Saida Muna Tasneem on Friday joined the Bangladesh High Commission in London as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom.
She succeeded Md Nazmul Quaunine as the first woman diplomat to assume responsibility of this important post in the UK, said a press release of Bangladesh High Commission in London here.
A career diplomat, Tasneem belongs to the 11th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993.
Throughout her distinguished career, she served in the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and the Bangladesh High Commission in London in various capacities. She was also the Director General for the UN and the External Publicity wings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
