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Bangladesh shifts 80,000 more Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char

ANOTHER 80,000 Rohingya refugees will be shifted to Bhashan Char from camps in Cox's Bazar, the Bangladesh government announced on Sunday (6).

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina's principal secretary Ahmad Kaikaus extended the government’s plea to the international community seeking more help to facilitate the transfer of the refugees, Hasina's deputy press secretary KM Shakhawat Moon told the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).


The meeting was attended by ambassadors and high commissioners of various countries, including the US, the UK, Japan, Australia, France, Canada, and the Netherlands.

The heads of delegations of the European Union and the UNHCR also attended.

Previously, 18,000 Rohingyas were shifted to Bhasan Char from camps in Cox’s Bazar in multiple phases.

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Early Gandhi statue model to go under hammer in UK

Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, first maquette for the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial in Tavistock Square, London (Photo: Woolley & Wallis)

Early Gandhi statue model to go under hammer in UK

A MINIATURE model of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue from Tavistock Square in central London will be auctioned in England next week, with an estimated price of between £6,000 and £8,000.

The 27-centimetre bronze maquette is believed to be the earliest complete version of the statue created by Polish sculptor Fredda Brilliant. The full statue has been installed at Tavistock Square since 1968.

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