Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma has highlighted the important role of millet in ensuring food security, popularizing nutritional diet, promoting sustainable agriculture, and securing financial empowerment of farmers. He noted that Bangladesh and India have immense scope to cooperate in the exchange of knowledge, sharing of best practices, and in the research and development initiatives related to millet. The Indian High Commissioner inaugurated an exhibition on “Food Security and Importance of Millets” at the Indian Cultural Centre in Dhaka on May 21.  

The government has appointed Md Mustafizur Rahman as the country's new high commissioner to India.  Ambassador Mustafizur, now permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Offices in Geneva and ambassador to Switzerland, will replace Muhammad Imran. Mustafizur is a career foreign service officer from the 11th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre.  In his diplomatic career, he served in Bangladesh missions in Paris, New York, Geneva and Kolkata, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Mustafizur also served as the Bangladesh high commissioner to Singapore.  Read: Career diplomat Muhammad Imran named as Bangladesh ambassador to U At the headquarters, he occupied different positions – namely, at the United Nations Wing. A medical graduate from Sir Salimullah Medical College, Mustafizur obtained a master's degree in public international law from the UK's University of London and a post-graduate diploma from France's International Institute of Public Administration. 

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami on Monday laid emphasis on ensuring the best possible understanding between Bangladesh and India, as the two countries are set to take the ties to a new height.