New UNDP BD Country Director arrives Sunday

Newly appointed UNDP Bangladesh Country Director Sudipto Mukerjee will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday, reports UNB.

The appointment of Mukerjee will boost the ongoing effort of the UNDP’s works with the government and people of Bangladesh, together with development partners, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), said the UNDP.

Mukerjee is an architect and urban planner with over two decades of experience in international development.

He previously worked for the Government of India and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) before joining the United Nations.

Before this new assignment, he was UNDP Sierra Leone Country Director and before that worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Iraq.