“Bangladesh and United Kingdom Relations in the context of UK’s exit from the European Union”

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organised a public

lecture on “Bangladesh and United Kingdom Relations in the context of UK’s exit from the

European Union” on 24 April 2019 at BIISS auditorium. H E Sir Simon McDonald, Parmanent

Under Secretary of British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was present as the Guest

Speaker. Major General A K M Abdur Rahman, ndc, psc, Director General, BIISS, delivered the

Welcome Address.

In his address, Major General A K M Abdur Rahman highlighted on the long standing

relationship between Bangladesh and United Kingdom. He mentioned that the UK, for long,

has been one of the largest development partners of Bangladesh and It also remains the

country’s largest foreign investor. In his speech, H E Sir Simon McDonald mentioned that the

United Kingdom is looking for strengthened relations with the Commonwealth countries and

for sharing opportunities with Bangladesh. He added that the UK is investing in different

sectors of Bangladesh including retail, banking, energy, infrastructure, consultancy and

education

The programme included a lively open discussion where Senior officials from different

ministries of Bangladesh, representatives from different foreign missions, business

personalities, media, academia, researchers, teachers from various universities participated

and expressed their valuable opinions and observations on the subject. They expected a

strongly bonded relationship between Bangladesh and UK in the field of development and

mutual cooperation.