Diplomatic

Staff Correspondent: The EMK Center has announced the recipients of its highly anticipated Small Grant 2024, a platform dedicated to fostering grassroots initiatives that strengthen the bonds between the United States and Bangladesh. This annual grant showcases a diverse array of innovative projects aimed at addressing local challenges and promoting…

Rafiqul Islam Azad: When it comes to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI Stock) in Bangladesh, the United States and the United Kingdom are the top investors, each with more than three billion dollars in FDI stock. They are followed by Singapore, South Korea, China, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong, each with…

Industry Desk: If the ongoing conflict in the Middle East countries increases, the supply of fuel oil, natural gas, fertilizers, food and other products may be interrupted. This may increase the price of these products in the international market. As a result, the global inflation rate may rise again.If the…

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh and Thailand have the opportunity to strengthen cooperation in the fields of trade and investment, food security, tourism, public health, energy and ICT.“I strongly feel that we have the opportunity to strengthen our cooperation in the fields of trade and investment,…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has invited Kuwaiti entrepreneurs to invest in its special economic zones, with the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) aiming to establish 100 zones by 2030 to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). The Bangladesh Ambassador to Kuwait, Major General (retd.) Md Ashikuzzaman extended this invitation during a reception…

Special Correspondent: South Africa is set to deepen its engagement with Bangladesh across multiple sectors, as the African nation, a BRICS member, positions itself as a future economic giant, said Md Solaiman Alam Seth, Honorary Consul of South Africa in Bangladesh. In an interview commemorating South Africa’s Freedom Day, Seth…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh and Qatar yesterday signed five agreements and five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to enhance mutual cooperation between the two countries.The agreements are: avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect of taxes in income between Bangladesh and Qatar, cooperation in legal field between the…

Rafiqul Islam Azad : Bangladesh is seeking to tap into the untapped Readymade Garments (RMG) market in Brazil to reduce the widening trade gap between the two countries, according to sources.A senior official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed this correspondent that during a recent meeting between Brazilian Foreign…

Mahfuz Emran : Bangladesh is going to start direct transactions with China to increase transactions in alternative currencies to the dollar. For this, Bangladesh Bank is opening an account in the country’s central bank People’s Bank of China. At the same time, initiatives have been taken to join China’s CIPS…

Staff Correspondent : The International Farakka Committee on Saturday urged Dhaka and Delhi to renew the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty and sign a treaty on the Teesta with guarantee and arbitration clauses. Announcing a joint statement issued by the IFC Prof Jasim Uddin Ahmed, President of the International Farakka Committee,…