Bangladesh finally sends high commissioner to India after Modi-Yunus meeting, reports The Hindu
Riaz Hamidullah, a 1995 batch officer of the Bangladesh Foreign Service, arrived reached New Delhi yesterday (7 April) to take charge as the new high commissioner of Bangladesh
Bangladesh has sent its new high commissioner to India just days after Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus held a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Bimstec summit in Bangkok.
Riaz Hamidullah, a 1995 batch officer of the Bangladesh Foreign Service, arrived reached New Delhi yesterday (7 April) to take charge as the new high commissioner of Bangladesh, The Hindu reports citing unnamed sources.
Hamidullah was appointed as the high commissioner of Bangladesh in India in February, but his arrival was delayed as India-Bangladesh relations had taken a nosedive, the report states.
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The Hindu says Hamidallah finally going to New Delhi hints that the meeting between Yunus and Modi was positive.
The previous high commissioner of Bangladesh, Mustafizur Rahman, who was appointed during Sheikh Hasina's tenure, served till October 2024 and ever since, the post has been vacant.
An alumnus of the Aligarh Muslim University and Dhaka University, Hamidullah was till recently secretary (West) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka.
Prior to that, he also served briefly as the foreign secretary in charge.
He has served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka and the Netherlands.
Hamidullah has previously served as director general of the Europe and the European Union Wing, and the Multilateral Economic Affairs Wing at MoFA, Dhaka.
He is known for his experience in SAARC-related affairs as he had been posted as Director at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu and was briefly posted in the Bangladesh High Commission here.
