British High Commission, Dhaka

The High Commission of the United Kingdom in Dhaka is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Bangladesh. It is located on United Nations Road in the Baridhara suburb. The current High Commissioner is Robert Chatterton Dickson who was appointed in March 2019.

British High Commission in Dhaka
Shapla building, a new building inside British High Commission area in Dhaka
Location Dhaka, Bangladesh
AddressUnited Nations Road, Baridhara, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
High CommissionerMr Robert Chatterton Dickson
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The first British diplomatic mission to be established in Dhaka (then spelled as "Dacca") was the Office of the British Deputy High Commissioner, established following the independence of what was then the East Bengal province of the Dominion of Pakistan, later East Pakistan in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.[1][2]

On 4 February 1972 Britain recognised Bangladesh's independence, which eventually led to recognition from other European and Commonwealth nations and Bangladesh's induction into the Commonwealth on 18 April 1972. Britain established a High Commission in Dhaka in 1972, Anthony Golds was the first British High Commissioner to Bangladesh.

The High Commission also represents the British Overseas Territories in Bangladesh.

See also

References
  1. Board of Trade Journal and Commercial Gazette, Volume 189, H.M. Stationery Office, 1965, page 1284
  2. Between Integration and Secession: The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand, and Western Burma/Myanmar, Moshe Yegar, Lexington Books, 2002, page 46

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