Dhaka, Oct 24 (UNB) – South East Asian Co-operation (SEACO) Foundation and World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation will jointly organise a roundtable discussion in the city on October 29 that will address the challenges and prospects of Islamic finance and sukuk. The WIEF-SEACO Foundation Dhaka Roundtable 2019 with the theme, ‘Regional Collaboration: Transforming Economies’,) […]
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Oct 2019
Oct 2019
Bangladesh will form a committee to negotiate signing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Malaysia. The information was revealed at the ‘Showcase Bangladesh-Go Global’ at the Royale Chulan Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, reports BSS. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi inaugurated the showcase as the chief guest. State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran […]
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Oct 2019
Oct 2019
The news that Brunei is interested to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh is a welcome update. Brunei’s top diplomat in Dhaka had expressed the interest while he met the Energy State Minister in the latter’s office on Sunday as reported by this paper. Brunei is one of the largest producers of natural gas […]
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Sep 2019
Sep 2019
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday projected 8.0 per cent GDP growth in Bangladesh in the current fiscal year indicating that the country will continue as the fastest growing economy in Asia and the Pacific. The multilateral lending agency attributed the growth to continued buoyant exports, robust private consumption with higher remittances, accommodative monetary […]
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Sep 2019
Sep 2019
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast 8% GDP growth, the highest in Asia, for Bangladesh for the current fiscal year as against the government’s 8.2% projection based on buoyant exports and domestic consumption. However, developing Asia’s gross domestic product growth is forecast to slow from 5.9% in 2018 to 5.4% in 2019 and 5.5% […]
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Sep 2019
Sep 2019
He said it was clear that the Myanmar government was unwilling to take any action to resolve the crisis Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has sounded the clarion call for the international community to put the Rohingya crisis squarely on its radar with a view to resolving it quickly. Speaking on his first engagement […]
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Sep 2019
Sep 2019
BD finalises list of 300 items for duty-free market access PTA negotiation with Indonesia Talha Bin Habib | Sunday, 22 September 2019 The government of Bangladesh is set to send Indonesia a list of products next month for getting duty-free access under a proposed Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA), officials said. They said the ministry of […]
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Sep 2019
Sep 2019
Dr B J Habibie — a dreamer of South Asian regional cooperation Dr Muhammad Abdul Mazid Back in 1992 at the IDB-INDO Product Seminar organized by the Indonesian Government and the Islamic Development Bank in Bandung, Indonesia , OIC member states unanimously adopted the resolution “Regional and sub regional cooperation between member states is a […]
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Sep 2019
Sep 2019
JAKARTA: Former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for Timor Leste following the ouster of dictator Suharto, was buried in a state funeral with full military honours. Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Jakarta yesterday to watch the motorcade carrying the body of Indonesia’s third president to […]
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OIC and SEACO hosts discussion on ‘Strengthening the Role of Southeast Asian Countries at OIC’ (The Daily Star)
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Aug 2019
Aug 2019
A discussion event on ‘Strengthening the Role of Southeast Asian Countries at OIC’ organised by South East Asian Co-Operation Foundation (SEACO) and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Bangladesh Study Group was held recently. The main prospect of this event was to discuss how the Southeast Asian countries can have a greater impact at OIC and how […]