Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Buddha Kristi Prochar Sangha and its youth wing, especially in Chittagong, including the names of its leaders, mandate and activities, and relationship with and treatment by the authorities
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BGD32122.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Buddha Kristi Prochar Sangha and its youth wing, especially in Chittagong, including the names of its leaders, mandate and activities, and relationship with and treatment by the authorities, 1 June 1999, BGD32122.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac1b2c.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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The Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar is located at Sangah Dharmarajika, Buddhist Monastery Kamalapur, Dhaka-14 (World Fellowship of Buddhists Network n.d.), and the Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar Sangha(Youth) is located at Nava Pandit Vihar, 15, Katalganj, Chittagong 4000, Tel: 619-7777; 501-961, Fax: 225-793 (Buddhism Online n.d.). The Research Directorate was unsuccessful in contacting either organization.
No information on either the Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar nor its youth wing could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
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Unsuccessful attempts to contact 4 oral sources.
