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Spain thanks BD for support in UN Security Council

Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ignacio Ybanez Rubio on Sunday thanked Bangladesh government for its support for being elected member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2015-2016 term. “I wanted to come here to express my gratitude for the support that we’ve got on this operation. We’re ready to cooperate with Bangladesh in the two years,” he told reporters at the Foreign spainMinistry after a meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and State Minister M Shahriar Alam. Rubio said Bangladesh is a member of the UN Hu...

Bangladesh’s instability affects India: Tripura CM

If there is any turmoil in Bangladesh, it also affects India’s peace, stability and integrity, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said. “If there is chaos and trouble in neighbouring Bangladesh, these also affect India’s peace, stability and integrity,” Sarkar said during his address at the Bangladesh Independence Day and National Day celebrations organised by the Bangladesh diplomatic mission here on Thursday night. bd-indiaHe said: “Those unhappy at the creation of Bangladesh as a sovereign nation are conspiring against the internal normal democrat...

Beijing prefers PMO oversight for Chinese projects

The government has responded positively after China suggested Bangladesh set up a special high-level committee under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for better coordination and facilitation of the various Chinese-proposed projects in the country aimed at its development needs, reports UNB. Following the Chinese embassy letter sent to PMO in this regard on January 25, this BD_CHINAyear, the first inception meeting was held at the PMO on February 19. The PM’s Principal Secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad was in the chair to review the progress of th...

Indian textiles ministry worried over jute import from BD

Rising jute import from Bangladesh is a matter of concern and the issue has been taken up with Commerce Ministry, Textiles Minister Santosh Gangwar said in Lok Sabha today. jute goods"Jute from Bangladesh is coming. We can stop it. We have taken up the matter with Commerce Ministry. The import is rising every year and it is a matter of concern," he said replying to questions. Gangwar said jute sector plays an important role in India's economy, especially in the eastern parts, and supports the livelihood of around 40 lakh families. The exports ...

BD, Seychelles relations in good progress

The outgoing High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Seychelles, Shabbir Chowdhury, has ended his mandate feeling confident that relations between the two countries, which he described as being previously “dormant and inactive”, had improved. [caption id="attachment_13988" align="alignleft" width="300"]BD SChyschelys The outgoing High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Seychelles, Shabbir Chowdhury bidding farewell to President James Michel on Tuesday. (Mervyn Marie, Seychelles News Agency)[/caption] Speaking to the local press in an interview in ...

Canada thinks of Bangladesh a secular Muslim nation

When Canadians think of Bangladesh, they think of garment manufacturing and tragedy. In that vein, many will have seen headlines of the recent disaster where nearly 75 people perished in a ferry accident in the Muslim-majority nation of over 150 million — the most densely populated large country in the world. [caption id="attachment_13859" align="alignleft" width="300"]bangladesh The country remains an ideal partner for Canada to increase its economic base and regional influence, and to help grow a healthy, educated, strong, free and secular Muslim...
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