DHAKA, 30 March, 2021 (TON): The Royal Bhutan Embassy in Dhaka will soon have a new chancery with Bhutanese traditional architecture, as the Bangladesh government is allocating a plot at the diplomatic enclave at Baridhara, 10-minute walk away from the present embassy at Gulshan-2.

The plot for the construction is located next to the Indian Embassy.

The officials at the Bhutan Embassy said the works and the human settlement and foreign ministry have approved the drawing. Cabinet is yet to endorse it.

Officials highlighted that construction will be started as soon as the Foreign Ministry gives a green signal saying, “A Bhutanese project engineer will be deputed to ensure Bhutanese architecture and quality of the construction.”

“With the chancery construction, all the embassy staff can move in. Chancery with Bhutanese architecture can also provide better visibility,” an official said.

However, as of now, the staff lives in rented apartments around the embassy. It is likely that the present embassy will be turned in to ambassador’s residence and the government will not have to pay ambassador’s house rent thereafter.