DHAKA, Sept 18, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh embassy in Washington D.C has
introduced the electronic passport (e-passport) services today for catering
to the needs of Bangladeshi diaspora in the USA.

   Ambassador of Bangladesh M Shahidul Islam and Secretary of Security
Services Division of the Home Ministry Md. Mokabbir Hossain jointly
inaugurated the services at the Embassy in Washington, a press release sad
here today.

   Islam hoped that the introduction of e-passports, in the year of 50th
anniversary of our independence and Birth Centenary of our Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, would reduce the sufferings of
Bangladeshi diaspora living all over the world.

   He emphasized the effective coordination between the Department of
Immigration and Passport (DIP) and the missions abroad for rendering optimum
services to the Bangladesh diaspora.

   The e-passport system was earlier inaugurated in the New York Consulate on
10 September and the Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington is the fourth in
line after introducing it in Berlin and Athens.