The government on Thursday said the six Bangladesh envoys, who have been asked to return home immediately, are actually going on retirement in December this year.

“They have been recalled as part of their retirement process,” Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told reporters at a media briefing at the Foreign Service Academy.

CA’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam and Deputy Press Secretary Apurba Jahangir were also present.

Azad said the six envoys are scheduled to go on retirement in December and they will go on Post Retirement Leave (PRL).

5 more envoys asked to return, inc. from Delhi

The government 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 on October 1.

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.

7 Bangladesh envoys asked to return home

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

Earlier, on September 29, Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) Saida Muna Tasneem was asked to return to Dhaka immediately.