The Dhaka Times Desk When there are no end of complaints surrounding several Bangladesh embassies in different parts of the world, terrible scandals and even hundreds of passports disappearing, when the unlimited suffering of expatriates in different countries due to the violence of a powerful syndicate of organized brokers, when many missions are not free from corruption, then the ancient Greek civilization Ambassador Gholam Mohammad lit the lamp of hope in Athens. A 71-year-old freedom fighter, this professional diplomat has been serving at the Bangladesh Embassy in the capital of Greece since February 2013.
Gholam Mohammad was posted to Greece from distant Indonesia at a time when the Bangladesh embassy in Athens had become a haven for fraud and looting by organized broker-syndicate circles. With the direct connivance of the officials in charge, the brokers' circle established inside and outside the embassies a lucrative business of millions of euros including passport PCs, buying and selling, issuing certificates. Day by day, the expatriate's anger is increasing around Bangladesh Embassy, the arena of terrible corruption. Innocent expatriates were taken as hostages and within a short period of time, many of them became banana plants.
Ghulam Mohammad, a courageous ambassador with experience in rooting out problems in various parts of the world, was initially praised by victims when he took charge last year and adopted a 'zero tolerance' policy, although there was a fallout in the syndicate world. The broker-syndicate circle, a partner in the multimillion-euro passport trade, spends considerable time trying to manage Ambassador Ghulam Mohammad day and night. As the years passed by, the brokers could not take advantage of the embassy, and thousands of Bangladeshis in Athens slowly regained their trust in the embassy. At one time, where there was no option of resorting to broker-syndicate to get any service of the embassy, Ambassador Gholam Mohammad opened the doors of the embassy with responsibility. From the beginning, he stood by the unfortunate Bangladeshis detained in various prisons in Greece.
In 2013, Ambassador Golam Mohammad played a historic role in getting the injured Bangladeshis legalized in Greece after the owner of the farm fired with his own hands on the innocent Bangladeshi workers who were agitating for unpaid wages in the village of Manolada, 300 kilometers from Athens. This reporter was present at the legalization ceremony of Bangladeshi workers and confirmed his groundbreaking role to the officials of the local administration. The Greek media also promoted the success of the Bangladeshi ambassador.
Despite the displeasure of the influential brokers, Ambassador Golam Mohammad became very popular among the 25 thousand Bangladeshis living in Greece. As the temptation and flattery did not work, the broker-syndicate circle became frustrated and angry, and the conspiracy started. Secret meetings were held all night in Athens, no matter what, Gholam Mohammad should be arrested and sent away from Greece. As per the plan of the kuchkris. Ambassador Golam Mohammad told this reporter that the conspirators have created something derogatory through master editing of multiple audio clips of the ambassador's speeches and personal conversations on different occasions and sent them to social media and even the foreign office of Dhaka. On the first day of the month of independence, he regretfully said, "Just as a freedom fighter does not have his back against the wall, he is no exception."
Matching words with deeds, Ambassador Gholam Mohammad has succeeded in one word in de-tarnishing the Bangladesh Embassy in Athens from being uncompromising on questions of policy. Ambassador Gholam Mohammad expressed his gratitude to all the expatriates including those who did not hesitate to cooperate with Bangladesh community in his adventurous journey. In response to a question, he also said, 'It is his duty of conscience to get involved in the welfare of the community in each country and the problems of expatriate Bangladeshis and that is why he had to be embarrassed several times in different countries.' During his tenure as Consul General in Dubai and Ambassador in Amman, he became a victim of deep conspiracy by anti-social conspirators. Ambassador Gholam Mohammad never bowed down to injustice even though he suffered several times.
Recent propaganda from Athens has on the one hand elevated Ambassador Gholam Mohammad to a more prestigious seat among the common diaspora, while on the other hand fueling the victims' hatred of the broker-syndicate cartel. Let the Bangladesh embassy be held hostage again by the broker-syndicate circle, let the embassy become a paradise of corruption again, it is not desirable today for thousands of Bangladeshis in Greece.
Information given by: Mainul Islam Nasim
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