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SAARC press briefings begin today

Star Report
A regular briefing for the press starts everyday from today (Sunday). Summit Chief Coordinator Q A M A Rahim will brief today.
SAARC summit spokesman Foreign Secretary Reaz Rahman will however brief the Press from tomorrow.
Meanwhile, some 150 foreign media correspondents are expected to cover the Seventh SAARC Summit on December 12 and 13 in Dhaka.
The largest contingent of Journalists is expected from
India, followed by Shri Lanka and Pakistan.
In all. 46 Indian newsmen have so far registered with the Dhaka authorities while the Shri Lankans number 26.
Of the 35 Journalists from Pakistan. 12 have so far enlisted their names with the government's External Publicity Department until Saturday.
Thirteen Nepalese newsmen have confirmed their arrival and two from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
Only one reporter has registered from the Maldives, the tiny island state in the Indian ^rt from newsmen from South Asian countries, all major international news agencies, radio and television networks are sending their representatives to cover the two-day SAARC summit.
However, of the 150 newsmen expected from abroad and hundreds of locals only 72 Journalists — 30 foreign and 42 locals — would be allowed to cover the opening and closing ceremonies of the summit at the International Conference Centre, officials said.
The organisers Initially planned to accommodate 50 Journalists ditrinc the two funeMcny The figure rose to 72 at the insistence of the Press Information Department (Pint
"We have tried our best to accommodate maximum number of Journalists during the inaugural and closing ceremonies." Principal Information Officer Abdur Rahim told The Dally Star Saturday.
The authorities have arranged all possible modern communication facilities for the medfamen covering the
The Sonargaon Hotel will house a round-the-clock media centre that becomes operational Wednesday. The media centre is equipped with ISD telephones, telex, fax. radio photo transmitters, typewriters and photo copiers.
The foreign photo Journalists will have access to the PID darkroom from where they can get their black and white films developed and printed free of cost. However, Journalists have to pay for colour prints.
The government has made arrangements with Sonargaon Hotel to accommodate 50 foreign Journalists, who will get their names enlisted with the External Publicity Department.