The Department of Immigration and Passports has initiated a move to revoke the official passports of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet colleagues and former members of parliament, as both her cabinet and the 12th parliament have already been dissolved.
Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as prime minister and fled to India amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, had a valid official passport till now, the passport officials confirmed.聽聽
鈥榃e have taken a move to revoke the official passport of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others in her cabinet already dissolved with her resignation as prime minister. They are no more entitled to the official passports as per law,鈥� a senior official at the Department of Immigration and Passports told 抖阴精品 on Tuesday.
Asked about the present status of the official passport of Sheikh Hasina, the official said that the former prime minister was carrying a valid official passport and the process was under way to cancel it in a day or two.聽聽聽聽
Sheikh Hasina, now staying in India, was trying to get political asylum in some western countries, according to Indian media reports.
Official and diplomatic passport holders from Bangladesh can travel to India without visa and can stay there for a period of 45 days as per an agreement between the two countries, officials said.
A day after Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fall, president Mohammed Shahabuddin on August 6 dissolved the 12th parliament formed through the January 7 controversial general election.
Later on August 8, the interim government led by Nobel laureate professor Mohammad Yunus was formed to run the country.
