List of diplomatic missions of Bangladesh

Bangladesh has a growing number of diplomatic and consular missions around the world.

The first diplomatic mission of modern Bangladesh was founded in Kolkata on 18 April 1971 after M Hossain Ali, the deputy high commissioner of Pakistan, and the other ethnic Bengali staff at the mission defected to the Bangladeshi provisional government amidst a spate of similar defections around the world during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Although it was not officially recognized by India at the time, it was allowed to function under Bangladeshi control.

[2] Another mission in New Delhi was opened ten days later with the knowledge of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

[4] In recent years, the Awami League party led government had decided to expand the country's diplomatic network to increase international trade and better serve Bangladeshis abroad, with plans to open over twenty new missions by the end of 2021 and add over thirty diplomatic missions by 2024.