Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- The Bangladesh Consulate in Switte, Myanmar will soon be shifted to Yangon temporarily due to the current security situation there.

"A verbal instruction has already been given. Process is underway," a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.

Other foreign missions stationed in Switte are also moving to Yangon on security grounds.

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said the process of sending back the Myanmar security forces who took shelter in Bangladesh is underway following discussions between the two countries.

He said it was not just the members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) and army who had fled to Bangladesh, there were some civilians too. And over a hundred people ...