Three deals signed:Daily Star

State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan and Dubai Interior Minister Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in the presence of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum at Zabil Castle in Dubai, sign an extradition treaty and one more on cooperation in security measures yesterday. Photo: PID Bangladesh and t
he United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday signed three agreements, including a deal on cooperation to fight crime. The two other deals signed are: “Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Prisoners”, and “Handing over of a piece of land for the UAE embassy in Dhaka”. The agreements were signed following a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE vice-president, prime minister, and ruler of Dubai, at Zabeel Palace in Abu Dhabi. Under the security cooperation, Bangladesh and UAE would work together to combat terrorism, halt smuggling of arms and drug, and human trafficking. Bangladesh and the UAE would also share information on various crime, criminals' background and stop malpractices in the recruitment process of manpower. The transfer of jailed prisoners is aimed at facilitating social rehabilitation of convicts in their own countries and giving them the opportunity to serve out their sentences in jails at home. If a Bangladeshi was sentenced by a court in the UAE, he or she might be transferred to serve the sentence in Bangladesh. However, death-row inmates would not have this opportunity. Advertisement As many as 1,000 Bangladeshi convicts are now in jails of the UAE. Once transferred, the convicts would be able to have visits by their families and relatives. Under the deal, repatriation costs could be shared between the two countries. The government has already allocated a plot of land in the diplomatic enclave of Gulshan in the capital for construction of the UAE embassy. Dhaka hopes the UAE would allocate a similar piece of land for the embassy of Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi and Consulate General of Bangladesh in Dubai. The “Agreement on Security Cooperation” and the “Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Prisoners” were signed by State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and UAE Interior Minister Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The agreement on the piece of land was signed by Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.