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PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH DHAKA MOST URGENT FROM: PIO, PID, Dhaka FOR: BANGLADOOT, ALL MISSIONS Fax: 9540553/9540026 MSG: 101/2016 E-mail: [email protected] Date: Friday, 27 May 2016 [email protected] Web: www.pressinform.portal.gov.bd News brief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a red carpet reception as she arrived in Nagoya (Japan) yesterday on a four-day official visit to attend the G7 outreach programme where she will take the leadership role in four basic subjects. She will attend the programme of G7 nations, a grouping of seven advanced economies, and will deliver her speech today at the invitation of Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sent a 20-kg consignment of Padma hilsha to Kolkata for Mamata Banerjee, just a day ahead of her swearing-in as West Bengal Chief Minister. Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said Bangladesh has been recognised as the 33rd safest state in the world now while incumbent Prime Minister of the country Sheikh Hasina stands 13th out of 100 heads of the governments in the globe. He said this while speaking as chief guest at a view exchange meeting with the leaders and workers of Dhaka city South and North units of Awami League at Mohanagar Natyamancha in Dhaka. Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday lauded the installation of closed- circuit television in the capital. She said this while inaugurating a well-equipped CCTV control room at the Dhaka North City Corporation. A sedition case was filed against BNP joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury yesterday for allegedly hatching a conspiracy with an Israeli leader to topple the Awami League government. A five-member delegation leaves Dhaka for Manila today to join an 11-country meeting aimed at making further headway in rounding up perpetrators of Bangladesh Bank‘s $101 million reserve heist. The team comprises three officials of Bangladesh Bank and two others from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The government has taken a move to send medicines and other medicinal products to Sri Lanka for its flood-affected people. The medicine will be sent on Friday as per the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is interested to work in Bangladesh for the development of IT sector to produce skilled manpower towards the journey of ‗Digital Bangladesh‘. A three-member ADB delegation, led by Rudi Van Dael, Senior Social Sector Specialist, Bangladesh Mission, shown their keenness while meeting UGC Chairman Prof. Abdul Mannan at the latter‘s office yesterday. The adverse effect of global warming in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region will pose a severe threat to the downstream countries like Bangladesh in the days to come. A high official of Bangladesh's Environment and Forests Ministry said this to a regional conference in Nairobi. The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Partnership for Sustainable Mountain Development was launched during a ministerial-level panel discussion organised on Tuesday on the sidelines of UNEA 2 in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal, according a message received in Dhaka yesterday. The International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) have agreed to strengthen their collaboration in Bangladesh around activities of common interest, in particular safe and skilled migration. Srinivas Reddy, ILO Bangladesh country director, and Sarat Dash, IOM Bangladesh chief of mission, signed the cooperation agreement on Wednesday to see the organisations work more closely together. The signing ceremony was organised on the sidelines of a discussion on ‗Maximising the Potential of Labour Migration through Skills Development and Accreditation‘ organised by IOM and ILO, said a statement of ILO yesterday. The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, increased to 4,388 points, adding 0.50 per cent or 21.97 points yesterday. A K M Shameem Chowdhuri Principal Information Officer Ph: 9546091 PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH DHAKA MOST URGENT FROM: PIO, PID, Dhaka FOR: BANGLADOOT, ALL MISSIONS Fax: 9540553/9540026 MSG: 96/2016 E-mail: [email protected] Date: Friday, 20 May 2016 [email protected] Web: www.pressinform.portal.gov.bd News brief Mentioning that a meaningful cooperation is possible with Bangladesh in many sectors, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has said both his country and Bangladesh could jointly explore prospects in the fields of education, IT and other sectors. He said this to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when she met him at the Bulgarian presidency building on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought Bulgarian investment in Bangladesh‘s different sectors, including agriculture, energy, ICT, marine and tourism, availing of the business-friendly facilities‘. She made the request when a 15-member delegation of Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) met her at Sofia, Bulgaria. The government of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has started issuing visa for recruitment of male workers along with their close female relatives from this month, said officials. Subsequently, a large number of Bangladeshi workers will get employment opportunity there. Jordan Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Secretary General Mohammad Tayseer Bani Yaseen will arrive in Dhaka on a three-day official visit today. This will be the first-ever official visit from Jordan side at the level of foreign secretary to Bangladesh. During the visit, he will hold official talks with his Bangladesh counterpart where the whole gamut of bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Jordan will be discussed, said an official at the foreign ministry. Amid confusion in the wake of media reports, Turkish embassy in Dhaka has said the embassy in Dhaka is open and fully operational. Earlier, the Turkish Envoy to Bangladesh Devrim Öztürk had been called home by the Turkish government for consultations and in one sense, which is normal diplomatic practice, the embassy said in a statement yesterday. Bangladesh's Ambassador in Manila, John Gomes yesterday said the Philippines must immediately return millions of dollars recovered from a high-profile hacking theft. But Filipino officials warned resolving the embarrassing case could take months, reports AFP. The government is planning to issue bonds to mobilise fund from the international capital market to implement projects in the power sector, said State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid yesterday. Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir yesterday cautioned four state-owned commercial banks and instructed them to grant loans maintaining due diligence so that their financial health improves. The warning comes as default loans in Sonali, Janata, Agrani and Rupali soared in the first quarter of the year. The manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded three of its best performing project teams for the year 2015 in Bangladesh as part of its initiative to promote efficiency in project implementation, according to a statement. ICT Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak said investment by large foreign companies like Carmudi, foodpanda and Kaymu will help the country in accelerating the dream of Digital Bangladesh. He said this while speaking at a roundtable event organised by Rocket Internet in Gulshan yesterday. Carmudi, foodpanda and Kaymu are portfolio companies of Europe‘s largest technology firm, Rocket Internet. Federal Assembly Speaker of Russian Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the commonwealth of Independent state chairperson Valentina Matvienko at the Tavricheskiy in Russia said bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Russsia has crossed now 1 billion dollar. He said this while he met Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin shirmin Choudhury yesterday. Ministry of Education has reinstated the suspended Headmaster Shyamal Kanti Bhakta of Narayanganj and dissolved the school governing body over public humiliation of the teacher on allegation of hurting religious sentiments. A deep depression in west-central Bay of Bengal, and adjoining the south-west Bay, turned into a cyclone yesterday morning and was codenamed ‗Roanu‘ (or as a twisted rope is called in the Maldives). If it gains strength and maintains a north-north-eastward journey, then it may arrive at the northern Bay of Bengal. In that case, it may twist its way towards the Bangladesh coast making a landfall on late tomorrow night or early Sunday on its southeast coast, senior meteorologist said to the media yesterday. The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, increased by 0.65 per cent, or 28.56 points, to close at 4,392.87 points yesterday. A K M Shameem Chowdhuri Principal Information Officer Ph: 9546091 PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH DHAKA MOST URGENT FROM: PIO, PID, Dhaka FOR: BANGLADOOT, ALL MISSIONS Fax: 9540553/9540026 MSG: 95/2016 E-mail: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 19 May 2016 [email protected] Web: www.pressinform.portal.gov.bd News brief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the global community to work together to create a safer environment for women and girls alongside empowering them as agents of social transformation. She said this to the inaugural function of the Global Women Leaders' Forum at Bulgaria's National Art Gallery as the keynote speaker. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved the long pending guideline on 'mobile number portability' (MNP) that will empower subscribers to switch operators by keeping their current numbers. The service will intensify competition in the market and push it to maturity, according to telecom experts. Referring to the Bangladesh Bank‘s reserve heist, President Md. Abdul Hamid yesterday underscored the need for putting up a united resistance against the misuse of information technology. He said this while addressing the opening ceremony of the programme marking the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day-2016 in Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged that the BNP-Jamaat nexus has joined hands with Israel to oust her government. She said they are working against the country and Islam.
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