Report in The Daily Star, Dec 26, 2023Hundreds of RMG workers took to the streets yesterday, protesting the announcement of Crony Tex Sweater Ltd to lay-off workers of the sweater division due to a decline in work orders from foreign buyers. The workers brought out a procession on Dhaka-Munshiganj road in the morning after seeing the notice hanging outside the factory in the BSCIC Industrial Estate in Fatullah area. The notice said the global economic…
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by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, Sept 18, 2023ISLAMABAD : Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar wrote a letter to his Afghan counterpart, expressing his desire for cordial and cooperative relationship between the two neighbouring countries, Foreign Office sources on Sunday maintained. Contrary to the Afghan media reports, the FO sources told The Express Tribune that the interim premier wrote a letter in response to the felicitation message sent earlier by the Afghan prime…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, Mar 27,2023 at 8:50 PMAt least six civilians were killed and several others, including three Islamic Emirate forces, were wounded in a suicide attack near a security checkpoint in Malik Asghar Square in Kabul, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran said. The eyewitnesses described the incident as a heavy explosion. “It was around 3:00pm. We were at the office of the deputy minister. A blast…
By Fatema Adeeb in Tolo News, Feb 21, 2023 at 8:55 PMFollowing reports that the Afghan embassy’s leadership had changed in Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed the change of diplomats, but said that this does not mean a change in the embassy’s legal status in Iran. The spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, Nasser Kanani, said during a press conference that Tehran’s interactions with the current Afghan government has not changed. “The end of…
Report in The Kathmandu Post,Feb 2, 2023The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is preparing to review Nepal’s foreign policy document unveiled in December, 2020. Talking to reporters at the ministry on Wednesday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Bimala Rai Paudyal said that after consultations inside the ministry and with major political parties, the policy will be updated and published for wider use. The then KP Sharma Oli government in 2020 had unveiled the 31-page document that encompasses…
Report in Dawn, January 27th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar will lead Pakistan’s delegation to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Jan 30 to present Pakistan’s national progress report under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the council, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch informed media during FO’s weekly briefing that this would be Pakistan’s 4th review. Previously, she said, Pakistan had…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in ToloNews, Jan 11, 2023 at 11:35 PMA blast took place in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in downtown Kabul on Wednesday afternoon. At least five civilians were killed and several others were wounded in the blast, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran, said. He said the Islamic Emirate condemns such “heinous” attacks and will punish the perpetrators. He said the explosion happened on the…
report in Prothom Alo, Jan 5, 2023Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen speaks to newspersons after a view-exchange meeting on community clinic at the civil surgeon office in Sylhet on 4 January 2023.Prothom AloForeign minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said foreigners have a very limited concept about Bangladesh and when they advise us, sometimes these seem to be so foolish. Bangladesh is a one of the countries where people sacrificed their blood for democracy, human…
But Tatopani border is unlikely to open anytime soon.by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,Dec 23, 2022China has decided to resume two-way cargo movement from Rasuwagadhi-Kerung-Jilong port, which was almost shut since the start of the Covid pandemic in early 2020, possibly before the end of the first week of 2023. But the decision is yet to be communicated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies. Speaking at an…