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It is a different feeling to become Australian citizen in the Australia Day

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Thousands of migrants have taken the pledge at citizenship ceremonies held around the country on Australia Day this year. Bangla-speaking Mr Tony Stephen Gomes along with his daughter Ernestina Teresa Gomes among them. Mr Tony Stephen Gomes spoke to SBS Bangla.

Updated 28/01/2020

By Abu Arefin

Presented by Abu Arefin

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Four-year-old Bella Adlan receives her citizenship certificate and flag in Newcastle

অস্ট্রেলিয়ান নাগরিকত্বের চাহিদা কমে যাচ্ছে

'অস্ট্রেলিয়া ডে' কেন তাৎপর্যপূর্ণ আর এতে কারো আপত্তিরই বা কি আছে?

Attendees of the Australia Day parade in Melbourne in 2019

“একজন বাংলাদেশী হিসেবে আমি যেমন গর্বিত, তেমন একজন অস্ট্রেলিয়ান হিসেবেও আমি গর্বিত”

An Australian citizenship recipient poses for a photo after a citizenship ceremony on Australia Day in Brisbane, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

অস্ট্রেলিয়ার নাগরিক হবেন কীভাবে?

ভারতে নাগরিকত্ব বিতর্কে রোহিঙ্গা মুসলমানদের সঙ্গে বিরোধীরাও

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