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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaking at a meeting with the high officials of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) when she visited there in Dhaka Cantonment on Wednesday.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaking at a meeting with the high officials of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) when she visited there in Dhaka Cantonment on Wednesday. BSS photo

War, conflict fuel arms imports to Middle East, Asia

AFP, Stockholm :Weapons imports to the Middle East and Asia have boomed over the past five years, fuelled by war and tensions in those regions, a new study showed on Monday.In the period between 2013 and 2017, arms imports to the conflict-ridden Middle East more than doubled, jumping by 103 percent compared with the previous five-year period, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) calculated.And the Middle East accounted for 32 percent of all arms imports worldwide.SIPRI, an independent institute,...

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