DHAKA, June 26, 2024 (BSS) - The government has appointed Tareq Md Ariful Islam, the serving Bangladesh Envoy to Sri Lanka, as the new permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) offices in Geneva.

 
Tareq is going to succeed Ambassador Mohammad Sufiur Rahman in this capacity, a foreign ministry press release said here today.

Tareq, a career diplomat belonging to the 17th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs Cadre, joined the service in 1998.
 
Prior to taking up the current position in November 2020, he was serving as the Deputy Permanent Representative in the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, the press release said.
 
Tareq had another stint (from 2005 to 2009) in the New York Permanent Mission as First Secretary initially, and later as Counsellor.

He also served the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, India (2009-2012) as counsellor.

At the headquarters, he served as Director General (South Asia Wing) and before that in various other capacities.
 
Tareq obtained a Masters of Diplomacy and Trade degree from Monash University, Australia and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), added the press release.