The government has cancelled the contractual appointment of Md Shahidul Islam, the ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States.
The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard on Thursday.
It is said in the notification, in view of the application of Md Shahidul Islam, a retired officer of BCS foreign cadre, the contractual appointment made by the government with him has been terminated from September 1.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on July 13 that it has been decided to appoint Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muhammad Imran as the next ambassador to the USA.
Md Shahidul Islam was a career foreign service officer belonging to the 1985 batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service foreign affairs cadre.
It was a contractual appointment as he went on retirement from regular Foreign Service in June 2020.
He, earlier, served as ambassador of Bangladesh to South Korea and France.