India's global trade share has not kept pace with its economic growth, with Vietnam and Bangladesh overtaking the nation as low-cost manufacturing and export hubs, according to the World Bank's recent report.
The United Nations investigators said on September 16 that nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar still face a serious risk of violence, warning that the repatriation of a million of this community remains "impossible".
The United Nations (UN) and Myanmar on June 6 signed an agreement enabling the UN to approach and join hands in dealing with the crisis in Rakhine state and returning Rohingya refugees.
Myanmar’s National Security Advisor Thaung Tun said the country is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh due to violence if they volunteer to return.
Kuwaiti Ambassador to the United Nations Mansour al-Otaibi has said that the UN Security Council will press Myanmar to ensure that Rohingya who fled the country can return home in safety and freedom.
Bangladesh’s daily English-language newspaper The Daily Star has carried several articles emphasising the importance of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang’s three-day State visit to Bangladesh from March 4 at the invitation of President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.
Bangladesh has signed an agreement with the United Nations (UN) on the repatriation of Rohingya Muslim back to Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said Bangladesh’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on February 12.
Indonesia and Bangladesh inked five cooperation deals on fishing, trade, diplomacy, energy and the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) during Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s trip to Bangladesh from January 28.
Senior officials from Myanmar and Bangladesh met on January 15 in Nay Pyi Taw to discuss how to settle issues over the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.
Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to take assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh to Myanmar.
The Government of Bangladesh announced on November 23 that its country and the neighbouring Myanmar have agreed on returning Rohingya Muslim refugees in two months.
Myanmar and Bangladesh will hold a ministerial meeting to discuss the humanitarian crisis faced by thousands of Rohingya Muslims, according to an announcement at the end of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on November 21.
Myanmar and Bangladesh have accepted China’s mediatory role and agreed to implement a three-phase solution proposed by its Foreign Minister Wang Yi to resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged the Governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar resolve the Rohingya crisis through bilateral negotiations instead of an international initiative.
Thailand's Department of Health Service Support is promoting the country's health products and services in Bangladesh, in an effort to turn Thailand into a leading medical hub of Asia.
Government officials from Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on October 24 to halt the outflow of Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh and enable the refugees to return home.
Myanmar and Bangladesh have discussed measures to ensure safety for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in recent times.
More than 123,000 people in Rakhine state of Myanmar, mostly Rohingya Muslims, have fled into Bangladesh since fighting broke out between government military and insurgents late last month, reported the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are negotiating an urgent purchase of about 400,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand to replenish their falling stocks which were caused by severe droughts and floods, according to Thai media.
Myanmar has reopened the border gate Number 1 with Bangladesh, which was temporarily closed following attacks on three border posts in October 2016, the country’s State Counsellor’s Office said on February 16.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund 1.5 billion USD to buld a rail line that will connect Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh's southeastern beach resort, to neighbouring Myanmar.
