NEW DELHI: G20 leaders descended on New Delhi Friday, with deep divisions between heavyweight members and Chinese President Xi Jinping no-show calling the bloc relevance into question.
The G20 was conceived in the throes of the 2008 financial crisis as a way of managing the global economy.
But finding consensus among members has been increasingly difficult in recent years.
With several leaders already in New Delhi -- spruced up and partly emptied of people for the occasion -- hosts India were scrambling for agreement on pressing issues like the Ukraine war, climate and global governance.
JAKARTA, Indonesia: President Mohammed Shahabuddin today sought urgent global actions to find durable solutions to the Rohingya issue as any delay in safe, voluntary and sustainable repatriation of displaced Myanmar nationals may put the entire region at risk.
"It is the collective responsibility of the international community to find a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis in its place of origin in Myanmar," he said.
The President was speaking at the opening session of the "18th East Asia Summit (EAS)" on the sidelines of 43rd ASEAN Summit at Jakarta Convention Centre (JCC) here this morning.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today that Moscow and Dhaka have agreed to intensify the bilateral ties along with increasing trade and investment cooperation.
"Today, we have agreed to intensify our bilateral context in all sphere," Lavrov told a joint media briefing after his bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at a city hotel here this evening.
The Russian foreign minister said they also decided to increase trade and investment relation between Dhaka and Moscow while Bangladesh is the biggest partner of Russia in South Asia after India.
SANGSAD BHABAN: Bangladesh Medical Education Accreditation Bill, 2023 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad with an aim to ensure quality medical education by acknowledging the education curriculum and the concerned institutions through providing accreditation certificates.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque moved the bill in the House and passed by voice votes with Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shamsul Huq Tuku in the chair.
While placing the bill, the minister said an accreditation council will be formed to recognize the medical educational institutions of the country. Anyone going abroad to provide medical treatment or study medical science has to have approval from the Bangladesh Accreditation Council.