The government has appointed Mashfee Binte Shams as Rector of Foreign Service Academy, Bangladesh.
The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification on Monday regarding her two-year contractual appointment.
Mashfee will replace Ambassador Asad Alam Siam who joined the diplomatic service in 1995.
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She joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1991 and served as Secretary (East) of the Ministry.
Mashfee also served in Bangladesh Missions abroad in various capacities including Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal.