The Government has decided to appoint Mr. Mohammad Khorshed Alam Khastagir, currently serving as the Minister (Political) and Deputy High Commissioner at the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to Poland.
Mr. Mohammad Khorshed Alam Khastagir, a career diplomat belonging to the 20th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) cadre, joined Bangladesh Foreign Service in 2001. Prior to joining his current assignment in October 2020, he served as the Director/Director General of Europe and EU Wing and International Organisations Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2015-2019). In his diplomatic career, Mr. Khastagir also served as First Secretary at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (2008-2010) and as Charge d’affaires/Counsellor at the Bangladesh Embassy in Muscat, Oman (2011-2014).
Mr. Khastagir obtained an interdisciplinary Master of Marine Management (Law and Policy) degree from the Dalhousie University, Canada under the CIDA Marine Scholarship Program (2004-2005). Earlier he graduated from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He also attended several professional development courses/training programs both at home and abroad.
He is married to Ms. Segufta Dilshad, a faculty member of the North South University, Dhaka and the couple is blessed with a daughter.