Some 8,598 Bangladeshi students chose to study in the United States during the 2020/2021 academic year, according to the 2021 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. In celebrating International Education Week (IEW) on November 15-19, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and Institute of International Education
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Will the US be forced to co-operate?
The US and China are meeting at least after a few months of hostility. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Politburo member Yang Ji talked in Zurich hoping for a possible Sino-American summit. While the US is defensive and hoping it satisfies the domestic audience, the Chinese sound
BGMEA asks US to promote Bangladesh
BGMEA President Faruque Hassan and Vice President Miran Ali met with Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, Senior Official for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment of the U.S. Department of State and Acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, in Washington D.C. on September 11, 2021. Ambassador of
US leftovers and the Taliban
The battle between the (The National Resistance Front (NRF))Panjshir forces and the Taliban is another indicator that almost all the belligerent forces are non-state actors in Afghanistan. There is no single notion of identity of state so tribal feelings overwhelmingly dominate. The US's twenty years of failed struggle to “construct”
US to provide additional $11.4m for Bangladesh
The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced an additional $11.4 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance for Bangladesh. This assistance will help Bangladesh battle the current wave of COVID-19 by providing life-saving medical and oxygen supplies, and accelerating national efforts to roll out an effective
India’s Taliban problem
250 ventilators collected from US at PM’s directive
Bangladesh has collected United States (US)-made 250 ventilators, an essential treatment gear for COVID-19 patients, following the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As per the premier's instructions, a group of expatriate Bangladeshi physicians residing in the USA and Canada, led by Dr Ziauddin Ahmed, collected the mobile ventilators for Bangladesh
US to send 3m more vaccine to Bangladesh as gift
US Ambassador Earl R Miller has announced another consignment of three million doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for Bangladesh. These vaccine doses are coming to Bangladesh from the American people via the COVAX facility, he said. "The US is committed to increasing the country's vaccine supply to beat the pandemic here and
Bangladesh and the new cold war
Bangladesh’s request for vaccine doses under active consideration: Miller
The United States has said it is actively considering the request made by the Bangladesh government over the supply of Covid-19 vaccine doses to meet Bangladesh’s immediate needs. Bangladesh will get a reply of the letter, sent to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken by Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen,