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Bangladesh has also declined the invitation to the seminar taking place in Delhi on the 14th of January to honor the 150th anniversary of the existence of IMD, which was issued alongside Bangladesh’s summit proposal for travel restrictions. Mominul Islam served as Acting Director of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department and said that it was received a month ago, whereas Bangaldesh BMD’s officials will be unable to make it to the event. In accordance with Mominul’s statement, he mentioned that government funded travel is inappropriate considering the recent foreign proposal reached to Bangladesh.

IMD and its objectives

The IMD which Is set to complete, January 15 marks the date in which IMD becomes 150 years old. During the cyclone disaster in 1864 monsoons were observed recurrently leading to the failure of multiple vessels, an idea was, birthed in order to direct weather forecasting and related scientific advancements. Outlined in a seminar, various neighboring states including Pakistan have sent invitations to commemorate the anniversary, of which Bangladesh has failed to reply, however Pakistan confirmed its participation.

IMD’s history, which includes deploying India’s first message-switching computer for global data and one of the first electronic computers for meteorological purposes, is regarded as a global leader in the computer technology sphere.  

As a developing nation, India achieved an unparalleled feat by deploying its very own geostationary satellite, INSAT, which informed users about different weather patterns and cyclones on a 24 hour basis.  

Officials from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Nepal were also invited to the seminar in recognition of IMD’s achievement alongside officials from Pakistan and Bangladesh.