Dhaka - Military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday informed Bangladesh that it did not have enough reserve of natural gas to offer Bangladesh to run fertilizer plants at present.
In response to Dhaka's proposal for gas import from Yangon, visiting Myanmar Energy Minister, Lun Thi, told his counterpart M Tamim that Bangladesh will have to compete with other regional players like Thailand and China if it wants gas import in future.
Dhaka- Bangladesh on Tuesday proposed a tripartite meeting to discuss the possibility of linking the South Asian country with China via a cross-border road with Myanmar, an official said.
Bangladesh's chief foreign policy adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed presented the proposal at a meeting with General Maung Aye, a high-ranking member of Myanmar's military junta, who is on a three-day official visit to Bangladesh.
Maung Aye, vice chairman of State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar, leads a 55-member delegation including seven government ministers.
Dhaka - The vice-chairman of Myanmar's military junta, General Maung Aye, arrived in Dhaka Tuesday for bilateral talks with Bangladeshi leaders, officials said.
The chief of Bangladesh's military-backed interim government, Fakhruddin Ahmed and cabinet colleagues including army chief Moen U Ahmed welcomed Maung Aye at the international airport.
The Myanmar general leads a 55-member delegation including seven government ministers on the three-day official visit.
Fakhruddin is expected to host talks on regarding disputes over a maritime boundary, construction of a cross-border road link, and leasing of Myanmar land to Bangladeshi farmers for cultivation, his press secretary said.
Dhaka - A court in Dhaka on Monday asked Bangladesh's former primer Khaleda Zia and a few of her ex-cabinet colleagues to appear in court by next Sunday in a graft case.
Accepting the charge sheet, pressed Sunday by an anti-corruption investigator against 15 others in a coalmine corruption case, the Metropolitan Session Judge, Mohammad Azizul Haq, also issued a warrant for the arrest of nine other officials of her 2001-2006 cabinet of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance government.
Dhaka- The vice-chairman of Myanmar's military junta is scheduled to make a three-day official visit to Bangladesh, a foreign ministry official said Monday.
General Maung Aye, who is also the head of the Myanmar army, will lead a 55-member delegation including seven government ministers to discuss a host of outstanding issues between the neighbour nations.
Maung Aye is scheduled to meet with the chief of Bangladesh's interim administration, Fakhruddin Ahmed, to discuss bilateral concerns, said the official.
Dhaka - Authorities in Bangladesh on Monday began to automate customs clearance at the country's main Chittagong port to speed up the process to export and import goods.
Inaugurating the automation process of Chittagong Customs House at a ceremony in Dhaka, the chief adviser of the country's interim administration, Fakhruddin Ahmed, said his government will also bring other customs offices under the computerised system for the betterment of trade and commerce.
Dhaka - Military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday informed Bangladesh that it did not have enough reserve of natural gas to offer Bangladesh to run fertilizer plants at present.
Dhaka- Bangladesh on Tuesday proposed a tripartite meeting to discuss the possibility of linking the South Asian country with China via a cross-border road with Myanmar, an official said.
Dhaka - A court in Dhaka on Monday asked Bangladesh's former primer Khaleda Zia and a few of her ex-cabinet colleagues to appear in court by next Sunday in a graft case.
Dhaka- The vice-chairman of Myanmar's military junta is scheduled to make a three-day official visit to Bangladesh, a foreign ministry official said Monday.
Authorities in Bangladesh on Monday began to automate customs clearance at the country's main Chittagong port to speed up the process to export and import goods.
