The government has appointed Abida Islam, currently serving as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Republic of Korea, as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to Mexico. She will also be concurrently accredited to Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Read: Major General Shamim new Ambassador to Libya Abida Islam is a career foreign service officer who belongs to the 15th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre. She served in various capacities in Bangladesh Missions in London, Colombo, Brussels, and Kolkata in her distinguished diplomatic career, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. At the headquarters, she worked in multiple wings in different capacities. Read: Bangladesh mission in Lebanon gets new Ambassador Abida Islam obtained her Master’s degree in Sociology from Dhaka University and also another Master’s on Foreign Affairs and Trade from Monash University, Australia.

The Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in Seoul and the George Mason University Korea have signed a memorandum of cooperation.