Cooperation (APEC) and the European Union (EU). While South Asia has lagged behind other regions in creating a regional trade grouping‚ the formation of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in 1985 was a step towards this direction. However‚ for economic and political reasons‚ SAARC has made relatively slow progress on expanding intraregional trade. The South Asian region contains a range of ethnic groups‚ religions and languages but governance has often centralized political power
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SAARC Human Resource Development Centre (SHRDC) Islamabad‚ Pakistan Workshop on “Improving the Quality of Education: Role of Teachers in Achieving Quality in Education in South Asia” (December 26-28‚ 2011) Concept Paper Introduction Quality of education is a relative and dynamic term varying from contexts to contexts and time to time. In a changing world driven by technological advancements‚ quality defined yesterday may not be valid today or tomorrow. Therefore‚ it is essential to discuss
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Role of media Media play a vital and important role in promoting tourism‚ not only within the SAARC region but throughout the world as well. Destinations are made known to tourists before they set off and known destinations are popularized among tourists by the media‚ Mass Media and Information Ministry Secretary W B Ganegala said. Ganegala was making the welcome speech at the SAARC seminar on `The role of media in promoting tourism for enhancing people to people contact` at the Gateway
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BANGLADESH AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE A) Major Trade Partners of Bangladesh : Major trade partners of Bangladesh in terms of export and import are outlined below. Table : Export Trade Partners (in Million US$) | Year | Total |USA |UK |Germany |France |Netherlands |Japan | | 1985-86 | 819 |173 |46 |21 |7 |15 |61 | | 1990-91
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Farm machinery in SAARC countries1 Farm mechanization has revolutionized the way farming is done. The simple hand tools to large farm machineries have both reduced the drudgeries of toiling the field to maximizing the productivity and production of crops. Considering that 60% of population in SAARC region depends on agriculture for livelihood‚ enhancing the efficiency of agriculture production system is of overriding importance. SAARC countries have developed numerous farm machineries that are sturdy
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[pic] Topic: Recent International Trade scenario of Bangladesh BOP Submitted To: Mr. Shantanu Kumar Roy Joint Director Foreign exchange policy department. Bangladesh Bank‚ Sylhet. Lecturer Department of Business Administration Metropolitan University‚ Sylhet. Submitted By: Mir Md. Nazmul Haydar MBA 22nd Batch ID No: 111-126-025 Metropolitan University Content |Sl No. |Title |Page
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will increase. A first step in this direction came in 1995 when the SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA) was signed. In early 2004‚ the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) was signed. The SAFTA is a parallel initiative to the multilateral trade liberalization commitments of SAARC member countries. SAFTA has come into force from 1 July 2006‚ with the aim of reducing tariffs for intraregional trade among the 7 SAARC members. It has been agreed that for the South Asian countries Pakistan
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SAARC The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an organization of South Asian nations‚ founded in December 1985 and dedicated to economic‚ technological‚ social‚ and cultural development emphasizing collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ the Maldives‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan‚ and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2007. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries‚ twice annually
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Trend‚ and Policy Mohammad Mafizur Rahman Abstract Despite structural limitations in the Bangladesh economy‚ the export sector performed well throughout the 1990s. The export growth rate of Bangladesh was higher than that of the world and the SAARC countries. However‚ the balance of trade of Bangladesh was always in deficit and the trade deficit with India is huge. The export share of primary commodities has decreased while that of manufactured commodities has increased over the years. The
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PressReleasePing The Decade Anniversary of Tsunami Marked Across Asia‚-- Divulges KAKHTAH Post-doc Multiversity in SAARC Region. Besides the several memorials paid by victims‚ survivors and the general public‚ the academic commencements of Tsunami commemoration also became events of note. The enormous observance also divulged a Post-doc Multiversity KAKHTAH‚ to be established in Asia for higher research studies on disaster risk reduction. Colombo‚ Sri Lanka‚ January 01‚ 2015 /PressReleasePing/ -
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