Ceremony for Bangladesh High Commissioner’s Credential Presentation in Delhi Postponed

Staff Correspondent

The scheduled ceremony for presenting credentials by Bangladesh High Commissioner Riyaz Hamidullah to Indian President Droupadi Murmu was postponed at the last moment. The event was set for May 15, Thursday, according to a source at the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi.

Along with Hamidullah, five other high commissioners or ambassadors were to present their credentials. However, Indian authorities deferred the ceremony without prior notice.

Riyaz Hamidullah assumed his role in New Delhi on April 7, succeeding former High Commissioner Mostafizur Rahman. The Bangladesh government sent an agrément for his appointment in November last year, which was accepted by India in February.

Hamidullah previously served as Bangladesh’s ambassador to the Netherlands and Sri Lanka and held key positions in Bangladesh’s permanent missions to the UN in Delhi and New York. He also worked as a director at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu and in various roles in Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, focusing on multilateral economic affairs, regional cooperation, and South and European affairs.

Hamidullah’s tenure is set to conclude in September 2029.