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Latest News From The Daily Star

• Bring cheated workers back

  The parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday asked the ministry to take coordinated steps for the return of Bangladeshi workers detained and stranded abroad after they were cheated by manpower recruiting agencies.

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• Foreign office awaits major shake-up

  A major shake-up is underway in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a new foreign secretary taking over soon and a number of new ambassadors and high commissioners being appointed, highly placed sources said.

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• UAE keen to invest in tourism, telecoms

  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is eager to invest in hotel, tourism, oil and telecommunications sectors in Bangladesh, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud yesterday.

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• Myanmar to fence border 100m off zero line

  Myanmar will erect barbed wire fence 100 metres off the 'no-man's land' along 40 kms of Bangladesh-Myanmar border to check smuggling, including drug trafficking, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud said yesterday.

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• Hasan rights Dipu Moni's wrong

  State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday admitted that former premier Khaleda Zia had met with Saudi King Abdullah in 2005, apparently correcting Foreign Minister Dipu Moni's statement that the monarch's audience with Prime Minist

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Latest News From Around The World

• Web News Wire

  Hong Kong: FS starts visit to Brunei (with photos)

  The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, today (March 20) started his official visit to Brunei on the second leg of his Southeast Asian trip.

  Mr Tsang first went to the Ministry of Finance where he met Bruneis Second Minister of Finance, P

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• Web News Wire

  Hong Kong: Government reminds residents Red Outbound Travel Alert for Thailand (Bangkok) still in force

  A government spokesman today (March 20) reminded residents that the Red Outbound Travel Alert (OTA) for Thailand (Bangkok) is still in force.Those already there should attend to their personal safety and avoid places with demonstrations and large

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• GMANews.tv

  Filipina found innocent of drug smuggling in Australia

  A Filipina tourist detained for allegedly smuggling illegal drugs in Australia has been released from jail after she was found innocent of the crime, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday.

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• The Mainichi Shimbun

  Missing documents add to mystery over secret Japan-U.S. pacts

  The former chief of the Foreign Ministry's treaties bureau, Kazuhiko Togo, in his testimony to the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday about the secret Japan-U.S.

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• The Guardian

  Does the Canadian government, G8 president, oppose family planning in Africa?

  Extraordinary events in Canada over the last couple of days with the potential to embarrass mightily the G8, meeting in Ontario in late June. The host government's "legacy initiative" is on maternal and child health. The entire GB is expected to s

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