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BD-Switzerland bilateral talks on March 1

The second round of the bilateral political consultation between Bangladesh and Switzerland will be held hon March 1. Switzerland-BangladeshThe talks will mainly focus on reviewing the two country’s current relation status. Additional Secretary (Bilateral) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Ambassador Mizanur Rahman and Assistant State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Ambassador Johannes Matyassy will lead their respective delegations. The two countries wil...

Indian Foreign Secretary to visit Dhaka on March 2

New Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar is coming to Dhaka on Mar 2. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb 13 informed his counterpart Sheikh Hasina by telephone that he will be sending his new foreign secretary to Dhaka. Jaishankar_Foreign_Secretary_650-450x256A senior foreign ministry official confirmed the date of his visit. The foreign ministry official said they got the date on Sunday. “He will visit for a day and leave on Mar 3.” Modi replaced Sujatha Singh ...

More incentive for PPP projects

Apparently desperate to make its plan to implement mega projects under public-private financing successful for fastening development process, the government is going to offer a number of new incentives to attract more investment in Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects. govtFollowing repeated failure in bringing a breakthrough in the development process, the government now has taken a fresh move to make its earlier planned PPP concept popular and attractive to prospective investors, both at home and abroad. Around Tk 4,000 crore of PPP fund fo...

Kerry seeks govt’s action to peacefully end violence

United States Secretary of State John Kerry has called for Bangladesh government's action to peacefully end the recent violence in the country and pulled up on political parties for targeting the civilians during agitation. [caption id="attachment_13144" align="alignleft" width="300"]kerry Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism Foreign Fighter Ministerial at the State Department in Washington February 19. Photo: Reuters[/caption] “The Secretary called for government action to peacefully end the...

Govt’s no to UN overture to talks

Acknowledging the UN chief’s letter with a call for dialogue, the Awami League government on Wednesday rejected outright the possibility of talks with the BNP. “The government’s stand is clear: we don’t want to talk to any killer,” state minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam said. “I don’t see any dialogue.” Ban ki MoonThe state minister confirmed the receipt of UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon’s letter dated 30 January to prime minister Sheikh Hasina, two weeks later though. “We were hearing (about the letter) but conspicuo...

Bangladesh on the brink of political disaster

Bangladesh, a South Asian country of 150 million people, is on the brink of disaster now after facing a prolonged political turmoil for over a year. The recent bouts of political violence began on January 3 when police, on the order of the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, acted very highhandedly and banned all the protests in the national capital city of Dhaka. The police also confined the leader of the country’s hartalmain opposition, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP, Khaleda Zia, to her office. Apparently this was done to neutralize the oppositi...
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