Ambassador Tareq Md Ariful Islam, who served as permanent representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices in Geneva, is going to be Bangladesh鈥檚 next ambassador to the United States.
The post of Bangladesh ambassador to Washington DC has remained vacant for months since ambassador Asad Alam Siam was appointed foreign secretary.
A senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday said that ambassador Tareq has moved out of Geneva to Washington DC.
Tareq served as Bangladesh envoy to Sri Lanka before his appointment as Bangladesh envoy to the UN Offices in Geneva in June 2024, succeeding ambassador Mohammad Sufiur Rahman in this capacity.
Tareq Md Ariful Islam, a career diplomat belonging to the 17th batch of the BCS, foreign affairs, joined the service in 1998.
He obtained a bachelor of science in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and a master of diplomacy and trade degree from the Monash University, Australia.
