Anwar’s visit to Pakistan, Bangladesh add new dynamism to vital relationships

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's visit to Pakistan and Bangladesh this week has added new dynamism to the vital relationships that boost Malaysia's expanding trade and foreign relations. In Islamabad, Anwar and his delegation were warmly received, with the Pakistani government making sure the importance it attached to the visit was fully conveyed. The...

Malaysian PM Anwar due in Islamabad and Dhaka from Wednesday (Oct 2) to elevate relations to new heights

DHAKA (Bernama-UNB): Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to make a brief visit to Bangladesh on Friday (Oct 4) to take forward the relations between the two countries to the next level by exploring new areas of cooperation and strengthening the ties in diverse areas, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) reported. He will be visiting...

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was arch foe of ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina

DHAKA (Reuters) -Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of the global microcredit movement who could shepherd Bangladesh's new interim government, was an arch foe of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who has resigned and fled the country. Known as the "banker to the poor", Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize...