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Foreign Affairs Minister Rana enquires about condition of Nepalis in Bangladesh

Kathmandu: Minster for Foreign Affairs Arzu Rana Deuba, has enquired about Bangladesh’s recently developed scenario and Nepali students’ condition there.

Making a telephone call to the Nepali Ambassador to Bangladesh today, Ghanshyam Bhandari today, Foreign Minister Rana enquired about the condition of the Nepali students and other Nepali citizens in Bangladesh. 

On the occasion, she directed the Ambassador not to cause any inconvenience for the Nepalis and to make necessary coordination for creating an environment to stay in their places safely, according to Minister Rana’s Secretariat. 

Similarly, Ambassador Bhandari informed that all the Nepalis in Bangladesh are safe and asked to stay safe and not to come out from their places except urgency and to follow the instruction of their campus administration.  

He shared that they have given contact numbers of two officers of the Embassy to contact if the Nepalis staying in Bangladesh face any problems and the Nepali students have been asked to remain in contact with the college administration of their respective colleges.   

Students have been taking to the streets for the past few days in Bangladesh.