Public Comment

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Name: MD EHSANUL KABIR
Date: 3 Mar 2023
Affiliation: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), GAC Member from Bangladesh
1. Overall, do the Reference LGRs meet their goal of defining Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) labels for the language or script that are suitable for the second level?
Yes
2. In your view, are there any technical changes required for any specific Reference LGRs? Please list the script or language LGR with the changes needed, reasoning why.

Yes, specific technical change is required in the Reference LGR for Bangla Script. We suggest to incorporate atomic versions of three decomposed characters in the LGR document. As there are provisions in proposal for Bangla Script, we strongly recommended that য় YYA (U+09DF), ড় RRA (U+09DC) and ঢ় RRHA (U+09DD) are to be used in Bangla LGR instead of “য”YA (U+09AF)+”়”Nukta (U+09BC), "ড"DDA (U+09A1)+”়” Nukta (U+09BC) and "ঢ"DDHA (U+09A2)+”়” Nukta (U+09BC).

3. Do you have any additional observations or suggested changes?

As a GAC member, I would like to raise a flag on the abovementioned issue on behalf of the government of Bangladesh. This issue in Reference LGRs for Bangla Script is a specific concern in the Bangla speaking community for long.

We earnestly request you to kindly consider and adopt established Bangladesh Standard on Bangla script issues. We are always ready to support ICANN, IDN and LGR team in their sincere effort and to achieve a resolution on this.

Summary of Submission

As a GAC member, a technical change is suggested to incorporate atomic versions of three decomposed characters in the Reference LGR for Bangla Script.