Before we can benefit our neighboring country, we should benefit our own country. This is what Bangladesh needs to do. With Japan, Bangladesh has one of its biggest opportunities to industrialize. The Bay of Bengal Industrial Growth Belt (BIG-B). The focus will be around Matarbari and its vicinity. Not only to develop the Matarbari area but also to create a pathway between Bangladesh and the rest of the world through ports and industries
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- Afghan Soil and the Growing Terrorist Threat to Pakistan
- Analyzing the Critical Dimensions of Militant Convergence in Afghanistan
- The Unresolved Test for Afghanistan: Five Years Under the Taliban Regime
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