Andalib Elias is a Bangladeshi diplomat and High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3] He is a former Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India. [4] [5] He was the director-general of the multilateral economic affairs wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [6]
Elias did his master's in economics at the University of Dhaka. He is the son of Akhteruzzaman Elias, a distinguished Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer. [7]
Elias joined the foreign affairs cadre of the 20th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service in 2001. [7] He served as the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in Geneva. [8] He was the chief negotiator of the Group of 77. [8]
Elias was the director-general of the multilateral economic affairs wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [9] He later served as the Ministry's director general of the West Europe and EU Wing. [10]
Elias was the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Kolkata. [11] He inaugurated the Global Friendship Art Festival India 2023 at the Visva-Bharati University. [11] He screened Mujib: The Making of a Nation at the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata. [12]
In June 2024, Elias was appointed High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka. [7]