Map of countries and territories with current diplomatic missions of Bangladesh
  People's Republic of Bangladesh
  Hosts a Bangladeshi embassy/high commission

The People's Republic of Bangladesh has a growing number of diplomatic and consular missions around the world. As of 2022, it has over 82 missions around the world, with 59 being embassies or high commissions; 20 being consular missions; and two permanent missions to the United Nations in New York City and Geneva.[1]

As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Bangladeshi diplomatic missions in the capital cities of fellow Commonwealth countries are known as "High Commissions" instead of Embassies. In some cities of Commonwealth countries, Bangladeshi consular missions are called "Assistant High Commissions" or "Deputy High Commissions".

History

The first diplomatic mission of modern Bangladesh was founded in Kolkata on 18 April 1971 after M Hossain Ali, the deputy high commissioner of Pakistan, and the other ethnic Bengali staff at the mission defected to the Bangladeshi provisional government amidst a spate of similar defections around the world during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Although it was not officially recognized by India at the time, it was allowed to function under Bangladeshi control.[2] Another mission in New Delhi was opened ten days later with the knowledge of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.[3] Later that year, offices similar to trade missions were opened in countries such as the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and Romania to represent Bangladesh until the country gained diplomatic recognition.[4]

In recent years, the Awami League party led government has decided to expand the country's diplomatic network to increase international trade and better serve Bangladeshis abroad, with plans to open over twenty new missions by the end of 2021 and add over thirty diplomatic missions by 2024.[5][6]

Current missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
Algeria Algiers Embassy 1973[lower-alpha 1]
Countries:
 [7][8][9]
Egypt Cairo Embassy 1973
Countries:
 [7][10]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy 2016
Countries:
 [7][11]
Kenya Nairobi High Commission 1978
Countries:
 [7][12]
Libya Tripoli Embassy 1975
Countries:
 [7][13][14]
Mauritius Port Louis High Commission 2012
Countries:
 [7][15]
Morocco Rabat Embassy 1990 [7]
Nigeria Abuja High Commission 2016
Countries:
 [7][16]
South Africa Pretoria High Commission 1995
Countries:
 [7][17][18][19][20]
 Sudan Khartoum Embassy 1972 [21]

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
Brazil Brasilia Embassy 2012
Countries:
 [22][23][24][25]
Canada Ottawa High Commission 1972
International organizations:
 [22][26][27][28][29]
Toronto Consulate-General 2018 [22][30]
Mexico Mexico City Embassy 2012
Countries:
 [22][31][32]
United States Washington, D.C. Embassy 1972
International organizations:
 [22][33][34]
Los Angeles Consulate-General 1994 [22]
Miami Consulate-General 2021 [22]
New York City Consulate-General 1990 [22]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
 Bahrain Manama Embassy 1983 [35]
Bhutan Thimphu Embassy 1980 [36]
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan High Commission 1985[lower-alpha 4] [37]
China Beijing Embassy 1976 [38]
Hong Kong Consulate-General 1976 [38]
Kunming Consulate-General 2013 [38]
India New Delhi High Commission 1972 [36]
Chennai Deputy High Commission [39]
Kolkata Deputy High Commission 1971 [36][40]
Mumbai Deputy High Commission 2013 [36]
Agartala Assistant High Commission 2015[lower-alpha 5] [36][41]
Guwahati Assistant High Commission 2017 [36][42]
Indonesia Jakarta Embassy 1972 [37]
Iran Tehran Embassy 1974
Countries:
 [35][43][44]
Iraq Baghdad Embassy 1973[lower-alpha 6] [35]
Japan Tokyo Embassy 1972 [38]
Jordan Amman Embassy 1998
Countries:
 [35][45][46]
Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy 1974 [35]
Lebanon Beirut Embassy 2013 [35]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur High Commission [37]
Maldives Malé High Commission 1998 [36]
Myanmar Yangon Embassy 1972 [37]
Sittwe Consulate 1972 [37]
Nepal Kathmandu Embassy 1971 [36]
Oman Muscat Embassy 1983 [35]
Pakistan Islamabad High Commission 1976 [36]
Karachi Deputy High Commission 1976 [36]
Philippines Manila Embassy 1981 [37]
Qatar Doha Embassy 1975 [35]
Saudi Arabia Riyadh[lower-alpha 7] Embassy 1976
Countries:
International organizations:
 [35][47]
Jeddah Consulate-General 1985 [35]
Singapore Singapore High Commission 1983[lower-alpha 8] [37][48]
South Korea Seoul Embassy 1987 [38]
Sri Lanka Colombo High Commission 1972 [36]
Thailand Bangkok Embassy 1975
Countries:
International organizations:
 [37][49]
Turkey Ankara Embassy 1977
Countries:
 [50][51]
Istanbul Consulate-General 2012 [50]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy 1974 [35]
Dubai Consulate-General 1980 [35]
 Uzbekistan Tashkent Embassy 1996 [50][52]
Vietnam Hanoi Embassy 1993
Countries:
 [37][53]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
Austria Vienna Embassy 2014
Countries:
 [54][55]
 Belgium Brussels Embassy 1973
Countries:
International organizations:
 [54]
Denmark Copenhagen Embassy 2015
Countries:
 [54]
France Paris Embassy 1972
Countries:
International organizations:
 [54][56]
Germany Berlin Embassy 1972
Countries:
 [54][57]
Greece Athens Embassy 2009
Countries:
 [54][58]
Italy Rome Embassy 1973
Countries:
 [54][59]
Milan Consulate-General 2011 [54]
Netherlands The Hague Embassy 1995 [54][60]
Poland Warsaw Embassy 1972[lower-alpha 9]
Countries:
 [50][61][62][63]
Portugal Lisbon Embassy 2012
Countries:
 [54][64]
Romania Bucharest Embassy 1975[lower-alpha 10]
Countries:
 [50][65][66][67][68]
Russia Moscow Embassy 1972
Countries:
 [50][69][70]
Spain Madrid Embassy 1996 [54]
 Sweden Stockholm Embassy 1972
Countries:
 [54][71]
United Kingdom London High Commission 1972
Countries:
International organizations:
 [54][72]
Birmingham Assistant High Commission 1974 [54]
Manchester Assistant High Commission 1973 [54]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
Australia Canberra High Commission 1972
Countries:
 [38][73]
Sydney Consulate-General 2018 [38][74]

Multilateral organisations

Organization Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
 United Nations United States New York City Permanent Mission 1972
Countries:
 [75]
Switzerland Geneva Permanent Mission 1972
Countries:
 [76]

Closed missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Senegal Dakar Embassy Unknown [77]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade Embassy 1992 [78]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Closed from 1993 to 2016.
  2. ↑ Accredited as an observer mission.
  3. ↑ Accredited as an observer mission.
  4. ↑ Closed between 1988 and 1997.
  5. ↑ Originally opened as a visa office in 1974.
  6. ↑ Reopened in 2010.
  7. ↑ Moved from Jeddah
  8. ↑ Started as trade mission in 1972; upgraded into a high commission in 1983.
  9. ↑ Closed from 2002 to 2015.
  10. ↑ Closed from 1995 to 2019.

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  3. ↑ "Role of MOFA in Liberation War". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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  9. ↑ Eulalia Amabo (7 December 2022). "Cameroon-Bangladesh : High Commissioner Hands Credentials". Cameroon Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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