Bangladesh has appointed Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury as its 29th foreign secretary, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcing the decision in a notification on Sunday.
According to the notification issued by the ministry’s Administration Wing, Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury, secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will serve as foreign secretary until further orders.
The order will take effect immediately in the public interest, the notification stated.
Meanwhile, Asad Alam Siam, who had been serving as foreign secretary since June 20, 2025, is set to take up his new assignment as Bangladesh’s high commissioner to India.
Asad Alam Siam bid farewell to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday and formally handed over his responsibilities.
Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury is an officer of the 17th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre. He previously served as Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to Nepal.
Since joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1998, he has held various positions at Bangladesh’s high commissions in Delhi and Islamabad, the Bangladesh Consulate in New York, and the country’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.