Diplomatic

Staff Correspondent: Saudi Arabian Ambassador in Dhaka Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban yesterday noon. “During the meeting, the President said Bangladesh’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is very excellent…,” President’s press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told later.The Head of the State thanked…

Mahfuz Emran: The central bank wants to keep the country’s foreign exchange net reserve at $24 billion. For this purpose, they have revised the foreign exchange income and expenditure plan.Among these, stricter import controls are being imposed to save foreign exchange, foreign exchange exemptions are being taken in less important…

Diplomatic Correspondent: The United States said it is looking forward to deepening relationship and cooperation with Bangladesh on a number of key issues, “regardless of political party or candidates.”“Our hope for any election taking place around the world is that they are free and fair and accessible,” Vedant Patel, principal…

Industry Desk: A growing number of countries are showing interest to join the BRICS alliance and accept the new currency. BRICS could soon become BRICS+ as the South African ambassador, Anil Sooklal hinted that the alliance could expand this year.The decision to allow other countries to join the bloc could…

Industry Desk: With the help of the Malaysian labour department, approximately 120 Bangladeshi migrant workers who had been left without jobs since their arrival legally four months ago have been given jobs.The Malaysian ministry has announced that the stranded workers have been hired successfully by a new company that has…

Diplomatic Correspondent: The South Korean government plans to receive 10,000 Bangladeshi expatriate workers this year.Outgoing Korean Ambassador Lee Jang-keun made the disclosure while paying a farewell call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Ganabhaban yesterday.While only around 1,500 Bangladeshi workers were dispatched to Korea under the Employment Permit System…

Diplomatic Correspondent: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday urged Oman to supply the remaining cargoes of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as soon as possible in continuation with the previous agreement.Nasrul made the call when Oman envoy Abdul Ghaffar Al Bulushi paid a courtesy call on…

Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh and Vietnam have agreed to explore possibilities of concluding a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) in order to add further substance to the steadily increasing bilateral trade and economic relations between the two regional countries, particularly in context of the LDC graduation of Bangladesh.The issue was discussed…

Diplomatic Correspondent: A two-day meeting of the joint steering committee (JSC) and joint working committee (JWC) on Bangladesh – Nepal power and energy sector cooperation is set to start in Bangladesh today with a target to address the transmission bottleneck in regional electricity trade.The JWC meeting is scheduled for May…

Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday returned home from London after wrapping up her 15-day tri-nation visit to Japan, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK).A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:05 am.Earlier,…