Bangladesh Ambassador to Brazil and former Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes passed away in Brasilia, Brazil on Friday night. He was 57.
He breathed his last in Brasilia at 9 pm (Brazil time), a senior diplomat at the Embassy told UNB.
He was earlier hospitalised in Brazil with respiratory problems and other complexities.
Quayes also served as a Foreign Secretary in the Ministry during 2009-12.
Terming him an outstanding human being, his colleagues said Quayes’ death is an irreplaceable national loss to the nation.
“We’ve lost one of the most meritorious, dexterous, literary and scholarly diplomats in Bangladesh foreign service. It’s really shocking and hard to accept his final departure and absence like this,” said one of his colleagues praying for salvation of his departed soul.
Mijarul Quayes was appointed as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Brazil by the government in July 2014. A career diplomat, Mohamed Mijarul Quayes was a member of the 1982 batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) Cadre. In his diplomatic career, Quayes pursued ambassadorship in the Maldives and Russia. He also served in Bangladesh missions in London, Tokyo, Singapore and Geneva in various capacities.
He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from Dhaka University and a Master in Public Administration degree from Harvard Kennedy School of Government (USA). At the Kennedy School, he was an Edward S. Mason Fellow in Public Policy and Management.
It is not still clear when his body will be brought back home. –Dhaka, Mar 11 (UNB)
