<html><body><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" class="1"><div><style type="text/css" scoped="">
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Vrinda;
panose-1:0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;
mso-font-alt:Vrinda;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:swiss;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:65539 0 0 0 1 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:roman;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-536869121 1107305727 33554432 0 415 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:swiss;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-469750017 -1040178053 9 0 511 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Vrinda;
mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;
mso-bidi-language:BN;}
.zimbra1
{mso-style-type:export-only;
mso-default-props:yes;
font-size:12.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:Vrinda;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;
mso-bidi-language:BN;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
-->
</style></div><div>Dear Friends and Media,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><!--StartFragment--><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: 'calibri',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;">Greetings from the COAST Foundation and CCNF.</span><span style="color: black;" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span></span></p> <!--StartFragment--><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: rgb(253, 252, 250);" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: #fdfcfa;"><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: rgb(253, 252, 250);" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: #fdfcfa;"><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;">Attached are the Bangla and English Press releases, along with some photos, of the roundtable titled \u201c</span><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;">COP-30: Challenges and Expectations for Small-scale Farmers and Fishers\u201d</span><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"> held </span><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: #336699;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: #336699;"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT51_com_zimbra_date">today</span></span><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"> at the </span><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;">at The Business Standard Conference room</span><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;">. We have given the title of the Press Release: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: rgb(253, 252, 250);" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: #fdfcfa;"><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: rgb(253, 252, 250);" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: #fdfcfa;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;">\u201cUpheld Small-Scale Farmers and Fishers Rights in Climate Conference\u201d</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: rgb(253, 252, 250);" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: #fdfcfa;"><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: rgb(253, 252, 250);" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: #fdfcfa;"><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;">May we request you publish this press release in your popular news <span style="background: #fffec4;" data-mce-style="background: #fffec4;">media</span> for wide circulation of the output of the seminar?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: rgb(253, 252, 250);" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: #fdfcfa;"><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: rgb(253, 252, 250);" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: #fdfcfa;"><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;">We would like to request you to please consider publishing the press release in your esteemed <span style="background: #fffec4;" data-mce-style="background: #fffec4;">media</span>. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact my colleague </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: rgb(253, 252, 250);" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: 13.8pt; background: #fdfcfa;"><span style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial', sans-serif; color: black;"> Mr. Zahidul Islam at +88 01713367401 or me. </span></p></div><div><br></div><!--EndFragment--> <!--StartFragment--><div></div><br></div></div></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div>Sincerely <br><div><strong>Mustafa Kamal Akanda (Mr)</strong> <br>Director- Administration & SR<br></div><div>COAST Foundation </div><div>Mobile & WhatsApp: +8801711455591 <br></div><a href="http://www.coastbd.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.coastbd.net,</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>