Suhrab Hossain

Suhrab Hossain is a Bangladeshi diplomat. He served as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada and Pakistan and ambassador to Thailand and Uzbekistan.

Early life Hossain completed his post graduate studies in biochemistry from the University of Dhaka.

Career Hossain fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War as part of the Mukti Bahini.

Hossain joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1973.

Hossain served as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada from April 2001 replacing M. Aminul Islam.

Hossain served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Uzbekistan. On 28 August 2013, he met Ayaz Sadiq, speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, and discussed ways of strengthening the relationship between the two countries.

During Hossain's tenure relationship between Bangladesh and Pakistan declined; in part due to the verdicts of the International Crimes Tribunal against collaborators of Pakistan Army during Bangladesh Liberation War. On 23 December 2015, the second secretary of the political wing of the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka, Fareena Arshad, was expelled from Dhaka after Bangladesh security forces alleged she had links with the militant Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh. Hossain was summoned twice by the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan to protest the incident. In January 2016, the political counsellor and head of chancery of the Bangladesh High Commission in Pakistan, Moushumi Rahman, was expelled from Pakistan. Jahangir Hossain, press officer at the Bangladesh High Commission in Pakistan was briefly abducted by unidentified individuals in the same day in Pakistan. In retaliation, Hossain was summoned by the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan.

Hossain served as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan till 3 April 2016 when he was replaced by Tarik Ahsan.