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SAARC Chair, Fellowship and Scholarship Programmes tenable in Bangladesh

Offers from Afghanistan
2 (two) Scholarships, one each in Dari and Pashto languages

Offers from Bangladesh
1 (one) SAARC Chair, 4 (four) Fellowships and 10 (ten) Scholarships in the Universities in Bangladesh.

Offers from India
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has offered 1 (one) Chair, 1 (one) Fellowship and 2 (two) Scholarships (on rotational basis among Member States) for the year 2008-09.

Offers from Nepal
1 (one) Scholarship in MBBS and 1 (one) Scholarship in Masters in Rural Development on the basis of rotation. (The Government of Nepal has offered the scholarship in MBBS to Bhutan for the current academic year and the nominee from Afghanistan has been selected to study for the Masters in Rural Development.)

Further details of the above mentioned SAARC Chairs, Fellowships and Scholarships may be obtained from the SAARC Divisions of the Ministries of Foreign/External Affairs of the Member States of SAARC.

• Application form

SAARC Genderbase Launched

The SAARC Genderbase was lauched in New Delhi, India on 17 January 2008 by H.E. Chenkyab Dorji, the Secretary General of SAARC.

Twenty Second Anniversary of SAARC Charter Day celebrated, 8 December 2007

• Bhutan
  • Prime Minister
• India
  • Prime Minister
• Pakistan
  • Prime Minister
  • Foreign Minister
• Sri Lanka
  • President
  • Prime Minister
  • Foreign Minister

Fourteeth SAARC Summit, 3 - 4 April 2007, New Delhi

• Declaration
• Afghanistan
  • Statement by the President
• Bangladesh
  • Statement by Chief Adviser at the Inaugural Session
• Bhutan
  • Statement by the Prime Minister at the Inaugural Session
• India
  • Address by the Prime Minister at the Inaugural
  • Closing remarks by the Prime Minister
• Maldives
  • Address by the President at the Inaugural
  • Statement by the President at the Closing Session
• Nepal
  • Statement by the Prime Minister at the Opening Session
• Pakistan
  • Address by the Prime Minister
• Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lankan President's address to the Opening Session

Revised SAARC Chair, Fellowship and Scholarship Scheme (2007 - 2008)  Details

SAARC Energy Newsletter

March 2007, Volume 1, Issue 1 download

Scholarships for 2006 - 2007  Details

SAARC Regional Poverty Profile 2005

SAARC RPP 2005 - Poverty Reduction in South Asia through Productive Employment view

Twenty-second SAARC Charter Day Celebrated, 8^th December 2006

• Message from Chief Adviser, Bangladesh
• Message from Prime Minister, Bhutan
• Message from Prime Minister, India
• Message from President, Maldives
• Message from Prime Minister, Nepal
• Message from Foreign Minister, Nepal
• Message from Prime Minister, Pakistan
• Message from Foreign Minister, Pakistan
• Message from President, Sri Lanka
• Message from Prime Minister, Sri Lanka
• Message from Foreign Minister, Sri Lanka

Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area

• Agreement on SAFTA
• Annex-I of SAFTA Agreement - Sensitive Lists of Member States
  • Afghanistan - Sensitive list
  • Bangladesh - Sensitive List for LDCs
  • Bangladesh - Sensitive List for NON-LDCs
  • Bhutan - Sensitive list
  • India - Sensitive List for LDCs
  • India - Sensitive list for Non- LDCs
  • Maldives - Sensitive List
  • Nepal - Sensitive List for LDCs
  • Nepal - Sensitive List for Non LDCs
  • Pakistan - Sensitive List
  • Sri Lanka - Sensitive List
• Annex-II of SAFTA Agreement -Technical Assistance for LDCs
• Annex-III of SAFTA Agreement - Mechanism for Compensation of Revenue Loss for LDCs
• Annex-IV of SAFTA Agreement - SAFTA Rules of Origin
  • Product Specific Rules (Anx A of Annex-IV of SAFTA Agreement)
  • Operational Certification Procedure (Anx-B of Annex-IV of SAFTA Agreement) with Appendix 1&2

Thirteenth SAARC Summit, 12-13 November 2005, Dhaka

• Dhaka Declaration


• Prime Minister of Bangladesh
  • Inaugural Address on 12 Nov 2005
  • Banquet Address on 12 Nov 2005
  • Concluding Address on 13 Nov 2005
• Prime Minister of Bhutan
  • Address at Inaugural Session on 12 Nov 2005
• Prime Minister of India
  • Address at Inaugural Session on 12 Nov 2005
  • Banquet Address on 12 Nov 2005
  • Concluding Address on 13 Nov 2005
• President of Maldives
  • Address at Inaugural Session on 12 Nov 2005
• King of Nepal
  • Address at Inaugural Session on 12 Nov 2005
• Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • Address at Inaugural Session on 12 Nov 2005
• President of Sri Lanka
  • Address at Inaugural Session on 12 Nov 2005