Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the concerned authorities to be careful about the treatment of the poor patients and ensure that none is deprived of healthcare services due to financial hardship. She said this while a teachers’ delegation of Dhaka Medical College (DMC) Alumni Trust led by DMC Principal Prof Deen Mohammad called on …
The worst hit climate vulnerable countries have emphasised developing their own capacities to fight the effects of climate change instead of sitting idle and waiting for assistance from developed countries. The determination was expressed at the end of a two-day Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) conference in Dhaka yesterday through a 14-point Dhaka Declaration. The declaration …
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Dhaka this evening on a three-day tour of Bangladesh.During his stay here, he will attend an international conference on climate change and visit Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training — dedicated to training of UN peacekeepers. Besides holding meetings with top government and opposition officials and …
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Hon. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s address at the 17th SAARC Summit held at Addu, The Maldives
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have discussed in detail the stalled agreement on sharing of Teesta water and transit facilities for India. The meeting was held at Dr Ali’s Restaurant, Shangri-La’s Villingi Resort in the Maldives on Thursday, nearly three hours ahead of the formal inauguration of the summit of …
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Bangladesh and Germany yesterday agreed to further explore bilateral trade and cooperation in the areas of sustainable development, climate change, health and social safety net programme. “Our development cooperation is very good. We have discussed how to strengthen our economic ties,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters at a joint press conference with Prime Minister …
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today invited the German entrepreneurs to take advantage of the investment opportunities in Bangladesh, saying the country has offered most liberal foreign direct investment (FDI) regime in South Asia. “Bangladesh allows the foreign investors for repatriation of hundred percent of their profits and equity. . .We are eager to work in partnership with you …
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Bangladesh’s relation with the US is a multidimensional one and it has withstood the test of time. This was said by the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. Dipu Moni, MP at a meeting in Washington, DC with the US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Held at the US Department of State the meeting featured …
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Governor Dr Atiur Rahman said Bangladesh Bank has taken steps to encourage green banking in the country through the issuance of guidelines on green banking and Environmental Risk Management (ERM). “The central bank introduced Tk 2.0 billion refinance line for financing solar energy, biogas and effluent treatment plant (ETP) at only 5 percent interest rate,” …
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Two vessels built by Western Marine Shipyard Ltd are set to sail to Germany today, the shipbuilder said in a statement. Western Marine has handed over six vessels in nine months, according to the statement. Emswave and Emstide are the fifth and the sixth of the series of eight sister ships that Western Marine built …
