How to bring more Nordic investors to Bangladesh?

News and events // Last updated: 20/12/2011 //

The NCCI President Arild Klokkerhaug shared his thoughts in daily newspaper The Independent on the business climate and opportunities for Nordic companies in Bangladesh.

News and events // Last updated: 14/12/2011 //

From 12 to 15 December Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the South Pole to mark the centenary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reaching the Pole in 1911, and to underline the importance of the Antarctic continent in relation to global climate change.

Ambassador Lund and Dilip Barua, Minister of Industries, during the signing of the MoU

News and events // Last updated: 05/12/2011 //

Bangladesh's Minister of Industries Dilip Barua was among those present when Industries Secretary, KH Siddiqui, and Ambassador Ragne Birte Lund signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Norway and the Ministry of Industries on November 13 in Dhaka.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011. Recognition of women’s efforts to promote peace and democracy.

News and events // Last updated: 09/01/2012 //

“Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman are each in their own right worthy winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Government welcomes the award of this year’s prize to these three women. It is recognition of women’s non-violent efforts to promote peace and democracy,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Ambassador Ragne Birte Lund expressed the Norwegian goverment's wish to continue and strenghten the excellent relations between Norway and Bangladesh when visiting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

News and events // Last updated: 30/10/2011 //

Norwegian support for the telecom sector was central on the agenda when the Norwegian ambassador Ragne Birte Lund met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on October 15th.

News and events // Last updated: 12/12/2011 //

Norwegian businesses visited Bangladesh in search for cross-border ventures through Innovation Norway’s Business Matchmaking Program (BMMP).

New framework for international development

News and events // Last updated: 04/12/2011 //

More than 150 countries and a wide range of organisations have reached agreement on a common framework for development cooperation at the high-level forum in South Korea. For the first time, China, India and Brazil are also on board.

Press conference with the UN's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of the Environment Erik Solheim, during the Energy For All conference in Oslo 10 and 11 October 2011.
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Photo: Statsministerens kontor.

News and events // Last updated: 30/10/2011 //

Norway launched an international energy and climate partnership in support of the UN Secretary-General’s initiative “Sustainable Energy for All” on October 10th. The Partnership aims to ensure access to sustainable energy for all and avoid greenhouse gas emissions through the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Ambassador Ragne Birte Lund,Farhana Tofail, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, Rokia Rahman and Syeda Gulshan Ferdous Jana all agreed that more women in business is a key for developing prosperity in Bangladesh.
Photo: NCCI.

News and events // Last updated: 18/10/2011 //

Are women entrepeneurs better business partners? That was one of the four questions that the over 50 participants at the speed debate Women for Business/Business for Women eagerly discussed on the 11th of October.

How to bring more Nordic investors to Bangladesh?

Norway’s Prime Minister in Antarctica

A breakthrough for safer and "greener" ship recycling

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011. Recognition of women’s efforts to promote peace and democracy.

Ambassador pays courtesy call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Make me a match, catch me a catch

New framework for international development

International Energy and Climate Initiative – Energy+

Women for Business/Business for Women

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka