Home Affairs Advisor: Demand to reinstate ‘Except Israel’ on passports is reasonable

Home Affairs Advisor: Demand Home Affairs Advisor Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that the demand to restore ‘Except Israel’ or excluding Israel in Bangladeshi passports is ‘very reasonable’. He said that a decision on this issue will be taken after discussing with the Foreign Ministry. On Tuesday, a memorandum demanding the restoration of ‘Except Israel’ was submitted to the Home Affairs Advisor by the National Revolutionary Council at the Secretariat. The Home Affairs Advisor made this comment while accepting the memorandum. Home Affairs Advisor: Demand Md.…

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Ziaur Rahman’s Independence Award reinstated

Ziaur Rahman’s Independence The interim government has reinstated the Independence Award given to Ziaur Rahman posthumously in 2003. A notification in this regard was issued by the Cabinet Division on Tuesday. Following a Supreme Court order in 2016, the then government had cancelled the Independence Award given to Ziaur Rahman in 2003. According to the interim government, the decision of the previous government was cancelled as there was no instruction to cancel Ziaur Rahman’s Independence Award and considering his outstanding contribution to the Liberation War. Meanwhile, this year’s Independence Award…

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