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A Bangladesh team on invitation from the Federal MP of Banks, Hon Mr. David Coleman who arranged a meeting with the Hon Mr. Peter Dutton, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection to discuss issues in relating to his ministry and the Bangladeshi community.

Mohammed Jahangir Alam, Chairman ABSCA Inc. and Team Leader.

Dr Rafiqul Islam, Consultant to UNDP, Bangladesh and President, Bangla Proshar Committee

Mosharaf Hossain, General Secretary, BANSW Inc.

Md. Enamul Haque, Ex Bankstown-Canterbury Liberal candidate for Bass Hill ward

Abul Kalam Azad, Editor of NobodharaNews.net and  White Ribbon Australia, Bangladesh community Ambassador.

Nasim Samad, Vice Chairman, ABSCA Inc. and Community Ambassador of XXI Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018

The team raised the following concerns and the Minister participated, clarified and contributed in the discussion

· Delay in issuing of parent migration visa under subclass 143. While the decision on this visa remains pending, tourist or any other visas of such applicants are normally declined 

· Spouse migration now takes 9-12 months for processing, previously it used to take 3-6 months

· The need and importance of the International Social Security Agreement between Australia & Bangladesh. 

·  Review of skill migration list to include additional professionals from Bangladesh.

· Creation of additional category for small business migration 

· Reconsideration of IELTS scores applying for PR.

The Minister recommended that community send discussion paper for review and necessary actions by his Department.

Police in Papua New Guinea have removed some of the men who have been refusing to leave the decommissioned detention centre on Manus Island.

Witnesses have reported seeing several busloads of men driven from the centre.  

Iranian refugee and journalist Behrouz Boochani is among those who have been removed.

For three weeks, the men have been refusing to leave the centre which was shutdown on October 31st.

They've argued that moving to new accommodation in the main town of Lorengau would put their safety at risk.

The 63-year old singer Siddiqui had been kept on life support there since the night of November 17 after suffering a heart attack.

The singer of popular songs like “Shua Chan Pakhi” and “Amar Gaye Joto Dukkho Shoy” left behind his wife, two sons, a daughter, and a host of relatives, friends, well-wishers and followers to mourn his death.

Siddiqui, born to a musical family in Netrokona on November 15, 1954, trained in music from a young age under Ustad Gopal Dutt, Ustad Aminur Rahman, Babir Khan and Pannalal Ghosh during the formative years of his life.

 He also began playing the bansuri (bamboo flute) and trained under noted classical flautist VG Karnad in India.

Siddiqui came to mainstream attention in 2000 with the release of Humayun Ahmed's film “Shrabon Megher Din”.  However, his music career began much earlier, back in the 70s.

He continued to sing in films and tele-films as well after that, along with performing at concerts and on TV. He further released several music albums.

He has worked extensively with lyricist Shahidullah Farayezi and has performed and conducted workshops in France, Switzerland, Malaysia, Pakistan, Iran and Singapore.

India's Manushi Chhillar has won the Miss World beauty pageant for the year 2017. The win comes 17 years after Priyanka Chopra brought home the coveted title in the year 2000.. Around 108 women from across the world participated in the beauty pageant.

Ms Chhillar, a 20-year-old from Haryana,India studied in St. Thomas School in New Delhi and Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women in Sonepat.

After reaching the top five, Ms Chhillar was asked during the Question and Answer round, which profession she thought deserved the highest salary and why.

Replying to the question, Ms Chhillar said it was not a question about a person's salary and that a mother was worthy of the highest respect.
"I think a mother is of highest respect. I don't think its just about cash but love and respect she gives to someone. She is the biggest inspiration in my life. Mother should get highest respect."

The seventh edition of the Bangladesh Book Fair  start at Mohor  Kunja. Kolkata

The 9-day fair is organised by Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata.

The Kolkata edition of Bangladesh Book Fair was started in the city first time in 2011. This year, there will be around 44 book stalls at the fair and many of the prominent publishers from Bangladesh will put up their stalls there.

This year the venue of the book fair has shifted to Mohor Kunja from Rabindra Sadan.

These books are written by Bangladeshi authors and published in Bangladesh.

The fair will also host cultural events, including programmes highlighting Bangladeshi folk traditions. The cultural programmes will be held at the book fair in every evening where artists from both the countries will be participating.

While same-sex marriage campaigners are celebrating what amounts to a major victory after their decades of campaigning to have the Marriage Act changed -- others are more cautious.
 'No' campaigners point to the fact that the postal vote showed that more than one in three Australians do not want same sex marriage

More than 130 thousand Indians have booked  a flight to Mars which is a part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s In Sight mission.

In Sight, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is slated to be launched on May 5, 2018. In Sight is a 728-day mission, which is expected to land on Mars on November 26, 2018.

The space agency has said that those who have submitted their names have been provided online boarding passes. All the names are reviewed, approved and then etched onto a microchip, the space agency has said. The microchip will then be placed aboard the spacecraft, which will land on Mars.

Bangladesh Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has resigned about six weeks after he went on leave amid criticism by the government over a Supreme Court verdict which scrapped Parliament's power to remove judges on grounds of misconduct and incapacity.

Justice Sinha which term was scheduled to expire in January next year is the first top judge of the country to step down.

Now abroad, he sent his resignation letter to Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid .

Amidst a fierce backlash from the ruling quarters over the top court's verdict invalidating the 16th constitutional amendment thereby empowering the Supreme Judicial Council instead of Parliament to remove judges, Justice Sinha left on leave to Australia on October 13.

Before leaving he left a note saying he is not sick as claimed by the government, but was leaving due to embarrassment caused by criticism.

The federal government is threatening to use its numbers in the House of Representatives to refer Labor M-P's to the High Court over their citizenship status.

It comes a day after Liberal M-P John Alexander resigned from parliament over possible dual citizenship.

Senior Liberal Christopher Pyne says Opposition Leader Bill Shorten needs to address questions over the potential dual citizenship of Labor members.   

There have been questions raised over whether Labor M-Ps Justine Keay and Susan Lamb, held dual citizenship at the time of the 2016 election.

The 23rd edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival will feature 142 movies from 65 countries in 19 categories in 12 locations from 10th-17th Nov, 2017.

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan inaugurated the 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) along with West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Sharing the stage with Big B and Mamata Banerjee were other stars like Kamal Haasan, who recently celebrated his 63rd birthday, Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan.