Bangladesh, UAE ink treaties on security, extradition

DHAKA, Oct. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates have signed three agreements on prisoners’ extradition, security collaboration and land allotment for the gulf state’s embassy in Dhaka. The deals were signed on Monday after both countries’ premiers — Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum– held talks. The deals were […]

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India’s Modi unusually approaches media after assuming office

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday formally reached out to the media, his first such interaction since assuming office after general elections in May this year. Modi lauded the media for its role in furthering his ambitious “Clean India Campaign”, which he launched early this month, reports Xinhua. “You have turned your pen into a […]

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IS captures Kurds-bound weapons in Syria’s Ayn al-Arab: activists

The Islamic State (IS) militants captured one of the weapons shipments airdropped by the United States to the Kurdish fighters of the People Protection Units (YPG) in the city of Ayn al-Arab in northern Syria, a monitoring group said Tuesday. Two weapons shipments airdropped by the U.S. fighters landed at areas under the IS control […]

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China, U.S. eye more cooperation on fighting Ebola

Visiting Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday agreed to enhance cooperation on fighting the Ebola epidemic, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here after the talks. Yang noted that Ebola, which continues to spread in West Africa, has become a threat to the public health and […]

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Bangladesh bans marriages for Rohingya Muslim refugees

Bangladesh said Thursday it has barred official marriages between its nationals and Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya refugees, whom it claims are attempting to wed to gain citizenship. Law minister Syed Anisul Haque said he has ordered marriage registrars not to officiate any unions between Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas and also between Rohingyas themselves, thousands of whom […]

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Hope Mamata will see larger picture on Teesta: Bangladesh envoy

Tariq Karim has been Bangladesh’s envoy to India for the past five years, as a political appointee, and has steered the important agreement drafts of the Land Border Agreement and Teesta River water arrangement. Returning from Dhaka, where he had been a part of the bilateral negotiations between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the […]

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US Deputy Asst Secy Ichord to visit Bangladesh from May 7

DHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert F. Ichord will visit Bangladesh from May 7 to May 10, 2014. Robert F. Ichord serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources. He is responsible for promoting the transformation of energy systems to achieve greater efficiency and cleaner performance through use […]

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নিটকফা নৈবঠেক

যরাষ নদেতূাবাস নঢাকা নোঘাষণিা নকরেছে নোয নযরােষর নদেিক্ষিণি নএপ্রিশশয়া নিবষয়ক নসহযকারী নবািণিজ্য নপ্রিিতিনিধি নমিডাইকেকল নিডিলািন নএপ্রবং নবাংলােদেেশর নবািণিজ্য নসিচব নমিডাহযবুব নআহযেমিডদে নআগামিডীকাল ন২৮শোশ নএপ্রিপ্রিল নঢাকায় নঅনিষ্ঠিতবয নিটকফা নোফারামিড-এপ্রর নউদ্বেদ্বাধিনী নৈবঠেক নসহয-সভাপতিতত্ব নকরেবন। ২০১৩ সালেলের ২৫শেশে নভেভেম্বর যরালষ-বালংলোলেদেশেশের মধ্যকালর বালিণিজ্য ও িবিনভেয়ালগ সহযেযালিগতালেফালরালম চুিক্তিটি (িটিকফাল) স্বালক্ষর হযয়। িকছু সুিনভিদেশরষ্ট বালিণিজ্য ও িবিনভেয়ালগ িবষয় িনভেয় আলেলোলচনভালর প্রক্রিক্রিয়াল […]

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TICFA meeting in Dhaka tomorrow

DHAKA, April 27 (NsNewsWire) — The U.S. Embassy has announced that Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asia Mike Delaney and Bangladesh Secretary of Commerce Mahbub Ahmed will co-chair the inaugural TICFA Forum meeting in Dhaka (tomorrow) Monday. The United States – Bangladesh Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (TICFA) was signed on November 25, […]

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