Shocking stuff: Govt refused help on search and rescue from Britain/UN citing "national pride"
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Foreign offers to provide experienced disaster rescue teams, which could potentially have saved more lives, were turned down last week, diplomatic sources said.
Documents seen by The Daily Telegraph indicate both Bangladesh's foreign and home ministries rejected the offers because they feared that accepting aid would damage national pride The documents disclose a diplomatic campaign to persuade Bangladeshi officials to accept the assistance, and "face-saving" suggestions on keeping it low-key to avoid offending Bangladeshi sensitivities.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-collapse.html
The real reason is that the govt wanted to "protect the image of BGMEA". The lack of effort to help our own people is pretty shameful
