Dhaka to open diplomatic station in Chennai

Bangladesh will soon open a new diplomatic station in Chennai. Official sources from Bangladesh said on Monday that the new post was likely to focus on medical tourism and educational centres that drew thousands of Bangladesh citizens to India every year.

“The main focus of the new diplomatic station in Chennai will be to address the needs of Bangladeshi citizens who visit India for medical and educational purposes. Medical treatment, especially super-specialty treatment of kidney, eye and neurological issues available in southern India, is the best in the region, which draws our citizens to India in large numbers. This has helped build a strong people-to-people bond,” said a diplomatic source from Bangladesh. The decision to open the new station in Chennai, said the official, was taken on Monday during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

“We are opening 17 new diplomatic missions across the world, including the new one in Chennai,” said the official, highlighting that the decision on Chennai was part of a bilateral agreement between India and Bangladesh.