Foreign policy often involves making difficult and debatable choices about which parts of the world matter more to a given country—and which, by extension, matter less. It’s about defining national interests and determining where those interests are most evident and endangered. This is why the United States has done far more to stop ISIS in Syria and Iraq than, say, sectarian war in the Central African Republic.
In short, it’s about priorities. And according to a new survey of U.S. foreign-policy experts and practitioners, those priorities could look a lot like the map above in 2015, at least from America’s point of view. The map sorts potential conflicts around the world into three tiers of risk: red for high-priority threats, orange for moderate-priority threats, and yellow for low...
Leading mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited has signed a corporate agreement with Toma Group at Robi Corporate Office in the city recently.
Under this corporate solution Toma Group will enjoy special call rate, Call conferencing, Close user group facility and many more value added services including internet. Robi and Toma Group will extend their participation, support, cooperation and collaboration to other parties in different fields in near future.
Mr. Mahtabuddin Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer (COO) ...
The second round of discussions for the BCIM corridor, an economic silk route between Bangladesh, India, China and Myanmar, will begin tomorrow at Cox’s Bazar.
The two-day meeting will discuss the scope and modalities of cooperation in sectors of goods and services, investment, energy, multimodal connectivity and sustainable development, a press release from Bangladesh foreign ministry said.
The “joint study group” meeting, organised by the government of Bangladesh, will be chaired by the host country’s foreign secre...
Syniverse hasannounced that it has signed a messaging deal with Grameenphone (GP), a leading operator in Bangladesh and part of the Telenor Group, to provide its subscribers with global-reaching mobile messaging services. By using Syniverse’s advanced SMS and MMS interoperability solutions, Grameenphone subscribers can enjoy seamless messaging experiences across geographic and technological borders.
“Whether users are connecting to one another or applications are delivering information to people automatically, mobile subscribers expect instant and accurate message delivery wherever they are in the world”
The next edition of Arab-Asia Business Partnership Summit will be hosted by Bangladesh under the patronage of Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina.
The summit will be held in association with the Partners in Population and Development (PPD), a UN affiliated intergovernmental agency consisting of health ministers from 26 countries.
This was revealed by Bangladesh’s State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque during a Press conference at the conclusion of the Arab-Asia Business Partnership Summi...
80 per cent of more than 300 million consumers of smokeless tobacco in 70 countries belong to India and Bangladesh, a report on the global use of smokeless tobacco has claimed.
The report ‘Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health: A Global Perspective’ has claimed that majority of smokeless tobacco users (89 percent) are in Southeast Asia, which also has the highest oral cancer rates in the world.
As many as 32 leading experts from around the world contributed to the report, which was released today by the Centers for Dis...
