‘July Proclamation’
Govt to hold talks with pol parties

Staff Reporter:
The government will hold talks with political parties to prepare the ‘July Proclamation’, Chief Ad-viser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said.
“Talks continue over the July Proclamation; works have been going on in this regard. Talks will be held with the political parties soon,” he told a press briefing at Foreign Service Academy yesterday evening.
After holding talks with the political parties, Alam said, the draft of the ‘July Proclamation’ will be prepared.
About the probe into the much-talked-about Sagar-Runi murder, he said the probe has been reo-pened and evidences of the killing are being scrutinized.
Mentioning that the probe into the Sagar-Runi killing incident would be a tough task, the press secretary said Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) is investigating the case and the agency has the capacity to unearth the clue behind the incident.
Noting that he and his colleagues talked to PBI chief yesterday, Alam said the PBI chief informed them that the agency is trying its best to complete investigation in this case.
He hoped that PBI would be able to complete its probe.
Speaking at the briefing, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said Bulgaria shifted its visa centers for Bangladeshis to Indonesia and Vietnam and it has already is-sued visas to 22 Bangladeshi students from its missions located in Indonesia and Vietnam.
Talks continue with Romania to issue visas to Bangladeshi students from its missions in Vietnam and Thailand, he said, adding that Kazakhstan has informed that it will issue visas to Bangladeshi students from its Bangkok mission.
Azad said the foreign ministry also continues talks with European countries, asking to shift their visa centres from New Delhi to other countries for Bangladeshis.