Bangladesh and Qatar have signed 5 agreements and 5 memorandums of understanding on various issues including recruitment development and protection, avoidance of double taxation. These agreements and memorandum of understanding were signed in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar. These agreements and MoUs were signed at Shimul Hall on Tuesday (April 23) after a private meeting at Karbi Hall of the Prime Minister’s Office.
The five agreements include the two countries’ mutual investment promotion and protection agreement, double taxation avoidance and tax evasion agreement, legal cooperation agreement, maritime transport agreement and the agreement on the formation of a joint business council between the business organizations of the two countries.
The five MoUs include – MoU on Cooperation in Diplomatic Training, MoU on Higher Education and Scientific Research, MoU on Cooperation in Youth and Sports, MoU on Manpower and MoU on Port Management.
The first of the agreements was signed by Qatari Minister of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani and the Bangladeshi Minister of Industry Noorul Majid Mahmoud Humayun, the second by Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi and Bangladeshi State Minister for Finance Wasika Aisha Khan, the third by Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi and Bangladesh Law Minister Anisul Haque, Qatar’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi and Bangladesh’s State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury in the fourth and Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani, Chairman of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) President Mahbubul in the fifth. Alam signed.
All the MoUs were signed by Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on behalf of Qatar and the Ministers of State of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment and Ministry of Shipping on behalf of Bangladesh.
Earlier, Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived at the Prime Minister’s office in Tenzgao of the capital on Tuesday at 10:30 am. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warmly welcomed him there with flowers.
After that, the visiting Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sat in a meeting at the Prime Minister’s office at 10:30 am.
Meanwhile, the Emir of Qatar will meet the President at Bangabhaban in the afternoon. Then Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani will leave Dhaka by special flight in the evening.
Before this, Emir of Qatar arrived in Dhaka on a special flight on Monday (April 22) around 5 pm. He was welcomed at the airport by President Md. Sahabuddin
On the other hand, a road will be named after the Emir of Qatar in Dhaka. In this regard, in a press conference on April 21, the foreign minister said that the park to be built in the sand fields of Mirpur’s Kalshi area and the road from Mirpur ECB square to Kalshi Airport will be named after the Emir of Qatar.
Incidentally, this is the first time since 2005 that an Emir of Qatar visited Dhaka.
Bangladesh Journal/SS
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