FAO bestows BR Sen Award
FAO’s work with the Government of Bangladesh to improve food security and nutrition policy and practices has resulted in two FAO specialists receiving the Organization’s highest achievement awards in back-to-back years, FAO announced today.
Lalita Bhattacharjee, an FAO nutrition specialist working toward improvements in nutrition policy and practices in Bangladesh, has won the 2014 FAO B.R. Sen Award, while Ciro Fiorillo, an FAO manager and agricultural and development economist, has received the 2013 B.R Sen Award for exceptional leadership provided to the National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening 
BWCCI demands women friendly cross border trade
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) organized a national seminar today in cooperation with The Asia Foundation and South Asia Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium under the project “Promoting Women Entrepreneurship through Improving Regional Cooperation”.
The seminar was held with the presence of the Chief guest Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, MP, Abdul Matlub Ahmad, President of FBCCI as special guest, Hasan M Mazumdar, Country representative, The Asia Foundation as the guest of honor, Bijay Selvaraj, First Secretary, the Indian High Commission to Bangladesh, Aum Pema Choden, Ambassador of Bhutan Embassy Dhaka, Farah Farooq, Commercial Counselor, High Commission of Pakistan, Country Representative of UNHCR as distinguished guests.
India gains more than Bangladesh
Analysts and diplomats have remarked that Bangladesh's political leadership needs to enhance its negotiating skills in order to get the most out of the agreements and memoranda signed between the two countries. They pointed out that India remains in a more advantageous position in most of the agreements signed.
This was the view of diplomats, economists and people across the spectrum, after the signing of 22 agreements, protocols and MOUs between Bangladesh and India. Outside of these deals, several issues were discussed between the two countries, initiating talks on new matters.
Assam tea garden owners oppose deal with Bangladesh
The tea garden owners and the local people of the district have strongly opposed Prime Minister Narendra Modi signing the land swap deal with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina during his visit to the neighbouring country today.
Voicing concern over the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA), Jose Mukhathu, Excutive Director of Madanpore Tea Estate, claimed that the 74.54 acres of land in the Lathitila-Dumabari sector in Karimganj district to be handed over to Bangladesh belonged to the garden.
Mukhathu expressed disappointment ...
Voicing concern over the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA), Jose Mukhathu, Excutive Director of Madanpore Tea Estate, claimed that the 74.54 acres of land in the Lathitila-Dumabari sector in Karimganj district to be handed over to Bangladesh belonged to the garden.
Mukhathu expressed disappointment ...
Full text of PM Modi’s joint statement in Dhaka
Excellency, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Members of the media,
Thank you for your kind words of welcome. Thank you for your thoughts on the relationship and our meeting today.
I am deeply honoured and touched by your special gestures for my visit. Everything I have experienced here reflects the warmth and generosity of the people of Bangladesh. And for me, there is the wonderful feeling of visiting a close neighbour.
This morning I paid tribute to Bangabandhu, a great leader of our era. His vision and leadership, his humanism and sacrifices, gave birth to the dream of “sonar Bangla.” Today, that dream prospers through the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the genius of the people of Bangladesh.
Earlier today, we launched two bus services that will connect our...
A visit filled with aspiration
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing visit to Bangladesh has generated a flurry of hope on both sides of the border.
Foreign minister AH Mahmud Ali feels that this visit is extremely significant where multifaceted relations between Bangladesh and India are concerned.
At a press conference in Delhi too, Indian foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said, this visit of Narendra Modi is a historic one in all senses. The land boundary agreement has opened new vistas of cooperation and goodwill.
The Indian prime minister is leading an 81-member delegation. The delegation includes West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, India’s national security advisor Ajit Duval and foreign secretary S Jaishankar.
However, prior to Modi’s visit it was made clear that the Teesta deal would n...
