Foreign ministry's Maritime Affairs Unit (MAU) 
secretary Rear Admiral Md Khurshed Alam has resigned from his post. 

Foreign ministry's Public Diplomacy wing director general Toufique Hasan 
confirmed the decision to Mass Media on Sunday (evening) .

Alam represented Bangladesh in the Dispute concerning the Delimitation of the 
Maritime Boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar at the International 
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Germany. 

He also represented the country in the Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary 
Arbitration between Bangladesh and India under the Permanent Court of 
Arbitration in The Hague.

Alam had been elected as the President of the 26th Session of the 
International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council on October 01, 2020.