5 more BD diplomats asked to come back, inc. from Delhi

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Dhaka, Oct 1 — As part of ongoing changes in Bangladesh Missions abroad, the government has asked its envoys stationed in New Delhi, Brussels, Canberra, Lisbon and Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN in New York to return to Dhaka immediately.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked them to relinquish their current responsibilities and return to the headquarters in Dhaka immediately in a notice served separately to each of them.

The ambassadors/high commissioners who have been asked to report to headquarters are: Mustafizur Rahman, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India; Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) in New York; Mahbub Hassan Saleh, ambassador of Bangladesh to Belgium; M Allama Siddiqui, Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia; and Rezina Ahmed, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Portugal.

"You have been requested to return to Dhaka, leaving your current responsibility immediately," the notification regarding the decision to transfer reads.

Earlier, Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) Saida Muna Tasneem was asked to return to Dhaka immediately. - UNB