2021-06-09 14:06:15 GMT2021-06-09 22:06:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
DHAKA, June 9 (Xinhua) Bangladesh has indicated its keenness to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with China, its largest trading partner, to help Bangladesh graduate from the least developed country (LDC) status.
The indication was given by Bangladeshi Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi while speaking as the chief guest at a virtual discussion on Bangladesh China Economic and Trade Relations During and Beyond the Pandemic - Opportunities and Challenges on Wednesday.
At the webinar jointly organized by the Bangladesh-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Economic Reporters Forum, the minister said a memorandum of understanding was signed between the ministries of commerce of the two countries on Launching a Joint Feasibility Study of China-Bangladesh Free Trade Agreement in October 2016.
Ahead of the World Environment Day-2021 set for June 5, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul in collaboration with UNDP Seoul Policy Centre and Korea University screened a film titled The Salt in our Waters at the International Studies Hall of Korea University on Tuesday. The film
Hasina an epitome of statesmanship
Shawkat Ali Khan
1st June, 2021 10:43:03
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken centre stage in the global arena as Bangladesh has made tremendous achievements in all fronts under her dynamic and prudent leadership.
The world leaders praised her for playing significant roles in managing crisis, attaining economic growth, achieving millennium development goal, reducing poverty and curbing militancy with iron fist.
As a global leader, Sheikh Hasina has been maintaining healthy relations with all the countries in the world as part of Bangladesh’s foreign policy ‘Friendship to all, malice to none.’
With limited resources, her foresighted decisions saved lives and livelihood of thousands of people amid the Covid-19 pandemic that wreaked havoc in many countries across the globe.
Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu has highly lauded the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attain food security for 165 million people of Bangladesh despite being one of the top ten most populous countries in the
Bangladesh, May 30 Kazi Imtiaz Hossain has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Governors of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) for two years.He will join once the current Chairman's tenure expires.The Public Administration Ministry had issued a gazette notification confirming his appointment.Imtiaz Hossain is now on Post Retirement Leave (PRL) and most recently served as Bangladesh Ambassador to.