Washington DC, 29 June : The Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington DC organized mobile consular camps from 18-23 June in Houston and Austin of Texas. A large number of Bangladesh expatriates living in Houston, Austin and surrounding cities received various consular services such as re-issue of Machine-Readable Passports, NVR and Attestation, etc. Approximately 800 people received services from these consular camps.
Bangladesh Ambassador to USA M Shahidul Islam visited the consular camps and interacted with the service seekers. The Bangladesh diaspora in Texas expressed their gratitude to the Ambassador for arranging mobile consular camps. The Embassy, as part of its public diplomacy and welfare programs, will continue hosting mobile consular camps in different cities to facilitate consular services to the Bangladesh community.
‘Remittance, Investment & Business Promotion in Bangladesh’ Campaign Held in Atlanta, Georgia
An embassy team attended a ‘Remittance, Investment & Business Promotion in Bangladesh’ campaign recently in Atlanta, Georgia.
Bangladeshi expatriates, community leaders, representatives of the Bangladesh Association of Georgia (BAG), businessmen and entrepreneurs were present at this event. In the seminar, Bangladesh’s recent achievements under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were highlighted. Participants were also able to, in detail, learn about the benefits of investing in three major savings/investment instruments offered by the Bangladesh Government: Wage Earner Development Bond, US Dollar Investment Bond, and US Dollar Premium Bond. They were informed of the existing 2% cash incentives on conventional remittances and discussed the procedures of the opening of foreign currency (FC) accounts in Bangladesh. The participants highly appreciated this initiative and extended their sincere thanks to the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the USA and expressed their keen interest in investing on those instruments.
