Bangladesh seeks better ties with US: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen Monday said Bangladesh wants to build “much better relationship” with the United States (US) with “constructive” and “positive” manners.“We are very happy that our constructive engagement with the USA is increasing,” he told the reporters while making remarks over back to back visits of

Emirates to support visitor arrivals to The Bahamas

Emirates has sealed an agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas to promote tourism to the Caribbean archipelago on January 3 . The airline and The Bahamas’ Ministry of Tourism will embark on joint initiatives to boost visitor traffic into the islands from key markets across Emirates’

Biodiversity agreement historic but difficult to implement

The pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus), which takes its name from its shape, is found throughout the Caribbean Sea, but its population has declined by more than 80 percent since 1990. As a result, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed it as “critically endangered” due to the

85pc work of RNPP construction completed: Minister

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday said that the draft for power purchase agreement (PPA) is under process for nuclear power as the progress of the construction work has risen to more than 85%. "We hope that per unit price of power will be at

Dear signed on landslide risk management in Cox’s Bazar

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for a two-year project for landslide risk management in Cox's Bazar.The agreement was signed by UNDP Bangladesh Resident Representative Stefan Liller and Norwegian Ambassador to Bangladesh Espen Rikter-Svendsen on behalf of their respective

IMF agrees to give $ 4.5b loan to Bangladesh

The visiting IMF delegation and the Bangladesh authorities have reached a staff-level agreement to support Bangladesh's economic policies with a 42-month arrangement of about US$ 3.2 billion under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) as well as of about US$1.3 billion under the Resilience and

Hungarian PM Viktor to visit Bangladesh

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is likely to visit Bangladesh soon and the two countries are expecting to sign a number of cooperation agreements to strengthen the bilateral relations.  Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen had a meeting with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in New York

Nations fail to reach deal on UN treaty to protect sea life

Diplomats from around the world have failed to reach agreement on a United Nations treaty designed to protect marine life on the high seas, after a fifth round of talks ended in impasse. Negotiations at U.N. headquarters in New York were suspended early Saturday following two weeks of talks that environmentalists

DBBL signs refinance deal with BB

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has signed a participatory refinance agreement with Bangladesh Bank under “Refinance Scheme against Term Loan to CMSME Sector” at the Bangladesh Bank Head Office on 24 August, 2022, a press release said Friday. The Governor of Bangladesh Bank Abdur Rouf Talukder attended the signing ceremony as

IPDC signs refinance deal with BB

IPDC Finance has signed an agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) to avail its refinance facility for lending to Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSMEs), a press release said Thursday. Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Abdur Rouf  Talukder; Md. Jaker Hossain, director, SME & Special programmes department of BB and Mominul