Bangladesh seeks support from Singapore for more import of Bangladeshi products; UN assistance to Bangladesh for achieving millennium development goals; ADB provides financial support to Bangladesh for solar system project
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    • Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has urged Singapore to import more Bangladeshi products to reduce the trade gap between the two countries, during a bilateral meeting with her Singaporean counterpart K Shanmugam in Singapore. She also sought support from Singapore in Bangladesh's bid for becoming a member of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) and explained the rationale of Bangladesh's aspiration in this regard. Ms. Dipu Moni visited Singapore to attend the 10th IISS Asia Security Summit.1

    Meanwhile, reports noted that the United Nations is going to provide a grant of $1.8 billion in next five years to help Bangladesh achieve Millennium Development Goals by focusing on seven development challenges under the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2012-2016. An agreement was signed between the government and a UN country team in this regard at the conference room of the finance ministry at the Secretariat on June 1, 2011. Under the programme 22 Resident and non-Resident UN agencies will provide technical and financial support for the seven areas, each led by one UN agency.2

    In other developments, Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide financial support to Bangladesh for implementing a solar system project for generation of 500 MW power.3

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