Govt should take UAE visa issue seriously
We were greatly dismayed to hear the news that the United Arab Emirates has temporarily stopped issuing any kind of visa to Bangladeshis. Bangladesh received remittance worth around $ 12.84 billion in last fiscal year. According to the Bangladesh Ambassador to UAE, “Thrust areas of growing Bangladesh-UAE relations are the presence of over 7,00,000 Bangladeshis as the 3rd largest expatriate community in the UAE, which is also the 2nd largest Bangladeshi diaspora after Saudi Arabia, a source of remittance of about 1.5 billion US dollar from the UAE to Bangladesh each year.” So the UAE government's step is very harmful for Bangladesh. The prime minister should immediately visit the United Arab Emirates and discuss the matter of national importance with the UAE authorities. We humbly request the government to take urgent steps on the matter.
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