The home ministry on Sunday requested the foreign nationals, living and working at different organisations in Bangladesh illegally, to obtain legal residency and work permit documents.
Legal actions will be taken against those who would be found working or residing illegally, said a said a warning notice of the ministry鈥檚 Security Services Division issued on Sunday.
The notice also said that the ministry came to know from different sources that many foreign nationals were staying Bangladesh illegally.
The home adviser, retired lieutenant general Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, on the day said, 鈥楴o foreigners will be allowed to stay in Bangladesh illegally鈥�. We do not have any statistics how many foreigners staying in Bangladesh illegally from which countries.鈥�
He said this while responding to journalists at a briefing at the secretariat after holding law on order meeting on Christmas Day and the thirty-first night.
He said that, after receiving total statistics, they would impose timeframe for foreign nationals to be regular.
鈥楤order is on alert at all places. Sylhet and Benapole borders are no longer on alert alone,鈥� said Jahangir when he was asked about the tension between India and Bangladesh along border.
He said that none would be allowed to enter Bangladesh illegally through borders.
鈥業t is not for now but for anytime,鈥� he vowed.
He urged journalists to combat against Indian propaganda through news.