Sina Ibn Jamali, a lieutenant general who had been posted to the foreign ministry for appointment as ambassador, will return to the army, an announcement said on Monday. Gen Jamali, who had been sent to the foreign office in October last year, had served as chief of general of staff of the army before a stint as head of one of the military schools.
The government has appointed career diplomat Mosud Mannan as Bangladesh's next ambassador to Germany, the foreign ministry said in a statement Monday. He will be the first Bangladesh envoy to Germany in two years as the post of ambassador there has been lying vacant since the retirement of M Rahim.
The Bangladesh embassy in Berlin is without an ambassador for nearly two years. Germany is surprised that a developing country like Bangladesh kept its embassy without an ambassador since January 15, 2008, diplomatic sources said.
The government has appointed Muhammad Kamaluddin, former Bangladesh high commissioner to Malaysia, the ambassador to Iraq to reopen the Baghdad mission after a lapse of more than six years, a foreign ministry release said Wednesday.
The government has appointed AK Abdul Momen, an economics teacher based in the US, as the next ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York.
Dr Nim Chandra Bhowmik has been appointed ambassador to Nepal on contract basis for three years. The establishment ministry issued a circular in this regard.
The government has named Ashraf Uddin as the next ambassador to Egypt, a statement issued on Wednesday said.
The government is going to supersede about a dozen officials in appointing the next foreign secretary from a list of senior diplomats.
The government has appointed Ismat Jahan, permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, as the next ambassador to Belgium, a foreign ministry press statement said on Monday.
Ambassador of Norway in Bangladesh meets with foreign minister, Dr. Dipu Moni at her office of Foreign Ministry.
