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Dinesh Trivedi appointed as India’s new high commissioner to Bangladesh
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 27 Apr 2026, 04:52 PM
Dinesh Trivedi. Photo Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
India has appointed veteran politician and former union minister Dinesh Trivedi as its new high commissioner to Bangladesh.
“Shri Dinesh Trivedi, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the People's Republic of Bangladesh,” the Indian Ministry of External Affairs announced in a press release on Monday.
He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, it added.
Trivedi will replace the current envoy, Pranay Verma.
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Known for his fluency in Bengali despite his Gujarati business family background, Trivedi’s linguistic ability is expected to play a key role in enhancing diplomatic engagement between the two countries.
Trivedi served as a union minister for railways and minister of state for health and family welfare during the UPA regime, as a member of the Trinamool Congress.
He resigned from the TMC on 12 February 2021 and joined the BJP on 6 March 2021.