M. Shafiullah

M. Shafiullah
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya
In office
1995–2001
Succeeded byAFM Golam Hossain[1]
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

M. Shafiullah is a retired diplomat and a former ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya.[2][3] He was a Senior Research Fellow at Bangladesh Enterprise Institute.[4] He is a former Press officer of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding President of Bangladesh. He is a director of the Centre for Governance Studies, a think-tank.[5]

Early life

Shafiullah has a master's in psychology from the University of Dhaka.[6]

Career

During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, Shafiullah was stuck in West Pakistan.[6] He returned to independent Bangladesh by crossing the border with Afghanistan.[6] He served as the Press officer of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from 1972 to 1975.[6][7]

Shafiullah was the Director-General for Middle East and North Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[6] In 1991 after Saddam Hossain invaded Kuwait, he worked on repatriating 70 thousand Bangladeshi expats from Kuwait.[6]

Shafiullah was made ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya in 1995.[6] He was concurrently accredited to Malta, State of Palestine, and Tunisia.[6][8] He tried in 2001.[6] He said Afghanistan joined SAARC with the support of the United States and indirect support of India.[9]

Shafiullah was a Senior Research Fellow at Bangladesh Enterprise Institute from 2002.[6] He was the project coordinator of the Charting a Roadmap for Transition to Business-to-Business e-Commerce project of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute.[10] He praised 2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests and the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement.[11] He has been critical of Bangladesh-India relations describing it as unbalanced and in favor of India.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Golam Hossain made envoy to Libya". The Daily Star. 2000-01-13. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  2. ^ "Report on the Event of "Meet the Ambassador: Ambassador of Turkey" | CGS". cgs-bd.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  3. ^ Shafiullah, M.; Ambassador, Former; Gulshan; Dhaka (2011-03-25). "Response to article titled 'Libya Crisis'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  4. ^ Sobhan, Farooq (2004). Strengthening Cooperation and Security in South Asia Post 9/11. University Press Limited. p. 187. ISBN 978-984-05-1694-0.
  5. ^ "Board of Directors | CGS". cgs-bd.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "M. Shafiullah". cgs-bd.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  7. ^ Shafiullah, M. (5 April 2005). "The recognition story". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  8. ^ "Image of Bangladesh abroad". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  9. ^ "Inclusion of Afghanistan in SAARC: from reluctance to sudden rush". The Daily Star. 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  10. ^ "BEI". bei-bd.org. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  11. ^ "'Atmosphere not favourable yet'". The Daily Star. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  12. ^ "Cooperation, controversies mark Bangladesh-India relations: Seminar". Prothom Alo. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
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