The cross-border road network improvement project approved

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved the cross-border road network improvement project involving an estimated cost of Tk 2,472.93 crore, aiming to ensure uninterrupted and safe regional and sub-regional road communication systems. The approval came at the 28th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC conference room with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has met his Saudi counterpart Adel bin Al-Jubeir and discussed various issues of mutual interest. They exchanged views on bilateral issues as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest, at the meeting held at the Saudi Foreign Office on Monday, said a Foreign Ministry statement in Dhaka yesterday.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between e Generation, a leading IT consulting and technology based company, and UAE based company Spider Digital Innovations was signed for improving information security ecosystem in Bangladesh. Chief Business Development Officer of e Generation Monowar Hossain Khan and Chief Innovation Officer of Spider Digital Innovations Kazi Monirul Kabir signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations. Bangladesh and Germany have vowed to work together to address the ‘scourge’ of terrorism and violent extremism terming those as global problems. Both the countries exchanged views on the ongoing refugee and migration crisis focusing on Europe and further discussed migration and mobility within the context of the upcoming Summit on Global Forum for Migration and Development to be held in Dhaka in December this year. The issues came up for discussions at the foreign office consultation between Bangladesh and Germany held at the federal ministry of foreign affairs in Berlin on Monday. Expressing concern over the rise in murders and violent attacks in Bangladesh, the US, the UN, the UK, Germany, Norway and Denmark have called for effective and speedy investigations into the incidents to bring the perpetrators to justice.