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We asked the ministry concerned to take a pilot project to build its office building using green technology as part of the initiative. Several other lawmakers and I shared our experience of recent visit to the southern state of Karnataka and West Bengal of India where we saw offices and houses were built using green technology.

Palak has been president of the Bangladesh Carrom Federation since 2009, and vice president of the International Carrom Federation since 2011. [9]

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Zunaid Ahmed Palak
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Palak in 2023
Minister of State for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
Assumed office
19 May 2019