UK eyes summit as chance for European ‘reset’

New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts dozens of European leaders on Thursday as he gets to work repairing relationships strained by the Conservatives' tumultuous Brexit years. Ukraine, illegal migration, and energy security are on the agenda at the European Political Community (EPC) meeting at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Britain's

European nuclear deterrent a harebrained illegal proposal

It is quite astonishing and clearly insane, that Manfred Weber, the German leader of the European Union’s center-right European People’s Party, now expected to come in first in the European Parliament election scheduled on June 6-9th, is calling for the EU’s own nuclear “deterrent”—arguing that the US-stationed nuclear weapons in

European arms imports nearly double over Ukraine: study

Weapons imports to Europe nearly doubled over the past five years, partly due to the war in Ukraine, while exports from Russia halved, researchers said on Monday. Ukraine has become the world's fourth largest arms importer, while France has replaced Russia as the world's second largest exporter behind the United States. Arms

India, European EFTA bloc sign $100 bn free trade deal

India and the four-member European trade bloc EFTA, including Norway and Switzerland, signed a $100-billion free trade agreement on Sunday to promote investment and exports, officials said. The deal will see the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) -- made up of non-European Union nations, including Iceland and Liechtenstein – invest $100

GM Quader meets EU envoy

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader met European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley on Sunday morning. The EU envoy invited Quader for breakfast meeting at his residence in the city's Gulshan, according to a press release. Meanwhile, the EU Ambassador tweeted, "European Union (EU) Heads of mission are continuing their regular meetings

BGMEA briefs European Parliament’s trade delegation about RMG industry

BGMEA President Faruque Hassan has briefed the visiting European Parliament's delegation members about the current situation of Bangladesh's RMG industry, including its strides in the areas of workplace safety, environmental sustainability and workers' rights and welfare. He also apprised them about the sustainable strategic vision of BGMEA unveiled recently with an

Walton gets 3 European electronics brands

Walton has got the rights of more than 50 years long-established three European electronics brands along with a fully automated inverter and non-inverter compatible compressor manufacturing plant. The European brands are ACC, Zanussi Elettromeccanica (ZEM) and Verdichter (VOE). An agreement has recently been signed in this regard at the headquarters of