DHAKA, Sept 25, 2024 (BSS) - The Government has appointed Mohammad Khorshed Alam Khastagir, currently serving as the Minister (Political) and Deputy High Commissioner at the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to Poland. 

 Khastagir, a career diplomat belonging to the 20th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) cadre, joined Bangladesh Foreign Service in 2001, said a foreign ministry's press release here. 

 Prior to joining his current assignment in October 2020, he served as the Director/Director General of Europe and EU Wing and International Organisations Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2015-2019). 

In his diplomatic career, Khastagir also served as First Secretary at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (2008-2010) and as Charge d'affaires/Counsellor at the Bangladesh Embassy in Muscat, Oman (2011-2014).

Khastagir obtained an interdisciplinary Master of Marine Management (Law and Policy) degree from the Dalhousie University, Canada under the CIDA Marine Scholarship Program (2004-2005). 

Earlier, he graduated from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 

He also attended several professional development courses/training programs both at home and abroad.