Diplomatic

Staff Correspondent: Two bilateral agreements on Development Cooperation were signed yesterday between Bangladesh and Germany following up on the commitments of the last government negotiations December 2022.The total volume of the agreements is 191 million euro (about Taka 2215 crore) of which 55 million euro will be available as Technical…

Special Correspondent: Nepal and Bangladesh have the unique opportunity to enhance cooperation in the IT sector.  Both countries enjoy excellent bilateral relationships and should explore avenues of partnership and knowledge exchange, said Md. Shamshul Arefin, Secretary of Department of ICT of Bangladesh Government. Speaking at the meeting as the chief…

Delay in repatriation Faridul Alam Shahin, Cox’s Bazar: Although half a century of the ongoing Rohingya crisis has passed, there is no hope for repatriation. On the contrary, conflicts over the control of kidnapping, extortion, drug trade and smuggling often occur around Rohingya camps. Due to these crimes, the huge…

After 40-year boom Special Correspondent: China has achieved rapid growth for more than four decades. The country is now the second largest economy in the world. But China’s economy is going through an extreme crisis due to various internal crises including the Covid pandemic.The economic model that led to rapid…

Hasina-Xi Talks in Jo’burg Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh wants to discuss the importance of regional peace and stability, enhanced trade and investment and loan issues with the Chinese President in Johannesburg, South Africa in any prospective meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chiense President Xi Jinping.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul…

Rabiul Haque: In the bilateral trade of Bangladesh with India, there are two sides of profit and loss of transaction in Indian currency Rupee. Businessmen of the two countries can open import-export LCs in rupees instead of dollars. But the businessmen of Bangladesh are not interested in this as the…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh and India are likely to start the operation of the Moitree Super Thermal Power Plant-II, Khulna-Mongla Port Railway Line and Akhaura-Agartala Railway Link is in next September during the G-20 summit in New Delhi.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the summit as a guest at the invitation…

Asifiqbal Thakoor, Delhi: Before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped on the White House red carpet, Indian experts insisted that New Delhi should focus more on protecting its interests in neighboring countries, as opposed to US efforts to promote democracy.With regard to Bangladesh in particular, they argued that it was…