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in June 2001 was only 1.53%. Exports rose from $ 3884m in 1995–96 to $ 6477m in 2000–2001. Investment in the social sector, (education, health etc.) increased from 21.02% of the total budget in 1995–96 to 24.7% in 2000–2001. The rate of national savings increased over the five-year period of the Awami League from 20.17 to 23.78 percent. Similarly, rate of investment increased from 19.99% in 1995–96 to 23.63% in 2000–2001. The physical infrastructure was improved and modernized. Electricity generating capacity rose from 2105 megawatts to 3600 megawatts. Rice and wheat production in 1995–96 was 190.6 m metric tons. In 2000–2001 the figure rose to 264.91 tons and for the first time in half a century, Bangladesh achieved food self- sufficiency.
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Embassy, Washington DC. On 4 August 1971, he along with his Bengali colleagues, quit the Pakistan embassy and declared allegiance to the interim Bangladesh government. He took part in organizing a Bangladesh mission in Washington DC, and mobilizing public opinion in support of Bangladesh. He also issued a bulletin to inform the international community about the progress of Bangladeshi forces in the war.
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The role of the security forces, government officials and medical personnel of
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and was imprisoned for a month. After obtaining his master's degree in economics from Dhaka
University in 1953, Kibria topped the Central Superior Services Examination of Pakistan government in 1954 and was selected for the Pakistan Foreign Service. He received training for diplomatic service at the
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After the UN assignments, Kibria returned to
Bangladesh in 1992. He started to take in interest in politics and joined Bangladesh Awami League in September as a member of the advisory council. At the same time he started writing columns on economic and political issues in the national dailies. In
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Pakistan diplomatic missions in Calcutta, Cairo, UN mission, New York, Tehran and Jakarta. He was also appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad and the Pakistan Embassy in Washington D.C. During the liberation war Kibria was serving as political counselor in the
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Political Advisor to the Awami League President. After the general election on 12 June 1996, Kibria joined the cabinet of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as Minister of Finance. He served in this capacity until the government's term expired in July 2001.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh in Dhaka as Director general of the political affairs department. He also held the post of foreign secretary in the Ministry of Administration. In January 1973, he was appointed
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Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. He was appointed the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the European office of the UN in Geneva in 1976. He returned to Bangladesh as Foreign Secretary in 1978. During this time, he authored the concept paper for
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Dhaka demanding justice. On 21 March 2005 the police charged ten people with the
Habiganj bombing. Kibria's denounced the charges, alleging that they were part of a cover up to protect the real culprits. One of the accused assassins was
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V held in Manila. From May 1981 to March 1992, Kibria held the post of
Executive Secretary of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). He also assumed the additional assignment of special representative of the
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15 old and above was 47.3 percent in 1995–96; the rate went up to 64 percent in 2000. Infant mortality rate, which was 67 per thousand in 1995–96, went down in 1998 to 57 per thousand live births.
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962:"Ten charged with Bangladesh murder"
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923:Karim, Shahriar (3 February 2005).
773:"Grenades kill Bangladesh lawmaker"
771:Khalil, Tasneem (27 January 2005).
569:Bangladesh at the Crossroads (1999)
566:The Emerging New World Order (1999)
389:2001 general election of Bangladesh
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980:"Sylhet Mayor Ariful sent to jail"
925:"Protests broken up in Bangladesh"
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315:Shah Abu Muhammad Shamsul Kibria
821:"A man much missed in the land"
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175:Foreign Secretary (Bangladesh)
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559:. He authored four books –
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