Two new envoys appointed
The government decided to appoint Md Touhid Hossain, current principal of Foreign Service Academy, as the new high commissioner to South Africa and Masud Bin Momen, current Bangladesh ambassador to Italy, as the new ambassador to Japan.
Touhid, a career diplomat, belongs to the 1981 batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (Foreign Affairs) cadre.
He obtained his masters degree in history (1st class 1st) from Dhaka University and diploma in international political relations from International Institute of Public Administration, Paris, France.
He is married and blessed with two daughters.
Meanwhile, Masud is also a career diplomat, belonging to the 1985 batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) cadre.
Masud obtained his masters degree in economics from Dhaka University and another masters degree in international relations from Fletcher's School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA.
He is married and blessed with one daughter and one son, said a foreign ministry press release yesterday.
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