List of diplomatic missions of Bangladesh

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Bangladesh has a growing number of diplomatic and consular missions around the world. As of 2026, Bangladesh has over 83 missions around the world, of which 60 are embassies or high commissions;[1] 20 are consular missions; and two permanent missions to the United Nations in New York City and Geneva.[2]

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

Notably, Bangladesh is one of only three countries that maintain a resident embassy in the isolationist South Asian country of Bhutan.[3]

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 the future state of 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.[4] Another mission in New Delhi was opened ten days later with the knowledge of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.[5] 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.[6]

In recent years, the government had 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.[7][8]

Current missions

Africa

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Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
Algeria Algiers Embassy 1973[a]
Countries:
 [9][10][11]
Egypt Cairo Embassy 1973
Countries:
 [9][12]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy 2016
Countries:
International organizations:
 [9][13]
Kenya Nairobi High Commission 1978
Countries:
International organizations:
 [9][14][15]
Libya Tripoli Embassy 1975
Countries:
 [9][16][17]
Mauritius Port Louis High Commission 2012
Countries:
 [9][18]
Morocco Rabat Embassy 1990 [9]
Nigeria Abuja High Commission 2016
Countries:
 [9][19]
South Africa Pretoria High Commission 1995
Countries:
 [9][20][21][22][23][24]
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Americas

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Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
Brazil Brasília Embassy 2012
Countries:
 [25][26][27][28]
Canada Ottawa High Commission 1972
Countries:
International organizations:
 [25][29][30][31][32][33]
Toronto Consulate-General 2018 [25][34]
Mexico Mexico City Embassy 2012
Countries:
 [25][35][36]
United States Washington, D.C. Embassy 1972
Countries:
International organizations:
 [25][37][38][39][40]
Los Angeles Consulate-General 1994 [25]
Miami Consulate-General 2021 [25]
New York City Consulate-General 1990 [25]
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Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
 Bahrain Manama Embassy 1983 [41]
Bhutan Thimphu Embassy 1980 [42]
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan High Commission 1985[c] [43]
China Beijing Embassy 1976 [44]
Hong Kong Consulate-General 1976 [44]
Kunming Consulate-General 2013 [44]
India New Delhi High Commission 1972 [42]
Chennai Deputy High Commission 2021 [45]
Kolkata Deputy High Commission 1971 [42][46]
Mumbai Deputy High Commission 2013 [42]
Agartala Assistant High Commission 2015[d] [42][47]
Guwahati Assistant High Commission 2017 [42][48]
Indonesia Jakarta Embassy 1972 [43]
Iran Tehran Embassy 1974
Countries:
 [41][49][50]
Iraq Baghdad Embassy 1973[e] [41]
Japan Tokyo Embassy 1972 [44]
Jordan Amman Embassy 1998
Countries:
 [41][51][52]
Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy 1974 [41]
Lebanon Beirut Embassy 2013
Countries:
 [41][53]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur High Commission 1972 [43]
Maldives Malé High Commission 1998 [42]
Myanmar Yangon Embassy 1972 [43]
Nepal Kathmandu Embassy 1971 [42]
Oman Muscat Embassy 1983 [41]
Pakistan Islamabad High Commission 1976 [42]
Karachi Deputy High Commission 1976 [42]
Philippines Manila Embassy 1981
Countries:
 [43][54][55]
Qatar Doha Embassy 1975 [41]
Saudi Arabia Riyadh[f] Embassy 1976
Countries:
 [41][56]
Jeddah Consulate-General 1985 [41]
Singapore Singapore High Commission 1983[g] [43][57]
South Korea Seoul Embassy 1987 [44]
Sri Lanka Colombo High Commission 1976 [58]
Thailand Bangkok Embassy 1975
Countries:
International organizations:
 [43][59]
Turkey Ankara Embassy 1977
Countries:
 [60][61][62]
Istanbul Consulate-General 2012 [60]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy 1974 [41]
Dubai Consulate-General 1980 [41]
 Uzbekistan Tashkent Embassy 1996
Countries:
 [60][63]
Vietnam Hanoi Embassy 1993
Countries:
 [43][64]
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Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
Austria Vienna Embassy 2014
Countries:
 [65][66][67][68]
 Belgium Brussels Embassy 1973
Countries:
International organizations:
 [65]
Denmark Copenhagen Embassy 2015
Countries:
 [65]
France Paris Embassy 1972
Countries:
International organizations:
 [65][69]
Germany Berlin Embassy 1972
Countries:
 [65][70]
Greece Athens Embassy 2009
Countries:
 [65][71][72][73]
Italy Rome Embassy 1973
Countries:
International organizations:
 [65][74]
Milan Consulate-General 2011 [65]
Netherlands The Hague Embassy 1995
Countries:
 [65][75][76]
Poland Warsaw Embassy 1972[h]
Countries:
 [60][77][78][79][80]
Portugal Lisbon Embassy 2012
Countries:
 [65][81]
Romania Bucharest Embassy 1975[i]
Countries:
 [60][82][83][84][85][86]
Russia Moscow Embassy 1972
Countries:
 [60][87][88]
Spain Madrid Embassy 1996 [65]
 Sweden Stockholm Embassy 1972
Countries:
 [65][89]
United Kingdom London High Commission 1972
Countries:
International organizations:
 [65][90]
Birmingham Assistant High Commission 1974 [65]
Manchester Assistant High Commission 1973 [65]
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Oceania

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Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
Australia Canberra High Commission 1972
Countries:
 [44][91]
Sydney Consulate-General 2018 [44][92]
New Zealand Wellington Embassy 2026 [93][94]
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Multilateral organisations

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Organization Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref(s)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Saudi Arabia Jeddah Permanent Mission [41][95]
 United Nations United States New York City Permanent Mission 1972
Countries:
 [96][97]
Switzerland Geneva Permanent Mission 1972
Countries:
 [98][99]
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Gallery

  • Bangladeshi Embassies and High Commissions
  • Embassy in Berlin
    Embassy in Berlin
  • High Commission in Canberra
    High Commission in Canberra
  • Embassy in The Hague
    Embassy in The Hague
  • Embassy in Lisbon
    Embassy in Lisbon
  • High Commission in London
    High Commission in London
  • Embassy in Madrid
    Embassy in Madrid
  • Building hosting the embassy in Manila
    Building hosting the embassy in Manila
  • Embassy in Mexico City
    Embassy in Mexico City
  • Embassy in Moscow
    Embassy in Moscow
  • Embassy in Paris
    Embassy in Paris
  • Embassy in Rome
    Embassy in Rome
  • Embassy in Stockholm
    Embassy in Stockholm
  • Embassy in Tokyo
    Embassy in Tokyo
  • Embassy in Vienna
    Embassy in Vienna
  • Embassy in Warsaw
    Embassy in Warsaw
  • Embassy in Washington, D.C.
    Embassy in Washington, D.C.
  • Consulate-General in Los Angeles
    Consulate-General in Los Angeles


Missions to open

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Host country Host city Mission Ref.
Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy [100]
Brazil São Paulo Consulate-General [100]
Germany Frankfurt Consulate-General [100]
Guyana Georgetown High Commission [101]
Ireland Dublin Embassy [100]
Norway Oslo Embassy [100]
 Switzerland Bern Embassy [102]
United States Detroit Consulate-General [103]
Zimbabwe Harare Embassy [104]
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Closed missions

Africa

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Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
Senegal Dakar Embassy 1973 Unknown [105]
Sudan Khartoum Embassy 2021 2023 [106]
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Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
Myanmar Sittwe Consulate 1972 2024 [107]
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Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
Yugoslavia Belgrade Embassy 1972 1992 [108]
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Closed from 1993 to 2016.
  2. [b]
    Accredited as an observer mission.
  3. [c]
    Closed between 1988 and 1997.
  4. [d]
    Originally opened as a visa office in 1974.
  5. [e]
    Reopened in 2010.
  6. [f]
    Moved from Jeddah
  7. [g]
    Started as trade mission in 1972; upgraded into a high commission in 1983.
  8. [h]
    Closed from 2002 to 2015.
  9. [i]
    Closed from 1995 to 2020.

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