The government has decided to appoint Nahida Sobhan, currently serving as the director general of United Nations wing of Foreign Ministry Affairs, as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to Jordan.
She is the first ever female ambassador of Bangladesh to be posted in the Middle East region, said a press release of Foreign Ministry in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports BSS.
Nahida, ambassador-designate to Jordan, is a career foreign service officer belonging to 15th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre.
In her distinguished diplomatic career, she served in various capacities at Bangladesh Missions in Rome, Kolkata and Geneva.
Nahida Sobhan obtained her Master of Arts (MA) degree in English Literature from Dhaka University.
