Bangladesh Time Zone UTC+06:00
 Capital City Dhaka
 Currency Bangladeshi taka
National Day 26 March
Ms. Saida Muna Tasneem arrived in London in November 2018 to take up her appointment as High
Commissioner for Bangladesh to the Court of St. James’s. She has taken up responsibility as Bangladesh
High Commissioner to the UK, Ireland and Liberia on 30th November 2018. She has also been appointed
as Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the IMO. Prior to this, Ms. Tasneem was the Bangladesh
Ambassador to Thailand and Cambodia and Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UNESCAP
from 2014-2018. Back home, she headed the United Nations Wing as well as worked as Director General
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010-2014. She also served as DG (External Publicity) of the Ministry
in 2009. Earlier Ms. Tasneem served as Minister (Political and Press) at the Bangladesh High Commission
in London and as Deputy Head of Mission and Counsellor at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the
United Nation in New York. Ms. Tasneem has served in different capacities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
including in the UN, South Asia, SAARC, BIMSTEC, Administration, Middle East and Americas and the
Pacific Wings. Ms Tasneem obtained her Bachelor degree BSC. (Engineering), Chemical Engineering at
the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and MSC (Public Policy and
Management) from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
High Commissioner Tasneem has served as an expert in a number of National Committees on security
issues including the National Defence Policy of Bangladesh Drafting Committee, Revision of Bangladesh’s
War Book, Member Secretary to the National Committee on UN Security Council Resolutions, National
Task Force on repatriation of Myanmar Refugees, National Committee on Anti-money Laundering and
Financing of Terrorism, National Task Force on Anti-money Laundering and Repatriation and served as the
Women in Development (WID) focal point for Ministry of Foreign Affairs. High Commissioner Tasneem
specializes in countering terrorism and security issues, women empowerment, climate change and
sustainable energy, migration and development, communications and public diplomacy. She takes special
interest in issues relating to the Asian and the Pacific.
High Commissioner Tasneem has been awarded the Atish Dipankar Peace Gold Medal in February 2017
for her contribution to enhancing interfaith harmony between Bangladesh and Thailand. She has also
received the prestigious Thai Red Cross Royal Decoration Order Second Class from HRH Princess
Siirindhorn of Thailand in November 2017 for her extraordinary contributions to support philanthropic works.
High Commissioner Tasneem is married to Mr. Tauhidul I Chaudhury and blessed with three sons. She
pursues readings of British colonial Bengal, theological and faith studies, philosophy, fourth industrial
revolution, leadership and sports.