Letter Sent to 81 Bangladeshi Missions Abroad to Avert Reserve Crisis

The Foreign Secretary has sent a letter on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the 81 missions of Bangladesh located abroad, urging them to take action to avert the crisis of the reserves.

The letter, signed by Foreign Secretary Masud bin Momen, was sent to the missions on Wednesday (June 8th). The letter instructed to make progress by June 15.

The letter instructed the mission heads to take some urgent steps to keep the remittance flow in order.

The Foreign Secretary said in the letter that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bangladesh Missions abroad have an opportunity to play an important role in maintaining the flow of remittances and consolidating the foreign exchange reserves. Missions can play a more effective role in sending foreign remittances to non-resident Bangladeshis working in different professions in different countries of the world. It is necessary to ensure good professional treatment of expatriates by regularly inspecting the offices of Scheduled Banks of Bangladesh in the areas under the jurisdiction of the missions.

The letter also said that embassies need to collect data on daily remittance remittances to the bank offices and compile a list of Bangladeshi customers to encourage expatriates to send remittances legally over the phone. Moreover, requests can also be made using the list of expatriate Bangladeshis reserved in the mission. In this case, significant individuals from the expatriate Bangladeshi community and the mission's Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, website, etc., the ambassador or the head of the mission can be broadcast video message requesting.

In the letter, the Foreign Secretary called upon the Bangladesh missions abroad to take various steps to increase the flow of remittances to Bangladesh in addition to the implementation of the above guidelines.