The government has appointed Muhammad Imran, currently serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, as the new High Commissioner to India.

High Commissioner designate Imran is a career foreign service officer, belonging to the 1986 batch of Bangladesh Civil Service Foreign Affairs cadre, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday.

During his distinguished career, Imran has worked in various capacities at Bangladesh Missions in Jeddah, Bonn, Berlin and Ottawa, and served as Deputy High Commissioner at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata. He also served as Ambassador of Bangladesh to Uzbekistan.

Imran obtained his MBBS degree from Mymensingh Medical College under the University of Dhaka.

He will replace Syed Muazzem Ali as the Bangladesh High Commissioner to India.