The government has appointed M. Allama Siddiki, currently serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to Denmark, as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Australia. High Commissioner-designate Siddiki is a career foreign service officer belonging to 10th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre. In his diplomatic career, Siddiki has served extensively in various capacities both at the Headquarters as well as in Bangladesh Missions abroad such as Tokyo, Kolkata, Islamabad and London. Also read: Sufiur Rahman appointed Bangladesh envoy to Switzerland Before Denmark, Siddiki has served as Bangladesh Ambassador to Türkiye. He has in his bag the experience of representing Bangladesh in numerous bilateral and multilateral meetings. Siddiki obtained his Honours and Masters in Public Administration from the University of Dhaka. Also read: Shahidul Karim Bangladesh's new ambassador to Denmark

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia Mohammad Sufiur Rahman has said Bangabandhu is a lighthouse and source of eternal inspiration for the freedom loving people all over the world. He made the remarks at a programme organised by the High Commission marking historic 7 March. High Commissioner Rahman highlighted the context of the historic 7 March speech and the exceptional political astuteness of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.  Read: Historic March 7 observed in Colombo Citing the speech as an epic, he illustrated that this speech captured the century long yearning for freedom of the Bangali nation. Bangabndhu provided clear directives of every step of achieving independence in this speech through civil disobedience but stopped short of unilateral declaration of independence, he added.  The High Commissioner also stressed on the importance of comprehensive research on this rousing speech on how it awakened the entire nation to fight for the rights and justice and that forever changed the fate of them. Prior to the discussion session, the historic 7 March speech was screened before the audience at the Chancery in the evening.  The distinguished community members participated in the discussion session and highlighted that Bangabandhu's speech was probably the singular speech that helped create an independent and sovereign state. Read: Bangladesh observing historic March 7 to draw inspiration from Bangabandhu’s iconic speech The programme of the day started in the morning with flag hoisting while all the officials remained present.  The messages by the President and the Prime Minister were read out.  Prime Minister’s address on the occasion of the historic 7 March was also streamed live on the Mission’s social media page for the diaspora members across Australia.