14-09-2020

MondAY, SePteMBer 14 2020
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PM to virtually open Bangladesh
Chancery Complex in Ankara
DHAKA : Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina is
scheduled to virtually
inaugurate the newlyconstructed
Bangladesh
Chancery Complex in
Ankara on Monday,
reports UNB.
Foreign Minister Dr AK
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Abdul Momen will join his
Turkish counterpart
Mevlut Cavusoglu at the
inaugural ceremony.
Dr Momen left for
Turkey on Sunday
morning, a senior official
told UNB.
The Foreign Minister
will hold bilateral talks
with his Turkish
counterpart on September
15, he said.
Rohingya crisis, D-8
summit, trade and
investment issues are
expected to come up for
discussion at the meeting.
The Foreign Minister is
scheduled to return home
on September 16, said the
official.
The construction of
Bangladesh Chancery
Complex in Ankara at a
cost of Tk 45.76 crore was
completed on September
3.
Main features of the
Complex include Chancery
Building, Embassy
Residence, 229 seat hitech
auditorium named
'Victory 1971', automated
mechanical and electrical
systems, mosque,
gymnasium, display centre
for Bangladeshi items,
library for the reference
books on Bangladesh
primarily
on
Bangabandhu, War of
Independence and socioeconomic
development of
Bangladesh.
As reflection of
Bangladesh's history of
independence, a bust of
Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman and
Shaheed Minar were also
installed at the Complex,
said the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
Moreover, 36 sqm mural
works titled 'Invincible
Bangladesh' as well as
terracotta works on the
rural life of Bangladesh
was also placed at the
Complex.
Reflection of the aura of
Bangladeshi architecture
was ensured by the use of
red bricks in the facade of
the buildings and use of
flat roof.
A protocol between
Bangladesh and Turkey on
Exchange of Land Plots for
Diplomatic Missions was
signed in Dhaka at the
Foreign Minister level on
November 14, 2010.
The protocol paved the
way for acquisition of land
plots mutually exchanged
between the two countries
for construction of
diplomatic missions in
their respective capitals.
Later, in 2012, Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina
laid the foundation stone
for the 'Construction of
Bangladesh Chancery
Complex in Ankara'
project and the bust of
Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman at the
site at Oran Diplomatic
Zone during her visit to
Turkey in 2012.
The implementation of
the Project received a
renewed boost after M
Allama
Siddiki,
Ambassador
of
Bangladesh to Turkey and
current Project Director
took charge of the Mission
at the end of 2015, said the
Bangladesh Embassy in
Turkey.
The ground breaking for
the construction was done
on September 18, 2018.
Although construction
was going on smoothly,
work progress suffered
heavily due to snowfalls in
two winters and the
current COVID-19
pandemic.
Despite these hurdles,
the Embassy could
manage to complete the
construction within 20
months of the ground
breaking.
Tk 2.26 crore was
refunded by Bangladesh
Embassy in Ankara at the
successful completion of
the 'Construction of
Bangladesh Chancery
Complex in Ankara'
project.
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