Who has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India?

Bangladesh's Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam has been appointed as the next High Commissioner to India, and India has granted formal *agrément* for his appointment. Siam, an officer of the 1995 batch, has previously served as an ambassador to the US, while the current High Commissioner, M. Riaz Hamidullah, will assume the role of Permanent Representative to the United Nations office in Geneva.