Date: March 6, 2010
EGYPT, a country unaccustomed to tolerating political opposition, could be getting ready for a change finally. Nobel Laureate and former Chief of the IAEA, Dr. Mohammad ElBaradei, who is the most well known Egyptian internationally in contemporary times, was given a rousing welcome when he arrived in Cairo recently; a reception that was motivated by politics as many Egyptians are beginning to see him as their man of destiny.
Date: February 25, 2010
To assess the performance of the Awami League-led government in foreign relations over the last year is an exercise in looking at an unfolding scenario of new possibilities.
Date: February 20, 2010
MS. Judith A McHale, US Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs, who was recently in Dhaka, is the senior most ranking US Government official to visit Bangladesh since President Obama took office in USA and Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh. During her public engagements, she made some remarks that are very encouraging for Bangladesh. In Dhaka University she said that US would take 20,000 students every year from Bangladesh where at the moment, the intake is far fewer.
Date: January 16, 2010
CONDOLEEZZA Rice, during an official visit to India in 2005, had described Bangladesh as the “next Afghanistan”. It was, thus, for very good reasons that the Indians were greatly excited when the Awami League won the 2008 elections by a massive margin.
Date: December 16, 2009
A narrative of a diplomat's experiences has always been revealing and entertaining. A life of a diplomat is always exciting as ever, and unexpected events often occur during his/her tenure. Diplomats are privy to many interactions with the government which others are not aware of.
Date: December 6, 2009
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the United States was the first such visit by a Head of State/Government under the Obama administration. The hosts used this point in the media to single out the visit as a special one. Likewise, the state banquet given to the Indian Prime Minister, where over 300 guests were invited, was also mentioned in the media in great details to underscore the care and the attention that the hosts have taken to make the visit remarkable.
Date: December 3, 2009
US President Barack Obama met the leaders of the two most populous nations in a span of ten days. Obama paid a state visit to China from November 15-18, where he met President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. Soon after his return to Washington from the APEC Summit in Singapore, he greeted Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Washington as a state guest from November 23-25.
Date: November 21, 2009
THE Indian Foreign Secretary's visit ended positively for a number of reasons. She was upbeat about the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India next month. The fact that Nirupama Rao found time to meet Khaleda Zia and refrained from calling on the Army Chief that her predecessor had done added to the positive tone of her visit.
Date: November 14, 2009
THE civil society in Bangladesh plays a significant role in articulating people's interests in special areas to the government. In recent times, the civil society has built up consciousness among the people on major national issues such as corruption, climate degradation, and land grabbing by influential people in the society that have left Bangladesh's rivers, canals, and wetlands at their mercy.
Date: November 6, 2009
PAKISTAN is at war with itself. The situation there is worrying and sad. It is worrying because the Taliban over the past several weeks have freely chosen to attack highly secure targets in Islamabad and other major cities, causing widespread damage.
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