Norway keens to Rajshahi city’s development: Envoy

RAJSHAHI, Feb 20: Norwegian Ambassador in Bangladesh Sidsel Bleken has assured that her country's cooperation to development of Rajshahi city will remain in the days ahead.
The envoy made this assurance while on a courtesy call to Mayor of Rajshahi AHM Khairuzzaman Liton at his later's city bhaban office here today.
Sidsel Bleken said existing relation between Bangladesh and Norway is long-lasting. People of Norway's Kristiansand city are well-known about Rajshahi city. There is also a Kristiansand-Rajshahi City Friendship committee. Bilateral relation between the countries will be strengthened in the years to come. "We will remain with development of Rajshahi", she added.
According to the meeting, the friendship between the two cities was established in 1979 to mark the date back to the War of Liberation when a Kristiansand photojournalist covered many incidents in Rajshahi and other regions. It is learnt, Kristiansand city authority took Rajshahi as a sister city of Kristiansand.
To mark the friendship, a 100-foot by 10-foot mural featuring various aspects of Bangladesh's history and culture was also installed at Kristiansand city in Norway.    -BSS