Dhaka, May 21 -- Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Asad Alam Siam is likely to be the next Foreign Secretary of the country.

"There was a proposed list of three candidates," a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB, noting that Ambassador Siam is chosen as the senior most of the three candidates.

If there is no further change in the decision of the government, Ambassador Siam will replace current Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin.

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to Switzerland Tareq Md Ariful Islam was also there in the list of three proposed names.

Ambassador Siam joined the diplomatic service in 1995.

He joined Bangladesh Embassy in the USA in December 2024.

It could not be known whether the c...