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Princess Anne arrives today

By Staff Correspondent
Princess Anne of Britain arrives in Dhaka this afternoon on a four-day visit which will provide her an opportunity to see the activities of the UK-based Save the Children Fund ISCF) in Bangladesh.
This is the 25th year of the British NGO's operations in Bangladesh. Princess Anne is the president of the SCF.
The'Save the C hildren Fund is one ol Contain s largest in ternalional voluntary agencies conducting social sen-ice programmes in more than 50 countries in Asia, the Pacific and Caribbean regions.
Princess Anne. 44. will arrive by a regular British Airways flight at 4:05 pm. She will be received at the WIP tarmac of Zia International Airport by Foreign Minister Mostafizur Rahman and his wife.
The Princess Royal, eighth in line of succession t,o the throne, will make a courtesy call on President Abdur Rah-, mail Biswas at Bangabhavan shortly after her arrival.
the eveniaff she will be the guest of honour al a reception to lx- hosted by the British High Commissioner. Invitees from the local British community and NGO organisations will also attend the reception.
The Princess Royal will be slaying at lite Dhaka Sheraton "'■Hteltoyar visitor will fly to Said pur tomorrow by a special British aircraft being flown in for her. At Parbatipur and Saidpur. she will visit a number of community projects including the BRAC's Women Health and Development Programme. Mother and Child Health Care centres, mulberry saplings, silkworm and silk cocoon projects and a BRAC-sponsored non-formal primary education scheme.
Queen Elizabeth's only daughter will also visit the North East Fisheries Extension Project at Parbatipur to see a model fish farm, hatchery and aquaria display.
The projects are run under British aid programmes.
She will return to Dhaka in the afternoon and see some Save the Children Fund projects in Gulshan. Baridhara and Tejgaon.
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will host a quiet dinner for her tomorrow evening. Incidentally, both Begum Zia 'and Princess Anne share an August 15 birthday.
On March 8, Princess Anne is due to fly to Jessore and Khulna to see some projects run by the Save the Children; Fund.
The Princess will leave
Dhaka on March 9 for Colombo where she is expected to stay for two days.
This is the second visit of Princess Anne to Bangladesh. She was last here in 1984.
Bangladesh is the second largest recipient of British bilateral aid. In 1993, Dhaka received around Taka 330 crore (55 million pound sterling). Since independence Britain has provided Bangladesh with more than Taka 6,200 crore (700 million pounds) in aid. All assistance was in the form of grants, not requiring repayment or entailing any increase in Bangladesh's national debt.
The main thrust of British aid to Bangladesh Is on poverty alleviation, public administration reforms, human resources development, health and family planning, education and a greater role for women in the development process.