{"id":34,"date":"2024-08-28T16:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/?p=34"},"modified":"2024-08-31T15:11:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T15:11:27","slug":"yunus-seeks-malaysias-support-for-asean-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/news\/34\/","title":{"rendered":"Yunus seeks Malaysia\u2019s support for Asean membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/younus.jpg\" alt=\"younus\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/younus.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/younus-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Chief Adviser to the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus today sought Malaysia&#8217;s support in Bangladesh&#8217;s bid to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).<\/p>\n<p>He sought the support during a meeting with Malaysian High Commissioner Haznah Md Hashim at the State Guest House Jamuna.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh can be a bridge between Asean and Saarc, said the chief adviser. In response, the Malaysian high commissioner stated that Malaysia, which is set to chair Asean next, would convey Yunus&#8217;s request to the relevant authorities. She also expressed Malaysia&#8217;s willingness to collaborate with the Yunus-led interim government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We trust in you. We wish you all the best,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The chief adviser emphasised Bangladesh&#8217;s strong ties with Malaysia and recalled his personal connections with Malaysian leaders, including Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. &#8220;Let&#8217;s work together to further strengthen our relationship,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Adviser to the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus today sought Malaysia&#8217;s support in Bangladesh&#8217;s bid to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). He sought the support during a meeting with Malaysian High Commissioner Haznah Md Hashim at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,27],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh","tag-asean","tag-yunus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantimes.net\/bangla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}