M. Shafiullah

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M. Shafiullah is a retired diplomat and former Ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya. [1] [2] He was a Senior Research Fellow at Bangladesh Enterprise Institute. [3] He is a former Press officer of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding President of Bangladesh. He is a director of the Centre for Governance Studies, a think-tank. [4]

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Early life

Shafiullah has a master's in psychology from the University of Dhaka. [5]

Career

During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, Shafiullah was stuck in West Pakistan. [5] He returned to independent Bangladesh by crossing the border with Afghanistan. [5] He served as the Press officer of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from 1972 to 1975. [5] [6]

Shafiullah was the Director-General for Middle East and North Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [5] In 1991 after Saddam Hossain invaded Kuwait, he worked on repatriating 70 thousand Bangladeshi expats from Kuwait. [5]

Shafiullah was made ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya in 1995. [5] He was concurrently accredited to Malta, State of Palestine, and Tunisia. [5] [7] He tried in 2001. [5] He said Afghanistan joined SAARC with the support of the United States and indirect support of India. [8]

Shafiullah was a Senior Research Fellow at Bangladesh Enterprise Institute from 2002. [5] He was the project coordinator of the Charting a Roadmap for Transition to Business-to-Business e-Commerce project of the Bangladesh Enterprise Instittue. [9] He praised 2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests and the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. [10] He has been critical of Bangladesh-India relations describing it as unbalanced and in favor of India. [11]

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  1. ↑ "Report on the Event of "Meet the Ambassador: Ambassador of Turkey" | CGS". cgs-bd.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  2. ↑ Shafiullah, M.; Ambassador, Former; Gulshan; Dhaka (2011-03-25). "Response to article titled 'Libya Crisis'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  3. ↑ Sobhan, Farooq (2004). Strengthening Cooperation and Security in South Asia Post 9/11. University Press Limited. p. 187. ISBN   978-984-05-1694-0.
  4. ↑ "Board of Directors | CGS". cgs-bd.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "M. SHAFIULLAH | CGS". cgs-bd.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  6. ↑ Shafiullah, M. (5 April 2005). "The recognition story". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  7. ↑ "Image of Bangladesh abroad". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  8. ↑ "Inclusion of Afghanistan in SAARC: from reluctance to sudden rush". The Daily Star. 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  9. ↑ "BEI | Details". bei-bd.org. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  10. ↑ "'Atmosphere not favourable yet'". The Daily Star. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  11. ↑ "Cooperation, controversies mark Bangladesh-India relations: Seminar". Prothom Alo . 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
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