Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan, Assistant Secretary General and Central Executive Council Member of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, who is visiting Japan, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Mr. Muhammad Daud Ali at the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo.
A courtesy call and exchange of views between Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan and the leaders of the mission, led by the Central President of the Islamic Mission, Japan, Mr. Hafez Saber Ahmed, was held at the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) at 11:00 AM.
Various issues related to the interests of Bangladeshis living in Japan, improving the quality of services to the people, encouraging the expatriates to send remittances, and sending more students, workers, and skilled manpower to Japan were presented with great importance in the meeting. Other matters related to the interests of the expatriates that were brought to the attention of the Honorable Ambassador are:
1) Seeking the maximum cooperation of the Embassy in sending the dead bodies back to the country.
2) Providing NID cards to the expatriates and making arrangements for exercising voting rights.
3) Making the visa process for Bangladeshis faster and easier.
4) Taking effective initiatives to bring skilled manpower from Bangladesh.
5) Taking steps to provide national identity cards to the expatriates living in Japan.
6) Taking a plan to establish a school in Japan by combining Bangladeshi and Japanese curricula and assuring cooperation.
Above all, satisfaction was expressed with the activities of the current Ambassador and the Embassy. This courtesy call and exchange of views was held in a very lively and sincere atmosphere.
Also present at the courtesy call were community leaders ATM Misbahul Kabir, Abdul Malek, Hafez Alauddin, Tokyo City President of the Mission Niamat Ullah, Vice President Sarwar Alam Joha, Secretary and Assistant Professor of Waseda University Dr. Mehedi Hasan Mahfuz, Hafez Rakib Ahmed, Fazlul Haque Pavel and business leader Mr. Sanaul Haque. Counselor and Head of Embassy Mohammad Bashir and First Secretary (Labor) Joynal Abedin were also present from the embassy.
