US Ambassdor to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena expressed concern to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairperson Sunil Kanti Bose over a fraud committed by three government officials, in a meeting at the BTRC office yesterday.
Media officials at the telecom regulatory body confirmed Mozena’s visit, but they refused to make a comment on it.
The government officials – Mahbubul Alam, deputy secretary at Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Ministry, M Shah Newaz, member (admin) of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL), and M Shahab Uddin, BTCL director – had allegedly presented fake inivitation letters to the US embassy for visa applications.
Earlier, the US embassy had requested the Foreign Ministry to take action against the accused officials.
This was Mozena’s third visit to the BRTC office, where he also addressed the ongoing satellite project. His earlier visits were about the satellite project only.
A US consulting firm named Space Partnership International is working with BTRC to build the first ever satellite – named Bangabandhu 1 – for Bangladesh. Mozena was a special guest at the agreement signing ceremony between BTRC and the consulting firm at the BTRC office.
