Travel Advisory Bangladesh
Bangladesh
An advisory board composed of two persons who have been, or are qualified to be, high court judges and one civil servant are supposed to examine the cases of SPA detainees after 4 months. On June 19, the High Court stated that the Government does not have any right to extend detention and, as such, SPA detainees must be released after 30 days unless the advisory board recommends an extension. The High Court judgment also made mandatory the requirement that authorities inform the court of the grounds for the detention order against the accused within 15 days and, if possible, earlier. On June 24, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court concurred with the High Court judgment. If the Government adequately defends its detention order, the detainee remains imprisoned; if not, the detainee is released. If the defendant in an SPA case is able to present his case before the High Court in Dhaka, the High Court generally rules in favor of the defendant. However, many defendants either were t ... [Read More]
Background Notes Archive - South Asia
U.S. Department of StateBackground Notes: Bangladesh, November 1997Released by the Bureau of South Asian AffairsOfficial Name: People's Republic of Bangladesh PROFILE GeographyArea: 143,998 sq. km. (55,813 sq. mi.); about the size of Wisconsin. Cities: Capital--Dhaka (pop. 10 million). Other cities--Chittagong (2.8 million), Khulna (1.8 million), Rajshahi (1 million). Terrain: Mainly flat alluvial plain, with hills in the northeast and southeast. Climate: Semitropical, monsoonal. PeopleNationality: Noun and adjective--Bangladeshi(s). Population: 126 million.Annual growth rate: 1.5%. Ethnic groups: Bengali 98%, tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims. Religions: Muslim 83%; Hindu 16%; Christian, Buddhist, others 1%.Languages: Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English. Education: Attendance--73% (primary school), 17% (secondary school). Literacy--47% for males; 22% for females. Health: Infant mortality rate--75/1,000. Life expectancy--58 years (male), 58 years (female). ... [Read More]
January
1111--01/12/05 U.S. Extends Visa Validity for Chinese Tourist and Business Travelers ... 1111--01/21/05 Deputy Secretary Travel to Brussels ... [Read More]
August
1111--08/22/04 Secretary of State Colin L. Powell To Travel to Greece ... 1111--08/09/04 Korea – DeTrani Travel to New York (Taken Question) ... 1111--08/25/04 Inaugural Meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management ... [Read More]
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Press Releases
1111--10/16/02 Renewal of the Charter for the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy ... 1111--11/02/04 International Telecommunication Advisory Committee Meetings ... 1111--06/05/02 Secretary Powell to Travel to G-8 Ministerial In Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, June 12-13 ... [Read More]
Bangladesh
The country's passports were invalid for travel to Israel, and Salah Uddin Shoaib Chaudhury remained in prison for his attempted November 2003 travel to Israel. ... The Government allowed various religions to establish places of worship, train clergy, travel for religious purposes, and maintain links with co-religionists abroad. The law permitted citizens to proselytize; however, strong social resistance to conversion from Islam meant that most missionary efforts by Christian groups were aimed at serving communities that had been Christian for several generations. Foreign missionaries were allowed to work in the country, but their right to proselytize was not explicitly protected by the Constitution. Some missionaries faced problems in obtaining visas or renewing visas, which must be renewed annually. Some foreign missionaries reported that internal security forces and others closely monitored their activities; however, no missionaries reported other government harassment during the year. ... [Read More]
Bangladesh
The Constitution provides for the right of free movement within the country, foreign travel, emigration, and repatriation. In practice, the Government generally respected these rights, allowing citizens to move freely within the country and to travel abroad, to emigrate, and to repatriate. There were, however, instances in which the Government restricted these rights. According to the CPJ, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, editor of the weekly Blitz, was arrested November 29 at the Dhaka airport. He was about to depart for Israel to participate in a conference of the Hebrew Writers Association (see Section 2.a.). The movement of major opposition political leaders was restricted occasionally, and the Government did little to assist them. The country's passports are invalid for travel to Israel. ... [Read More]
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