The government would not tolerate any negligence of officials at Bangladesh missions abroad in providing service to expatriate
Bangladeshis, foreign minister Dipu Moni said in Jeddah Tuesday.
'No negligence will be tolerated,' she told them.
Speaking at a function, hosted by Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah for launching issuance of machine readable
passports and visas, she said the officials at missions must provide
service to Bangladeshis abroad.
She said that they must provide 'quality service' even if they have limitations.
She said the government was taking action against officials at Bangladesh missions abroad on specific complaints of 'deliberate negligence' to the people.
She said, 'We will continue to take such action.'
The foreign minister also urged Bangladeshis living abroad to be 'understanding' about 'the genuine limitations' at the missions and the officials working there.
She said that the foreign ministry as well as the country's missions abroad were working with limited manpower.
She said that in many situations 'we cannot provide the service as the foreign ministry has been working with an organogram prepared
in 1982 although the
work has increased
a lot in dimension and variation in last three decades.
The foreign minister urged all Bangladeshis abroad to abide by the laws of the host countries.
She also urged Bangladeshis abroad to remain alert so that they, their friends and relatives did not earn bad name for Bangladesh.
In an oblique reference to the opposition political parties, the foreign minister also urged them to remain alert so that no 'quarter' could make adverse campaign against the country abroad.
She also requested Bangladeshis living abroad to vote and encourage others to vote for the Sundarbans to make it the world's number one natural wonder.
State minister for home Shamsul Hoque Tuku, Bangladesh ambassador to Saudi Arabia KSA M. Shahidul Islam, the consul general in Jeddah M. Nazmul Islam and director general of Immegration and Passport M Abdul Mabud also spoke.
Mabud said the government would take steps to issue machine readable passports and visas from all the 66 Bangladesh missions abroad.
The government started issuing machine readable passports on May 13, 2010.
He said the authorities would gradually replace 13 million manual passports with MRPs.
He said that with the introduction of the latest the visa issuance system, all the immigration check posts of the country would be able to verify
the authenticity of Bangladeshi visas online to check any fraudulent practice.
Source : New Age
