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A Riyadh-based charity blacklisted by the Saudi Arabian and U.S. governments over suspicions it is funding al Qaeda is still operating normally in Bangladesh, its country director insisted on Friday. Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said it was dissolving the Riyadh-based Al-Haramain organization and would fold its assets into a new group to channel all Saudi charitable contributions abroad. In addition to winding down the charity, Saudi and U.S. officials said they would seek to block the assets of its local branches in Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the Netherlands. Full Story