British High Commission, Dhaka

British High Commission in Dhaka
Shapla building, a new building inside British High Commission area in Dhaka
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Address	United Nations Road, Baridhara, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
High Commissioner	Ms Alison Blake
Website	Official website

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 Ms Alison Blake who was appointed in 2016.

History

On 4 February 1972 Britain recognised Bangladesh, this 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

• Bangladesh–United Kingdom relations
• List of diplomatic missions in Bangladesh
• List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Bangladesh

References

• British High Commissioner to Bangladesh: Alison Blake

Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
Africa	Abuja Accra Dar es Salaam Mogadishu Nairobi
Americas	Buenos Aires Dallas Ottawa Mexico City Quito São Paulo Washington, D.C.
Asia	Beijing Chennai Dhaka Hong Kong Jakarta New Delhi Pyongyang Taipei1 Tashkent Tehran Tel Aviv Tokyo
Europe	Berlin Bratislava Budapest Chișinău Dublin The Hague Kiev Oslo Madrid Moscow Paris Prague Reykjavík Rome Saint Petersburg Stockholm Vilnius Warsaw
Oceania	Canberra Wellington
1 No diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom, functions as an informal diplomatic mission.

Coordinates: 23°47′56″N 90°25′10″E / 23.798972°N 90.419440°E / 23.798972; 90.419440