The Cabinet has approved a proposal to open seven new Bangladesh missions abroad in addition to clearing another proposal for giving retrospective approval to already established 17 missions abroad.
The approval came from the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Monday, reports the UNB.
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam told the reporters that the seven new Bangladesh missions will be established in Kabul, Khartoum, Freetown, Bucharest, Chennai, Sydney and Toronto.
Also Read- Dhaka to open new diplomatic missions
The other 17 Bangladesh missions, already in operation and given retrospective approval, are in Athens, Milan, Mumbai, Istanbul, Lisbon, Kunming, Beirut, Mexico City, Brasilia, Port Luis, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Vienna, Abuja, Addis Ababa, Algiers and Guwahati.
Shafiul Alam said out of these missions, four -- Bucharest, Brasilia, Warsaw and Sydney -- have been reopened freshly.