The government has extended the tenure of Md Abu Zafar as Bangladesh Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by one year on contractual basis. The Public Administration Ministry has issued a gazette notification saying the new appointment will be effective from March 1 this year or date of joining. Read:Mayor of London urged to declare 21st February as the “London Multilingual Day" Meanwhile, journalist Sabrina Karim Murshed has been appointed as the first secretary at Bangladesh High Commission in Singapore for a period of three years on contractual basis, according to separate gazette notification. Zafar, who served as Bangladesh Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Offices in Vienna, was appointed as Bangladesh Ambassador to the UAE in February, 2020. Zafar joined the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre in 1991. Read: Rear Admiral Azad new Bangladesh envoy to Maldives In his diplomatic career, he also served in Bangladesh missions in The Hague, Karachi, Los Angeles, Dubai and different wings at the headquarters in various capacities. Zafar obtained his BSc (Honours) degree in Agriculture from Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University and MBA in Banking in Finance from Preston University, the USA (Overseas Campus) as well as Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations from the International Institute of Public Administration (IIAP), Paris.

Md. Abu Zafar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has presented letter of credence to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai at Qasr Al Watan Palace in Abu Dhabi.