Md. Nazmul Quaunine

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Md. Nazmul Quaunine is a Bangladeshi diplomat and former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom. [1] [2] He is former ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates. [3]

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Kitack Lim and Nazmul Quaunine

Early life

Quaunine completed his medical degree at the Dhaka Medical College. [4] He studied Diplomacy and International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute. [5]

Career

Quaunine joined the foreign service through the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1985. [4]

Quaunine served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to United Arab Emirates. [6] Under him, the United Arab Emirates stopped issuing all visas to Bangladeshis in October 2012. [7]

In September 2016, Quaunine was appointed the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom. [5] [8] He was serving as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Indonesia. [5]

Quaunine was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand while Saida Muna Tasneem replaced him in United Kingdom. [9] [10] He was concurrently accredited as ambassador of Bangladesh to Cambodia. [11] He was the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. [12] In May 2020, he was elected chair of the 76th Commission of Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. [12]

References

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  2. "Nazmul takes over as new Bangladeshi high-commissioner to UK". Daily Sun. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  3. "Projecting the opulent cultural heritage of Bangladesh in UAE". The Daily Star. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  4. 1 2 "Nazmul Quaunine made new Bangladesh High Commissioner to UK - NsNewsWire". www.nsnewswire.com. 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  5. 1 2 3 "Nazmul Quaunine new envoy to UK". The Daily Star. 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  6. "UAE stops giving all types of visa". The Daily Star. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  7. "UAE stops giving all types of visa". The Daily Star. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  8. "Bangladesh envoy in London Quaunine presents credentials as non-resident ambassador to Ireland". Bdnews24.com . Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  9. "Nazmul Quaunine new Bangladesh envoy to Thailand". Daily Sun. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  10. "Saida Tasneem new BD envoy to UK, Nazmul Quaunine to Thailand". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  11. "Rohingya Repatriation: Bangladesh seeks Cambodia's support". The Daily Star. 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  12. 1 2 "Bangladesh elected as chair of 76th UNESCAP Session". The Business Standard. 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2025-03-08.