Md Tauhedul Islam is a Bangladeshi diplomat and writer and currently the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Brazil, Argentina,Uruguay,Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela. Earlier he was the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore and East Timor. [1] [2] [3]
Islam completed an MBBS. [4] He later completed a masters in diplomacy at the University of Oxford. [4] He completed another masters in defence studies at the National Defense College. [4] He has a PhD in climate change at the University of Dhaka. [5]
Islam joined the 17th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service as a foreign service cadre in 1998. [5] [6] He came first in the recruitment exam, by topping the combined merit list of BCS Examination. [6]
Islam has served in diplomatic outposts in Los Angeles and Jakarta. [4] Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013. [4] [6] In January 2014, Islam,was made Bangladesh Consul General in Milan,Italy.
Islam was promoted as a Director-General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2016. [6] He was then appointed Consul General of Bangladesh in Kunming. [4] [6] He helped organize the Bangladesh-China Youth Camp 2019 at the Yunnan University. [7] He said that 4000 out of ten thousand Bangladesh students in China were studying in Yunnan University. [7]
Islam was appointed High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore on 29 September 2020. [4] He organized a joint concert with India to celebrate 50 years of friendship between the two countries. [8] [9] Ignoring lobbying and coocked stories and criticism against Mr. Islam from the aspirant rivals in the Ministry, AK Abdul Momen, promoted Mr. Islam to the rank of Additional Foreign Secretary and planned to post him in a critically important country. [10] The then Foreign Minister, Dr. Momen said all allegations against Islam were plotted by a vested group to mallign his brilliant career and all of those were proven false. [10] Momen called Islam, "He is a very good officer. He is very bright and intelligent. He is a doer. He is a performer. ,". [10]
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government it was alleged that, a few low-ranking officers tilted to the previous government plotted against him in 2014 in Milan to sabotage his career. [5] But Mr. Islam came with flying colours from all odds and established himself as a symbol of struggle, integrity and meritocracy, for which he is revered by the fellow colleagues in the Ministry and across the country.
Mr. Islam is a prolific writer- a novelist, poet and lyricist. Amongst his novels, These happen in this world, Munia has died, Second Marriage of Rabi, Father, Secret Diaries of Tagores etc. are well cited. For Novel, Islam was awarded International Tagore Award. He is an enlisted lyricist in Bangladesh Radio. Amongst his lyric collections, Sangit-anjali and Sangit-malika have earned critical acclaim.