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Kim Jong Il's Birthday Observed in Bangladesh
Pyongyang, February 20 (KCNA) -- Bangladeshi figures paid a congratulatory visit to the DPRK embassy to Bangladesh on Feb. 16, the birthday of General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

They include Dilip Barua, minister of Industries who is general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist), Rashed Khan Menon, chairman of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Bangladesh, Mujahidul Islam Selim, general secretary of the C.C., the Bangladesh Communist Party, Hasanul Huq Inu, chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Bangladesh National Socialist Party, Khaleq Zaman Bhuiyan, general secretary of the C.C., the Socialist Party of Bangladesh, and the secretary general of the Bangladesh-Korea Friendship and Solidarity Committee.

They laid a floral basket before the full-length picture of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and paid tribute to them.

They wished the Korean people greater success in their efforts to build a thriving socialist nation and achieve the reunification of the country under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.

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