Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Expatriate Welfare Advisor Dr. Asif Nazrul has urged people to be wary of rumors and backbiters. He has dispelled various rumors and confusions that have recently spread on social media regarding the bringing of mobile phones by expatriates and their stay in the country.The advisor clarified these issues in a status on his verified Facebook page on Monday (December 9).Asif Nazrul wrote, "Lies about the interim government or me are nothing new. Some people are now spreading on social media that injustice and discrimination is being done to expatriates with mobile phones. I am presenting the real information about this below.Denying the information that the government will have to pay tax if it brings more than one mobile set from abroad, he said that during the Sheikh Hasina era, expatriate workers could only bring one new set with their used phone set. To increase the benefits of expatriates, the current government has allowed them to bring more (2 new) phone sets. That is, expatriate workers can bring 2 new sets with their used sets. If they bring more than 2, they will only have to pay tax for the extra one. The NBR has made this law by changing the baggage rule to provide benefits to expatriates. However, this benefit is for expatriates who have obtained a clearance from the BMET (Ministry of Expatriate Welfare). The previous rules remain applicable for others.Stating that the information that expatriates have to register their phones is also false, the Expatriate Welfare Advisor wrote that no such law has been made only for expatriates. The real information is that from December 16, anyone who starts using a new mobile phone set will have to register the set within 60 days. This applies to every person in Bangladesh. This means that it applies to all people living in the country or expatriates coming to the country. This law has been made to control kidnapping, threats, extortion, gambling in the country and abroad using illegal sets. This law has not been made to harass anyone; rather, this law has been made to avoid harassment.Urging expatriates to be careful of rumormongers and backbiters, the advisor said in his status that spreading false rumors and backbiting is a big sin in the eyes of Islam. Look where the rumors have gone: Some are spreading this unbelievable information that expatriates will be able to stay in the country for 60 days! Counter these disgusting lies.