The government has appointed Md Monirul Islam, now Bangladesh Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to African Union, as the next Bangladesh Ambassador to Egypt.    Ambassador Islam is a career foreign service officer who belongs to the 10th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre.    In his diplomatic career, Ambassador Islam served in various capacities in Bangladesh missions in Singapore, Bandar Seri Begawan, Madrid, Beijing, Ottawa and Brasilia, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday.    He served as the Bangladesh Consul General in New York and Bangladesh Ambassador to Morocco with concurrent accreditation to several West African countries.    At the headquarters, he worked in various capacities in different wings of the Foreign Ministry.    Ambassador Islam obtained his Bachelor (honours) and Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka.    He also had a Master’s degree in Foreign Affairs and Trade from the Monash University, Australia.    As a career diplomat, Ambassador Islam had professional training in Canberra, New Delhi, Hawaii and Beijing, among others, and had participated in several international conferences as a member of Bangladesh delegation.

Additional Commissioner and head of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Monirul Islam said that exemplary punishment for the perpetrators of crime  through delivery of verdict in criminal case against them in such a short time, as in the Gulshan attack case, is rare by global standards.