Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sumon Chandra Das on Monday evening announced the construction of Expatriate Square in honour of expatriates in the Sylhet’s Bishwanath upazila.
The long-neglected square of Notun Bazar area would be turned into the Expatriate Square, he wrote over a Facebook post.
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“The currencies of different countries will be inscribed on the pillar of the square but above all will be the Bangladeshi currency”.
The monument has been designed to recognize the contribution of the expatriates.
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UNO Sumon’s alternative initiative was praised by many on social media.