DHAKA: The flags of 48 Commonwealth countries taking part in a meeting of lawmakers at a downtown venue here flapped happily in the breeze early yesterday – at least five of them upside down.
Incensed Indian officials protested firstly to journalists, then to organisers and finally to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia before the orange of their national flag was returned to its rightful position at the top of the bunting.
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