in mid-1975 he was selected to be high commissioner in the uk, which post he took up in early 1976. his two years in london (1976–1977) saw him chairing the commonwealth conference on human ecology and development and the bangladesh government approved his recommendation that dual citizenship be permitted. many people from bangladesh were settled in the uk, whose remittances into bangladesh were an important source of foreign exchange. he pointed out that to oblige them to forgo bangladesh citizenship if they took up the benefits of british nationality was not conducive to the continued maintenance of their ties to the mother country.