Bangladesh

Japan is providing a $145,000 grant to expand tuberculosis (TB) detection in Dhaka slum areas. The grant agreement was signed at the Embassy of Japan in Dhaka between Ambassador Saida Shinichi and representatives from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), according to an embassy press release issued on Wednesday (October 7). Funding is provided under the Grant ...

Bangladesh is seeking to raise bilateral trade with Indonesia to more than $10 billion, with Dhaka pushing to reduce the trade deficit, expand exports of garments, pharmaceuticals and agricultural products, and revive long-stalled negotiations on a preferential trade agreement (PTA). The issues came up during a meeting between Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir and Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Anis ...

The Opposition Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, will raise the textile sector’s problems and concerns in the parliament and work with the government to help resolve these, said party chief Shafiqur Rahman during a meeting with industry leaders on Tuesday. Mia Golam Porwar, assistant secretary general of Jamaat, detailed the issues discussed in the meeting at a post-meeting briefing. “He will always speak ...

The government is planning to revive the village government system at the grassroots level to make civic services more accessible and accurate for people in remote areas. As part of the initiative, the government is considering operating birth and death registration services through the local administration to improve the accuracy and organisation of registration activities, said State Minister for Local ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has sought more Canadian investment in Bangladesh, particularly in agriculture, food security, fertiliser, IT, outsourcing and other key sectors. He made the call when Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Ajit Singh paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban on Tuesday (October 6), President’s Press Secretary Md Sarwar Alam said. During the meeting, the High ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir today called for stronger international efforts to ensure the early, safe, voluntary and dignified return of Rohingyas to Myanmar. In this connection, he warned that the prolonged crisis could have wider security implications and fuel irregular migration. He made the remarks when a visiting delegation led by Apsana Begum MP, chair of the ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said Bangladesh’s foundation will become stronger if children are given adequate opportunities to develop their talents and abilities. Just as the strength of a family depends on the proper upbringing of its children, the country’s future also depends on ensuring children’s healthy and well-rounded development, he said. The prime minister made the remarks on Tuesday ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said the government is firmly committed to ensuring safe, affordable, environment-friendly and sustainable housing with basic services and facilities for all citizens. “Ensuring not merely a house but housing that is safe, affordable, environment-friendly and equipped with basic services and facilities is the government’s goal,” he said. The Prime Minister was addressing the opening ceremony ...

The government has approved a proposal to reschedule the Durga Puja holidays, keeping October 17 as a working day and declaring October 22 a holiday. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Secretariat on Monday. According to the decision, October 20 to 22 will be holidays for Durga Puja. October 20 ...

Bangladesh Ambassador to Greece Nahida Rahman Shumona has highlighted the implementation challenges of the Greece-Bangladesh labour mobility agreement, under which up to 4,000 Bangladeshi workers can enter Greece annually, saying fewer than 500 have arrived over the past two years due to procedural obstacles. She made the remarks as a keynote speaker at a high-level session titled “The Diplomatic Perspective: ...