M Shahidul Islam is a retired Bangladeshi diplomat who served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States.
[5] In 1996, Shahidul Islam was a counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN Office & Other International Organizations in Geneva.
[5] In 2001, Shahidul Islam was appointed a counsellor in the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington D.C. and in 2004 became the deputy chief of the mission.
[5] From 2004 to 2008, Shahidul Islam was the director general of The Americas and the Pacific Ocean wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
[5] Shahidul Islam was appointed the secretary general of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation on 11 August 2017.