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Region: Greater Middle East

Peoples union of bengal

[CORONAVIRUS]
Dhaka info
Coronavirus, the pandemic of the decade, has caused ripples of disaster across the planet, and consequently, Bangladesh. Cases of the coronavirus in Bangladesh are rising at an increasing rate, the road may be uncertain of the future of Bangladesh and the Coronavirus. Recently, Bangladesh has begun working with companies such as Google LLC. to spread information of the virus to local areas, Bangladesh's main goal stated by the health ministry right now is for people to take the virus seriously, as many arrests have already been made against those who have violated quarantine. The government has recently begun the construction of suitable roads for ambulances in rural areas, as much of Bangladesh still uses uneven unfit roads that Bangladesh believes is a setback for ambulances. The government has also declared it will combat the shortage of ventilators via repurposing existing factories for ventilators production using licenses already made by ventilators companies. Garment factories have reopened by approval of Directors of local areas under strict rules, however, according to massive labour strikes across the country by several factories, many have voiced the fact that factories haven't abided by rules such as social distancing, masks, proper medical team, proper cleaning, and little testing, the government and several leading companies are in negotiations with the strike, guaranteeing jobs, following the rules set by directors and being enforced by the government, sick pay, proper testing of all workers, and easy access to medical assistance.

Bangladesh has also approved pharmaceutical production to focus on chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin for exporting, however the government has stated it will not be used internally. This has been widely criticised by the public, media and much of the health department, which naturally came with the controversial drug, Bangladesh has given complete freedom over the production of it and is rumoured to be considering to ramp it as time goes on, economics state that with India still limiting its large supply of the drug and the higher demand for the drug as giants such as FOX heavily promoting it, Bangladesh, with its decent supply and gigantic pharmaceutical industry, could make large profits, many however has seen this as an contradiction of what Bangladesh stands for, which is the people over profit, with even Amir Hakeen disliking the idea, however, the majority of Parliament is keen on the idea, India could very well face a potential rival.

[Actions against the Kra government[
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Dhaka info

Issuing a statement privately yesterday and publicly coming out today, Amir Hakeen has declared that all trade will cease between Kra and Dhaka, Amir Hakeen explained that,
"The ruling class of Malaysians thumps the poor Thai majority, Kra only seeks wealth and power, he isn't a true advocate for democracy or his people, the Thai people are giving no autonomy, no rights, no dignity and respect, they are simply used as cattle to be milked for the minority, I, myself, can not bear the thought of helping such totalitarian governments such as Kra, this is why I have made this decision, there will be no business between either country, there will be no attempts to seek a political agreement, we fought our way for freedom and we must preserve freedom. "
Chief of army staff Aziz Ahmed continued,
"To protect our trade links with other countries in the Pacific we will be sending convoys with any commercial shipping surrounding South East Asia. Any attempt of aggression or blockade of our trade links will result in cooperation with Siam and Zhen Dynasty, we must preserve freedom in this continent, and defend any regime that wishes to crush it."

[Air strikes given green light against SUF
Dhaka info
The board of Home defense has given approval by the Bengal Air force to begin strikes against military positions and hideouts in urban zones, the Sunni United Front who gained traction in late 2019, has currently taken most district of Rangpur, Amir Hakeen is taking urgent action against this threat as he sees this as a direct parallel to everything the nation stands for, home defense gave its reasoning to the public as an immediate threat,

"The Sunni United Front has expanded rapidly and currently has nearly 15 million people under its rule, we can not tolerate our citizens being oppressed by a reactionary salafist regime that is currently enacting massacres against anyone who steps out of line. SUF has exploited the terrain for its millais to cause great casualties against any ground invasion and slowed down our efforts, this is why we must commit more urgent measures. "
Currently, the districts not under the SUF are being heavily fortified and are in constant engagement by the SUF. The airforce will primarily use Mikoyan MG 29, and the recently bought Sino J-10s, the locations of the strikes have not yet been released, however, they have stated that civilian areas may be targeted, however secret warnings will be issued before the actual strike, and humanitarian relief packages will be dropped, Bangladesh promises to pay for all damage caused by the strikes and will promise economic assistance to those affected, however the government does say it will keep the amount of civilian targets low and attempt to preserve as much as possible. Intel has reported however that stability is starting to weaken as supplies are being starved out, the government hopes that these strikes will end the war far quicker and not result in disasters such as Syria. However, arguably one of the most shocking news is that Qatar allegedly has been in connection with the terrorist group, smuggling weapons, food, advisors and some man power, whilst Qatar has denied being in connection with the SUF Bangladesh has decided to join with the Qatar Embargo lead by the Saudi government. Bangladesh has also announced that all migrants from Qatar must leave, citing Qatar supporting SUF and the "terrible maltreatment of migrants in terms of females and builders."

[Election date revealed]
Dhaka info
Due to complications of the Coronavirus and the scramble for a new leader of opposition, the election had for the time being remained silent, as a clear date had not yet been stated, however, Parliament has finally settled on an election date of the 16th of August, honouring the independence of Bangladesh from British imperialism.

[Sharia law legitimised in Islamic circles
After heavy debate between the Government and Islamic scholars, Bangladesh has decided to legalise Sharia law in Islamic circles, such as divorce and allocation of wealth of a deceased person, and some crimes such as looting, however the government has committed alterations of Sharia law to modernise it, these includes striking the female witnesses counting as half of a male, females having less in inheritance, divorce being allowed by both genders, and the less punitive system of punishments. This has stirred some controversial issues as some in the party believe that Sharia law is reactionary and should only be practiced personally, some radical Muslims still advocate for a non Secular state, however most moderate scholars and much of the public are content with this, some have speculated the government did this to ease Islamic rejection, which had been causing issues in the past.

[Awakening of Dhaka]
Dhaka info

Amir Hakeen has, from mid 2019 to today expressed one of his greatest ideals for Bangladesh, for Dhaka to become an 'Asian wonder', Dhaka, whilst still a city to be reckoned with, has felt, according to the Social Democrat party never truly shined as much as it could, it's powerful, but as powerful as neighbouring cities, Amir Hakeen once said to his cabinet,
"Look at Dhaka, and look mere rivers away from cities such as Kolkata, we have to stand out, my dream is, for Dhaka to become the next Singapore, think of the great cities of Asia, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, New Delhi, Tehran, we have to make changes."
And now, it has begun to leave the realm of theory as Bangladesh has begun a huge a huge destruction and construction campaign, starting with more high end apartment buildings, Bangladesh is also announcing a uniform quality apartment buildings for the working class, similar to the likes of the USSR, in an extremely expensive move, opening new Business zones and beginning the foundation on highly polished business centres, of which will be inspired by the famous Bengal architect Fazlur Rahman Khan, Dhaka has also begun a city wide mission to have by 2030 to have 85% of Dhaka access to safe drinking water, in cooperation with the national goal to get 85% of Bangladesh access to get safe drinking water by 2040, Bangladesh has begun opening more treatment plants, attempting to find ways of self sufficient water instead of getting imports from India and China, tightening quality control, cracking down along with the WHO arsenic containment, finding better solutions to store water so seasons do not massively effect the water, and going after TNCs that may be causing local water shortages such as Nestle. Dhaka has also begun to heavily invest in renewable energy, which will be supported by the Bangladesh ministry of Science and technology, and the Bangladesh ministry of fuel and energy, currently, 80% of Dhaka uses oil, natural gases, and coal, by 2050 however, with an alliance also with the green plan and campaigns against climate change, only 30% of Dhaka will rely on these non renewable resources, there is possible discussion to build a second dam along the dam to be used for Dhaka city, wind farms, whilst not the best solution, will for the short term give Dhaka a breath, however, the strongest lead right now is Dhaka's own green plan, allocating much of its revenue to the construction of nuclear power plants and coordinating with the government to open new Uranium enrichment plants, Bangladesh, in general, will also start opening more uranium mines exporting the necessary technologies to do so, both the ministry of Science and technology and the ministry of fuel and energy will spend a large sum of its research studying Uranium, Bangladesh is believed to have a decent amount of uranium to be able to be dependent on it, Bangladesh and Dhaka assures that several health and safety measures will be put in place, and exclaimed by responsible Yeafesh Osman, "Events such as Chernobyl and Three Mile Island were a tragedy, and an anomaly, we have made great strives in nuclear energy in the 21st century, so the chances of a meltdown or an fatal miscalculation are extremely low."
Dhaka, whilst showing some interest in Thorium, an alternative nuclear energy, is not willing to invest finances into it.

In accordance with these goals, both the Southern and Northern Dhaka Cooperation has ceased to exist, instead, it will be replaced with the inner authority of Dhaka City, which, whilst having high autonomy, will not be self governed. The former mayor of these Cooperations ons will still remain in contact with the government, with the Southern Mayor being temporarily mayor, an election will soon be held 'when appropriate'.

[Our Indigenous]
Dhaka info
Commonly, dangerously even underrepresented and misunderstood in other parts of the world, many natives of many countries face suppression, negligence, stereotypes, lack of respect, and little say of their own land, from Manifest destiny to the chaos of Modern day South America, where there has to be natives, there has been colonialism, however Bangladesh and the Social democrat party are keen to stand out, and to embarrass and intimidate those who step in the way of harmony between the Bengal people and the natives. In a common brotherhood of struggle against the British, Amir Hakeen is determined to be one of the leading countries of unity with natives, at the turn of the 21st century Bangladesh officially joined the IWGIA, an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to the rights, protection and promotion of Indigenous people. Soon after, in 2002, Indigenous tribes were given full self autonomy in local areas, Bangladesh also promised military and humanitarian aid, in 2005, Bangladesh began clamping down on native stereotypes and stigma, especially in the media, as several bengali supremacy groups were squandered, and recently, for the first time, 6 Indigenous people, mostly of Chakna and Tribula origin will hold seats in parliament, and will typically be reserved for natives, this, has been in accordance with other progression from the Social democrat party, as tribes were given their own election districts to better diversity voting and more accurately represent future elections, natives were given some sense of own law, however reactionary ones will be combated, in an second wave from 2005, hate speech and stereotypes against Natives will be reposed harshly by the government, and, in order to have a less invasive way of monitoring the tribes, Bangladesh has adopted the Brazilian doctrine of using drones, several natural reserves have also been put in place so as to not drastically affect their homeland, strictly prohibiting logging, commercial construction, gold surfing and more.

Warning! This is an experimental character RP that is different to the usual news format, the RP may lose quality or seem out of place.

The officer came into Amir Hakeen's office, seeing the usual sight, his desk, filled8 with signed contracts, telegrams, letters that had frayed on its borders, and the Bengal flag that had an warm hue to it as the glistening Bengal sun made its presence in the office clear, next to it, hills upon hills of fresh scrunched up paper overflowing the recycling bin, and finally, Amir Hakeen himself, in an black, sharp, cool suit with his hair somewhat in disarray, his back towards the entire office as he absorbed the Bangladesh landscape through the large glass panels, as he held a melted cool glass of rum, it had been clear that Amir, once again, stayed overnight, he wasn't absence from his home life, he always tried to keep an healthy balance, but one could very easily call him and workaholic. His brain seemed to be wire so every nerve shouted a new abstract idea that he surely, could not waste or forget, why, he always drank depressants when he was tired, was seemingly something to point to this, he had his own eccentric beliefs and views. As to not cause a shock in hakeen the former junior once made, he simply waited until Hakeen realised someone had entered before given a go to talk.

"Yes?" Hakeen eventually said through his horse, yet still excited voice,

"Hakeen, (it should be noted, he always was distant to not using personal ways to refer to himself) a man by the name of Sadiq-"

"Turk? Christ. You know what, send him in, but tell him I don't know how many times I can politely shut him down."

The officer's head soon popped off as Hakeen downed the last of his rum, before slouching on his armchair, perhaps, he figured, he could get 2.5 minutes of sleep.
But, alas this proved fruitless as in a blink of an eye Turk stood dominantly and distinctively, as if coming out of nowhere, Turk was, an odd, nearly cliche looking character. Like a Sunday newspaper villain, which strangely, only added to his fearful looks, he wore an black overcoat that counseled much of himself, he wore lifeless colourless trousers, he had several fold and wrinkles of his face yet seemed somewhat ageless, providing an uncanny effect, he won gold rimmed glasses that reflected onto his tired, yet precise eyes, and a wore a feathered top hat, that he had grown increasing pride in, he was almost comical, almost. Hakeen soon leaned forward from his arm chair, his eye twitching a bit from tiredness in both ways,

"Just the person I wanted to see…"
"Your comedy always amuses me, your president."
"Well then, I think you know what my response to your proposal is."
"Well, I can visibly see you are irritated, but you should never simply let go of an opportunity, an branch, my idea could be a tree. You must preserve through a seemingly dead tree and watch it potentially blossom and effect the entire atmosphere, it could be a game changer, my friend."
"Well, my friend, your villainous schemes are humorous,"
"And how, my dear Hakeen, could you reach your goals then?"

Goals. Goals? What goals? Hakeen was taken aback by this development, Hakeen had a lot of goals, although, Hakeen feared, that this Turk figure, knew one of his darker goals. Hakeen, whilst masking it well enough to the public eye, loved power. He truly had good intentions, but the idea of power, like many ideas, never could go away. Hakeen never truly tried battling the idea, it was just an idea, a suggestive nudge, it never had any true harm, that is, that Hakeen wanted to be life ruler. Hakeen wanted to make sure that Bangladesh could be his utopia, but now, the nevers shot up, could Turk somehow know of this? And… admittedly, why was the idea that much more enticing? However, he attempted to play it off coolly,
"My, goals? I have a lot of them. Shall I list them? Sit, I have a long list."
Turk chuckled, almost cackling,
"Oh, but don't play foolish."
"Foolish of what?"
Turk disappointedly looked down at Hakeen,
"You want more power, far, far more power then you currently do."
Hakeen remained frozen for a noticeable amount of time, the idea suddenly gained a mouth of its own and began whispering at him, Hakeen's constantly working rush of ideas now seem to backfire, all Hakeen could do was quiver, and look at the Golden Bengal flag,
Turk smiled in a sardonic way,
"Oh, but do not be ashamed. Every leader desires it, no? You can't help it, it's just a part of being a good leader. In fact, I wholeheartedly support it. Sometimes a parent must have control of their child, this dynamic is no different to a country and its leader, correct?"

Hakeen silently shuffled in his seat,

"Now, my plans is blossoming for you, the beautiful pink is starting to shine in the Bengal sun, just, for the sake of the idea, think about it. You know I have the resources, the influence, the control to pull off your goals. You're already working towards it, "
They both looked towards the censored Dhaka info edition,
" So answer me, are you willing to take me up?"
Hakeen, finally composing himself, coldly and firmly stated,
"No, now please, get out of my office."
Turk soon dropped his smile, muttered something under his breath before leaving.

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