Bangladesh has offered Uzbekistan to launch a direct Dhaka-Tashkent flight to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. Bangladesh has also requested Uzbekistan to set up its own embassy in Dhaka. The proposals were made when a four-member Bangladesh delegation led by Salman F Rahman, private industry and investment affairs advisers to the prime minister,…

Uzbekistan wants to take ‘IT enabled’ services from Bangladesh. On the other hand, Bangladesh wants to take part in the research and development of the country. To this end, the two countries have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding. The two sides agreed during a meeting in Tashkent on Sunday with a delegation of…

The prospects to resume buying cotton from Uzbekistan have improved for Bangladesh after the United States lifted the ban on sourcing the key textile raw material from the country following significant progress in ending forced labour. Until 2007, when a boycott campaign was launched against Uzbek cotton, the central Asian country was the single largest…