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Tareq Md Ariful made Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
DHAKA, July 5 2020 (BSS) – The government has decided to appoint Tareq Md Ariful Islam, currently serving as Bangladesh deputy permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, as the next high commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka.
High Commissioner-designate Islam is a career foreign service officer belonging to the 17th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre, a foreign ministry press release said here today.
Islam had earlier served in Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, India while he worked in various capacities in different wings including as the Director-General of South Asia Wing at the headquarters in Dhaka.
He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka and Master’s degree in Diplomacy and Trade from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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