Bangladesh recalls India envoy Mustafizur Rahman in major diplomatic reshuffle

Bangladesh’s period in-between government has recalled five envoys, including the ambassador to neighbouring India, in a first-rate diplomatic reshuffle, a foreign ministry official said on Thursday. Major political changes within the South Asian nation ushered within the period in-between government led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus after weeks of violent protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign on August 5 and flee to India.

The foreign ministry ordered envoys in Brussels, Canberra, Lisbon, New Delhi and the permanent mission to the United Nations in New York to without delay return to the capital, Dhaka, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

They were asked at hand over their responsibilities without delay and return, the official added, without elaborating. The step follows the recall of Saida Muna Tasneem, the high commissioner, or ambassador, to Britain, who became in an analogous way asked to come.

They were asked at hand over their responsibilities without delay and return, the official added, without elaborating. The step follows the recall of Saida Muna Tasneem, the high commissioner, or ambassador, to Britain, who became in an analogous way asked to come.

Minority groups in Bangladesh have made accusations of attacks on Hindus after the political changes, though the govt. says the violence became motivated by politics, now not religion.