Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Press Release
NSU-BIISS National Seminar on
“From Workforce to Strategic
Partnership: Reimagining Bangladesh-KSA Relations”
10 October 2026
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Bangladesh Institute of
International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) and the Center for Migration
Studies (CMS) of North South University (NSU) jointly organised a national
seminar titled “From Workforce to Strategic Partnership: Reimagining
Bangladesh-KSA Relations” on Saturday, 10 October 2026, at the Multipurpose
Hall, Foreign Service Academy, Dhaka.
Mr Humaiun Kobir,
Honourable State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the
People’s Republic of Bangladesh, attended the seminar as the Chief Guest. Dr
Md Nazrul Islam, Secretary (Bilateral) & IGM (East & West),
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended as Special Guest.
Major General A S M Ridwanur
Rahman, awc, afwc, psc, G, Director General, BIISS, delivered the welcome
address and moderated the seminar, while Professor SK Tawfique M Haque,
Director, SIPG, NSU, delivered introductory remarks.
Two keynote presentations were
delivered by Dr Mohammed Nuruzzaman, Professor, Department of Political
Science and Sociology, NSU and Dr Selim Reza, Associate Professor,
Department of Political Science and Sociology, NSU, & Coordinator of Center
for Migration Studies (CMS). They discussed about Vision 2030, Bangladeshi
migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, and emerging opportunities and challenges for
Bangladesh. Followed by these presentations, there was a panel discussion with Dr
Rashed uz Zaman, Professor, Department of International Relations,
University of Dhaka, and Dr Benuka Ferdousi, Senior Research Fellow,
BIISS.
The seminar also featured an open
discussion session where representatives from government institutions, migrant
workers’ activists, development partners, academia, youth organizations, and
civil society actively participated in the discussion. The seminar concluded
with the closing remarks by Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Vice
Chancellor, NSU.