The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday assigned Secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique to carry out the routine works of the Foreign Secretary until further notice as the Foreign Secretary left his responsibilities.

The office order will come into effect on May 23, a senior official at the ministry told UNB, referring to the changes.

In September last year, the government appointed Md Jashim Uddin as the 27th Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh.

A career diplomat, Jashim joined Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1994.

Jashim, from the 13th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) Cadre, served extensively both at home and abroad.

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Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said there is ‘no issue of removal’ regarding Foreign Secretary Jashim Uddin but his responsibility will be changed as he desires to leave the current role.

“Actually, there is no issue of removal. He (FS) wants to leave this responsibility for various reasons. He is in the service. The responsibility will change. He will leave his current responsibility within the next couple of days,” Adviser Hossain told reporters while responding to a question at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Asad Alam Siam is likely to be the next Foreign Secretary of the country. There will be an acting Foreign Secretary until the appointment of the new a Foreign Secretary.

"There was a proposed list of three candidates," a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB on Tuesday, noting that Ambassador Siam is chosen as the senior most of the three candidates.

If there is no further change in the government’s decision, Ambassador Siam will be the 28th Foreign Secretary of the country.