. K.M Mozibul Hoque Chief Advisor, Dipomatic Journal
Staff CorrespondentAmbassador Ghanshyam Bhandari had a meeting recently with Additional Foreign Secretary Dr. Md.Nazrul Islam at the foreign ministry.They reviewed the progress made in several areas of cooperation and discussed ways to enhance thefriendly relations between Nepal and Bangladesh.
Staff Correspondent Japanese Ambassador IWAMA Kiminori jointly announced publishing the Final Report of the JointStudy Group recently on the possibility of a Japan-Bangladesh Economic Partnership Agreement(EPA).During the occasion Tapan Kanti Ghosh, Senior Secretary of Ministry of Commerce was present.
Staff CorrespondentApostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to Bangladesh Archbishop Kevin S. Randall paid maiden call onrecently Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary) Ambassador Masud Bin Momen in the Ministry ofForeign Affairs. The Foreign Secretary congratulated Archbishop Kevin S. Randall on his assumption ofresponsibilities as the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to Bangladesh and assured him full support indischarging his responsibilities. The Foreign Secretary highlighted Bangladesh’s glorious history ofreligious harmony and age-old tradition of peaceful coexistence of the people of different religions.He commended the significant role played by the Christian community in Bangladesh through theirnoticeable involvement in promoting education and social…
