Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has expressed strong hope that there will be positive progress in resolving the tariff issue through talks with the US government.

Leaders of seven countries surrounding the Bay of Bengal will be meeting in Bangkok today with the hope of reinvigorating regional cooperation in a largely fragmented world faced with a trade war and a breakdown of multilateralism.

As US President Donald Trump yesterday unfurled his list of tariffs targeting most of America’s trading partners, he repeatedly stressed that each nation’s rate was reciprocal.

Restoring confidence in Dhaka-Delhi ties will be the key objective of the meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangkok today, diplomatic sources said.

US President Donald Trump yesterday stood in the White House Rose Garden, pointing to an oversized placard with details of levies he is set to impose on imports from America’s trading partners.

Thai prime minister welcomed the BIMSTEC leaders and exchanged pleasantries at the Grand Ballroom of Shangri-La Hotel

The foreign affairs adviser stressed on tangible, and result-oriented cooperation among BIMSTEC member states

Dhaka says Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s comment relating to the Northeastern states of India was made with honest intention, keeping in mind the potential of regional connectivity.

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Foreign Secretary Jashim Uddin made at BIMSTEC Senior Officials' Meeting at Bangkok

Bangladesh sees this year's BIMSTEC Summit, scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 4, "very important" for the country as it will assume the chairmanship of the grouping for the next two years

The chief adviser's press wing shared the message with the media

He also invited a cultural troupe from Bangladesh to go to Pakistan with the legendary Runa Laila

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Earlier, the flight departed Beijing Capital International Airport at 16:57pm Beijing time

Dhaka sees Beijing as a “good friend”, and it wants to take the bilateral relationship to the next stage, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus said in an interview with the Chinese state news agency Xinhua yesterday.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called on Chinese investors to capitalise on the business prospects that exist in Bangladesh, urging them to invest more in the country.

The Chinese government and businesses committed $2.1 billion in loans, investments, and grants to Bangladesh during Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’s visit to China.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur has expressed worry that much of the money laundered abroad by political and business elites over the last one and a half decades could disappear if it was not found quickly enough.