Bangladesh Recalls Envoy Who Banned Eid Sacrifice At Kolkata Mission

Bangladesh Recalls Envoy Who Banned Eid Sacrifice At Kolkata Mission

Bangladesh interim government cancels diplomat Shabab Bin Ahmed's Kolkata appointment after his Eid al-Adha qurbani ban directive caused backlash.

No-qurbani order at Kolkata consulate gets envoy punished by Yunus govt

The interim government of Bangladesh, led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, has cancelled diplomat Shabab bin Ahmed's posting to the consulate at Kolkata after he banned animal sacrifices on Eid sacrifices. Ahmed argued that diplomats "need to respect the customs of the host country". His ban triggered a controversy.

Know Why Bangladesh’s Deputy High Commissioner Designate To Kolkata Was Called Back To Dhaka

New Delhi: Why has senior Bangladeshi diplomat Shadab Bin Ahmed’s appointment as Deputy High Commissioner at the country’s Consulate at Kolkata in India been revoked? According to Bangladesh daily Prothom Alo, the decision is related to Ahmed’s instruction to Consular staff in Kolkata, not to sacrifice cows and goats within the premises during Eid-ul-Adha. Ahmed was to take charge as the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Kolkata in the f…

Bangladeshi envoy bans 'sacrifice of cows and goats' at Kolkata Consulate, recalled to Dhaka by Yunus government

New Delhi: The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh has cancelled the appointment of its senior diplomat, Shabab Bin Ahmed, to the Kolkata Consulate. The reason: He directed the Consulate staff to ban the “sacrifice (qurbani) of cows and goats” during Eid al-Adha or Bakrid on premise, according to a report by Prothom Alo, a leading newspaper in Dhaka. After Ahmed issued the order, it resulted in a controversy, and Foreign Office o…

Bangladesh recalls diplomat amid row over Eid Qurbani directive in Kolkata

In an unexpected reversal, Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday cancelled the previous transfer order of Shabab Bin Ahmed, a senior diplomat serving as Minister (Local) at the Bangladesh Embassy in The Hague, who was slated to take charge as the Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata by June 2. Instead of proceeding to his new diplomatic post in India, Ahmed has now been ordered to report back to the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Dhaka, a…