Foreign Service Academy (Bangladesh)

Foreign Service Academy is a training academy for foreign service officers of the Bangladesh Civil Service under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1][2]

Foreign Service Academy
Formation1 January 1997
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
WebsiteForeign Service Academy

History

In the 1980s, the foreign service officers were trained at the Foreign Affairs Training Institute which was later merged with the Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy. Foreign Service Academy was established in 1996 by the government of Bangladesh to train foreign service officers after a need for specialized training was recognized.[3] The academy started working from 1 January 1997.[4] On 19 April 2019, the Academy opened a Genocide corner in memory of the Bangladesh genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation war.[5]

Headquarters

The academy was decided to be located Sugandha, a historic colonial era mansion. In the 1960s, Queen Elizabeth II stayed at the mansion. After the Independence of Bangladesh, the mansion was converted to Gonobhaban, the office of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. In 1996, it became the official headquarters of the Foreign Service Academy.[3][4]

References
  1. "Bangladesh Foreign Service Academy concludes international course on foreign affairs, diplomacy". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. "Indian officers visit Foreign Service Academy". The Daily Star. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. "About Foreign Service Academy". mofa.portal.gov.bd/. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. Mustakim, Golam. "Foreign Service Academy". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  5. "Genocide Corner at Foreign Service Academy". New Age. Retrieved 8 July 2019.


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