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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has elevated three women diplomats heading various Bangladesh missions abroad to the rank of secretary. A notification to this effect was issued on Monday (12 October).
Those promoted are Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam Naureen Ahsan, Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to New Zealand Samina Naz and Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Greece Nahida Rahman Sumona. Of them, Samina Naz and Naureen Ahsan are officers of the 15th batch of the BCS (Foreign Affairs) cadre, while Nahida Rahman Sumona is from the 17th batch.
Samina Naz is serving as Bangladesh’s first resident High Commissioner to New Zealand. Before that, she was Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Vietnam and Egypt. She has also worked in various important positions in Mumbai in India, The Hague in the Netherlands, Delhi and Bangladesh’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Before joining as Ambassador in Athens, Greece, Nahida Rahman Sumona served for four years as Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam.
Naureen Ahsan, currently serving as High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam, previously held important positions at various Bangladesh missions in Pretoria, The Hague and Ottawa.
