Commonwealth Secretary General to attend NAM Summit in Uganda

In a statement ahead of his visit, Secretary-General Scotland thanked Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for the invitation and praised his leadership as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement. Reflecting on the Summit’s theme ‘Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Prosperity’, the Secretary-General said, “Many developing countries have made great progress in improving the well-being of their people. […]

Bangladesh waits to join BRICS

The BRICS grouping is not being expanded at the Johannesburg summit due to differences among club members. The summit is scheduled to take place on August 22-24. As a result, interested countries including Bangladesh – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – will have to wait to join the club. The alliance was keen […]