Reshuffle in Bangladesh missions abroad

The government has made reshuffles in some Bangladesh missions abroad and the foreign ministry through transfers and fresh appointments.

Officials said Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury, deputy high commissioner at the High Commission in New Delhi, was transferred to the embassy in Beijing as deputy ambassador.

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ATM Rokebul Haque, counsellor at the permanent mission in the United Nations, New York, has been appointed as the deputy high commissioner in New Delhi.

Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata, Zokey Ahad, has been transferred to Kunming in China as consul-general at the consulate general, Kunming.

Zokey joined the deputy high commission in Kolkata in November 2014, replacing Md Daud Ali, who has been asked to join the foreign ministry.

Toufique Hasan, counsellor at the embassy in Washington DC, USA was transferred to the mission in Kolkata as its deputy high commissioner.

Meanwhile, the foreign ministry has appointed Rahat Bin Zaman, director of the South Asia wing at the foreign ministry as counsellor at the embassy and permanent mission of Bangladesh to the UN offices and other international organisations in Vienna, Austria.